A Portland Press Herald gardening column about insect pests and fungal blight included comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension plant disease diagnostician Bruce Watt. Watt said although gladiolus rust fungus, which spoils gladiolus blossoms and leaves, hasn’t been reported in Maine yet, the good news is that gladiolus rust usually dies with the leaves […]
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An article in the Portland Press Herald about the proliferation of crop-damaging garden slugs this summer included comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist Jim Dill, who offered suggestions to kill or discourage slugs, including placing shallow cans of beer or copper screens in the garden. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The NickerNews.net website has quoted University of Maine Cooperative Extension veterinarian Anne Lichtenwalner in a report on mosquito-borne West Nile Virus, which can be fatal to horses, human and other animals. The article links to an Extension question and answer interview with Lichtenwalner, director of the UMaine Animal Health Laboratory, and her video about precautions […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension blueberry specialist David Yarborough about the status of Maine’s wild blueberry harvest and Extension fruit tree specialist Renae Moran about apple crops. Yarborough said this year’s blueberries will exceed last year’s harvest and is approaching 95 million pounds. Moran told MPBN that a late […]
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A story on Foster.com’s Sanford News website about the report of fly larvae found on the skin of a nursing facility patient in Sanford included information from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s website. The story noted that larvae from houseflies develop within 12 hours of a female fly laying its eggs. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension blueberry specialist David Yarborough for a report on this season’s bountiful wild blueberry harvest. Yarborough said he believes the crop will yield 100 million pounds, substantially up from the 83 million pounds from last year. Mainebiz published a summary of the BDN report. Contact: George […]
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In Maine and elsewhere, aquaculturists, harvesters, researchers and those in the business of making products from marine macroalgae are increasingly interested in seaweed. This is due to some innovative research being conducted in the region, and because Maine now has the first and only commercial kelp aquaculture operation in the United States, Portland-based Ocean Approved […]
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Jim Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist, was interviewed by Channel 2 (WLBZ) about how gardeners can protect tomatoes and potatoes from late blight, a fungus that can kill fruits and vegetable plants. Dill said pesticides are available as a first line of defense, but once blight occurs, affected leaves must […]
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Channel 2 (WLBZ) interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension horticulturist Kate Garland for a feature on ways to create an “edible landscape” garden, which she said provides visual appeal and nutritional produce, including grapes, apples, blueberries and raspberries. Garland gave Tuesday one of a series of recurring public information sessions held at the Rogers Farm […]
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The National 4-H Council has posted a report on its “Join the Revolution of Responsibility” website about a $4,000 grant from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Engaging Youth, Serving Communities program that helped a fundraising effort by students at Sebasticook Valley Middle and Nokomis Regional High schools in Newport to raise $6,000 to […]
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