What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple? Answer: Finding half a worm. Modern pesticides and strict inspection policies have made finding a codling moth larva, or worm, in an apple from a ...

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Current research-based information to help fruit trees thrive will be featured at the Southwestern Illinois Commercial Tree Fruit School on Feb. 12.

They seemingly sneak in overnight and invade your kitchen. Teeny, tiny pests that dart around the apples and bananas as you swat them away out of frustration and confusion. Fruit flies can be a ...

The city of Redlands is taking drastic measures to combat an invasive species of fruit fly plaguing the area, planning for the removal of fruit from trees at more than 2,000 homes in the area. The ...

We don’t always have the answers, but we have some people on speed dial who do — which is why we present to you our series FYI where we have experts explain if lip balm is actually bad, how often ...

Caring for fruit-bearing trees comes down to a few simple tips.

Pruning this sappy tree in early spring is basically an open invitation for destructive fungus and troublesome pests — here's why waiting pays off.

The shrub-like plant Rhynchotechum discolor produces fruit that are difficult to see from above but suitable for ground-dwelling insects. However, seed dispersal by insects was previously thought to ...

Richard Prokopy, 68, an entomologist who studied insects that destroy apple crops and helped develop a decoy designed to kill apple maggot flies without spraying pesticide, died May 14 of ...