Issue 1, April 29, 2019

First Issue 2019

Welcome to the 2019 edition of the Home, Yard, and Garden Pest Newsletter. This newsletter is written to keep professional landscapers, arborists, golf course superintendents, lawn care personnel, and garden center operators up-to-date on the commercial management of diseases, weeds, insects, and other pests. We will report on the pests we are seeing and anticipating throughout Illinois. To assist us in these efforts, we ask for your help in reporting pest situations as you see them throughout the year. Please send reports to the newsletter coordinator, Travis Cleveland, at tclevela@illinois.edu.

Our main authors are plant pathologists Travis Cleveland (tclevela@illinois.edu), Diane Plewa (dplewa@illinois.edu), weed scientist Michelle Wiesbrook (buesinge@illinois.edu), IPM specialist Maria Turner (mrestrep@illinois.edu),  and entomologists Kelly Estes and Sarah Hughson (hughson2@illinois.edu). We also plan to include content and observations form extension educators from around the state.

In past years, we started with weekly issues and transitioned to issues every two weeks. This year’s newsletter will be published every two weeks throughout the growing season.

Author:
Travis Cleveland

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