AREAS affected by the red striped soft-scale insect (RSSI) infestation in the country have expanded to 2,249.48 hectares as ...

Scale insects can be difficult to identify. At a first glance, they look like small bumps on the stems of leaves of your plants, making them easy to mistake as part of the plant itself. But beneath ...

BACOLOD CITY — The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has intensified efforts to prevent further spread of red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) infestation in Negros Occidental, where sugarcane ...

Many gardeners, as well as the horticulturists at the Chicago Botanic Garden, had issues with magnolia scale last year, and it’s a pest to watch closely for in 2025. The Garden’s plant health care ...

We enjoy magnolia trees for their beautiful early spring flowers, but in summer they sometimes get downright ugly. Gardeners may notice a fuzzy black coating on branches or a sticky glaze that ...