June 10, 2024 — Scientists have grown 'mini-guts' in the lab to help understand Crohn's disease, showing that 'switches' that modify DNA in gut cells play an important role in the disease and ...

but the trees were destroyed before the disease could be positively identified, according to the state entomologist. Victoria Smith, whose office is at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment ...

Why we love it: Crabapple trees are a four-season plant ... this easy-to-grow tree has so far been pest- and disease-free. Why we love it: It’s sun- and shade-tolerant, so it will work well in any ...

Why are lilacs, ornamental crabs, and some apple trees blooming now? Plants flower when they’re happy, but also when they’re not happy. Stress, either from disease or weather, can cause plants’ ...

Signs and symptoms of pests and diseases are also causes for concern. Apple scab on apple and crabapple trees has been ...

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A: I’m sorry to hear your tree is sick. If it’s any consolation, you’re not alone. Many crab apple trees in our region were ...

This year, many trees have been devastated by fungal disease. Efforts to control the outbreak include improving soil health and ecosystem resilience, and switching to regenerative farming.

A spreading but naturally dwarf crab apple tree to about 1.5m in height and spread, with lobed, dark green leaves turning golden in autumn. Fragrant, white flowers open from pink buds in mid-spring, ...

A small, upright crab apple tree to about 6m, with white, star-shaped blossom in mid- to late spring, followed by small, red-flushed, golden-yellow fruit that hang on the tree into winter ...

The ornamental flowering crabapple is valued mainly for its ... Scab can weaken trees but the disease rarely on it own will kill trees. One might just have to accept the fact that many crabapples ...

Apple’s patent application (spotted by Patently Apple) describes how microphones inside the ear canal could be used to identify pointers to “heart pathology,” aka heart disease. A device ...