Imicide Residual Confirmed...

Study shows that Mauget's Imicide continues to have full season control.

As additional data is collected, Imicide is expected to have even longer residual extending through the second season.

A study conducted by Dr.Terry Vassey, PhD,  confirms Imicide's long insect
control residual.   The study was conducted in Seal Beach California,
evaluating black scale (Saissetia Oleo) control on California Pepper Trees

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Invisible Wood is Here

Claimed to be Better and Stronger then Wood and steel?

Wood has been the building block of some of the world's greatest architectural feats for thousands of years.

As architects and engineers look for more sustainable, green materials to build with -- new research has brought the material back into the limelight, in an entirely unexpected way. Over the past year, scientists at the University of Maryland,

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Pine Resin Test...

Test Pines before preforming Mauget Tree-Injections for uptake timing...

Some species of trees in the genus Pinus have very well developed resin ducts in their xylem. During much of the year these trees produce a rapid and sustained flow of resin in response to any wound in either the bark or woody issues. Injection of materials into these trees during these times has been difficult or impossible even with very low volume micro-injection capsules.

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Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Reaches Texas

Texas marks the 26th state the invasive beetle has been found in since 2002.

 
May 25, 2016...
The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), an invasive species of beetle responsible for killing tens of millions of ash trees across the country, has made its way to Texas, federal and state officials confirmed Monday.
 
Earlier this month, the U.S. Forest Service and Texas A&M Forest Service trapped four adult beetles in Harrison County, just south of Karnack in northeast Texas. Lab results confirmed those beetles are emerald ash borers, which can kill ash trees within three years of infestation.

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More Palm Troubles..

A phytoplasma disease known as Texas Phoenix Palm Decline (TPPD) is killing  many palm trees in both Texas and Florida and could spread elsewhere.

Texas Phoenix palm decline (TPPD) is a disease of palms that is caused by a phytoplasma.
The phytoplasma is in the taxonomic group of organisms that produce lethal yellows or palm decline in palms

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