Links Provided by Dr. Dean Krauskopf

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CLIMATE & WEATHER

USDA Midwest Climate Hub: https://www.climatehubs.usda.gov/hubs/midwest

Drought Portal: https://www.drought.gov/

Enviroweather: https://enviroweather.msu.edu/

Frost Dates: https://mrcc.illinois.edu/VIP/frz_maps/freeze_maps.html#frzMaps

Plant Heat Zone Map: http://solanomg.ucanr.edu/files/245158.pdf

American Rose Trials for Sustainability: https://www.americanrosetrialsforsustainability.org/

Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year Walters Gardens: https://www.waltersgardens.com/photo_essay.php?ID=95

All American Selections: https://allamericaselections.org/

MSU Horticulture Trial Gardens:

Vineland Hardy Roses: http://www.49throses.com/

Boxwood Blight: https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/preventing-the-spread-of-boxwood-blight-inlandscapes

Resistant Varieties: https://plantpathology.ces.ncsu.edu/wpcontent/uploads/2013/05/final-Cult-trials-summary-2013.pdf?fwd=no

Crackling boxwoods: https://bygl.osu.edu/index.php/node/1499

Boxwood Blight Insight Group: https://www.boxwoodhealth.org/

Boxwood cultivars ranked by resistance to boxwood blight: https://meridian.allenpress.com/jeh/article/38/2/50/436815/Ranking-Resistance-of-BuxusCultivars-to-Boxwood

Box Tree Moth: https://www.firstdetector.org/sites/firstdetector.org/files/EmergingThreats_BoxTreeMoth.pdf

Bushel and Berry: https://www.bushelandberry.com/

Oak Wilt:

Beech Leaf Disease:

Beech Bark Disease: https://www.canr.msu.edu/uploads/files/e2746.pdf

Rose Rosette Disease: https://roserosette.org/

Field diagnostic test: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31222494

Monarch Watch: https://www.monarchwatch.org/

Which milkweed species do Monarchs prefer: https://tellus.ars.usda.gov/stories/articles/which-milkweeds-do-monarch-butterfliesprefer/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

https://www.canr.msu.edu/msumilkweedregrow/

Emerald Ash Borer: http://www.emeraldashborer.info/

Genes for resistance to Emerald Ash Borer: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-1209-3

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: https://www.canr.msu.edu/ipm/invasive_species/brown_marmorated_stink_bug

Biocontrol of Marmorated Stink bug arrives in US on it’s own: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/scientists-spent-years-plan-import-wasp-killstinkbugs-then-it-showed-its-own

Lily leaf beetle (Red lily beetle, Scarlett lily leaf beetle): https://ag.umass.edu/greenhousefloriculture/fact-sheets/lily-leaf-beetle/

Hemlock Wooly Adelgid: https://www.michigan.gov/documents/invasives/HWA_Bulletin_518429_7.pdf

https://www.canr.msu.edu/uploads/resources/pdfs/hwa_tip_sheet.pdf

https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2020/new-hemlock-hybridwithstands-killing-insect/

How to stop Spotted Lanternfly: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-is-thespotted-lanternfly-180975778/

MSU Spotted Lanternfly website: https://www.canr.msu.edu/ipm/invasive_species/spotted-lanternfly

Midwest Invasive Species Information Network: https://www.misin.msu.edu/

Eyes on the Forest: https://iforest.misin.msu.edu/

National Plant Board: https://nationalplantboard.org/

Cooperative Invasive Species Management Areas: https://www.michigan.gov/invasives/0,5664,7-324-68072---,00.html

Heat treatment increases color and antioxidants in tomato: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925521420308863#:~:text=In%20conclusion%2C%20application%20of%20a,without%20severely%20impairing%20color%20development

Standardization of Terms Used to Describe Resistance: https://www.hriresearch.org/sites/default/files/TerminologyWhitePaper-AH-HRI.pdf

Discussion of terms: https://www.growertalks.com/Newsletters/View/?article=3269

Phages for bacteria control: https://www.growingproduce.com/fruits/ways-phages-can-stymiestubborn-fruit-crop-pests/

Bee Vectoring: http://www.beevt.com/

Pest Control Fungicide Resistance Action Committee: https://www.frac.info/

Insecticide Resistance Action Committee: https://www.irac-online.org/

National Pesticide Information Center: http://npic.orst.edu/

MSU IPM: https://www.canr.msu.edu/ipm/

3 Diagnostic lab/soil test lab operations:

MSU CANR Outreach: https://www.canr.msu.edu/outreach/

Buckeye Yard and Garden Online: https://bygl.osu.edu/

Garden A to Z.org: http://gardenatoz.org/

Garden Professors: http://gardenprofessors.com/

Michigan Gardener: https://www.michigangardener.com/

Citizen Science:

EBird (Cornell): https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48001158707-get-startedwith-ebird

iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/UF/IFAS

Citizen tomato tests: http://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/news/2021/01/12/global-gardeners-help-uf-tomatobreeding-program-will-send-growth-flavor-data-to-lab/

GMOs: https://www.canr.msu.edu/gmos

Degradation of biodegradable plant containers: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11270-020-04866-7

Recycling plastic plant containers: https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/go_green_which_horticultural_plastics_can_be_recycled_and_where

In home veggie growing module: https://gropod.io/

LaborSaver Pots https://www.h2olaborsaver.com/h2o-labor-saver.html

GardenAtoZ.org's License to Garden During Winter

License to garden on

Winter's time for garden fun
Indoors and out, we're still gardening. No sense letting boredom, weather or the pandemic get you down. Keep on moving and growing. If you are out of ideas and motivation, recharge, on us!
We have been shut in far too often by pandemic concerns this year. Don't stay in now unless you truly want to. Bundle up and go out, because there's plenty you can be doing in the garden. Weeding, pruning, designing and more, described and illustrated in Winter Work List on GardenAtoZ.org
https://gardenatoz.org/whats-up/this-week-in-our-gardens/winter-work-list/

No Bugs, No Birds! Additional Resources from Griffin Bray

Books

All of the books listed below provide information on how to create a bird-friendly garden. Bringing Nature Home and Nature’s Best Hope also provide information on the ecological reasons for native gardening.

·       Darke, Rick, and Douglas Tallamy. The Living Landscape. Timber Press, 2014.

·       Daniels, Jaret. Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees, and Butterflies: Upper Midwest. Adventure Publications, 2020.

·       Nowak, Mariette. Birdscaping in the Midwest. University of Wisconsin Press, 2007.

·       Tallamy, Douglas. Bringing Nature Home. Timber Press, 2007.

·       Tallamy, Douglas. Nature's Best Hope. Timber Press, 2020.

 

Websites and PDFs

·       Creating a Garden for Birds

A PDF from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that gives a brief explanation of how to create a garden for the birds.

·       Michigan Native Garden Design for the Birds!

A PDF from Michigan Audubon showing various designs for bird-friendly gardens, including location tips and plant lists.

·       Habitat Hints: 12 Ways to Help Migrating and Nesting Birds

A webpage by Saving Birds Through Habitat (written by the EIC’s own Rick Simek) outlining some ways to help birds thrive in your yard.

·       Insect Usage of Trees and Shrubs

A PDF from Kalamazoo Wild Ones with woody plant genera ranked by the number of insects they support.

·       Michigan Native Plants for Bird-friendly Landscapes

A PDF from Michigan Audubon with suggested plants for bird-friendly landscapes and how they help to support birds.

·       Morton Arboretum

A website with information about the growing conditions of a variety of plant species from trees and shrubs to flowers and graminoids.

·       National Audubon Society Native Plants Database

A webpage by the National Audubon Society with complete lists of native plant species that help to support birds in your local zip code. Results can be filtered by plant type, type of birds they attract, and the reason that they attract them (e.g. fruit, nectar, insects).

·       National Wildlife Federation Native Plant Finder

A website by the NWF that shows the best native plants for supporting insects in your local zip code. Results can be filtered by type of plant (woody or herbaceous), and each plant listing will show examples of the caterpillars that it will feed.

·       Sources of Native Plants

A list of selected native plant nurseries in Michigan from the Wildflower Association of Michigan.

Links Provided by Dr. Dean Krauskopf in April

WEATHER  

National Weather Service Detroit:  https://www.weather.gov/dtx/

Enviroweather:  https://enviroweather.msu.edu/

Drought Monitor:  https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/    

Michigan Climate Trends:  https://www.michiganradio.org/post/four-michigan-climate-trends-keep-watching-2019

RAIN GARDENS University of Connecticut:  https://nemo.uconn.edu/raingardens/

BOXWOOD BLIGHT:  https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/boxwood-blight-disease-identified-in-michigan        

Resistant Varieties:  https://plantpathology.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/final-Cult-trials-summary-2013.pdf?fwd=no

Impatiens Downy Mildew Resistant Varieties: https://www.greenhousegrower.com/varieties/panamerican-seed-new-impatiens-offers-downy-mildew-resistance/

SPOTTED LANTERNFLY: 

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/pests-diseases/hungry-pests/the-threat/spotted-lanternfly/spotted-lanternfly

Help Monarch Butterflies, cut down your milkweed: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/03/14/monarch-butterflies/3143484002/

Plant Nervous System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeLSyU_iI9o&feature=youtu.be

https://www.futurity.org/plants-leaves-calcium-signals-1865592/

Biochar:  https://regenerationinternational.org/2018/05/16/what-is-biochar/

GYPHOSATE

https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-takes-next-step-review-process-herbicide-glyphosate-reaffirms-no-risk-public-health

Correlation and Causality:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B271L3NtAw

EPA Review:  https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/draft-human-health-and-ecological-risk-assessments-glyphosate

2017 EPA  Revised Glyphosate Issue Paper:  Evaluation of Carcinogenic Potential. EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs, https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_file_download.cfm?p_download_id=534487

GMO’s 101:  https://msutoday.msu.edu/feature/2018/gmos-101/?utm_source=weekly-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=standard-promo&utm_content=image&id=8ef9376529c024e11d8397a42fdd7bb3

ReLeaf Michigan:  https://www.releafmichigan.org/

Tighty-Whitey Test:  https://onpasture.com/2016/11/21/tighty-whities-can-tell-you-about-your-soil-health/#comments

Rain Garden Links Provided by John Deslippe in May

Links Discussed During Dr. Dean Krauskopf's Spring Opener Last Night

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National Pesticide Information Center: http://npic.orst.edu/

InsectIdentification: https://www.insectidentification.org/

 

Fungicide Resistance Action Committee: http://www.frac.info/

Insecticide Resistance Action Committee: http://www.irac-online.org/

Midwest Invasive Species Information Network: https://www.misin.msu.edu/

Integrated Pest Management Academy: http://www.ipm.msu.edu/agriculture/integrated_pest_management_academy

Enviroweather: https://enviroweather.msu.edu/

Asiatic Long Horn Beetle: http://www.michigan.gov/invasives/0,5664,7-324-68002_71241-367887--,00.html

Beech Bark Disease: http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/is_it_beech_bark_disease

Thousand Cankers Disease: http://www.thousandcankers.com/

MSU Soil Test Kit: http://shop.msu.edu/product_p/bulletin-e3154.htm

Boxelder bugs: https://bygl.osu.edu/node/1009

Drought monitor: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

MSU Children’s Garden: https://www.canr.msu.edu/hrt/our_gardens/4_h_childrens_garden

MSU Student Horticulture Association: https://www.canr.msu.edu/hrt/students/student_horticulture_association/index

Holly Vaughn Joswick on Michigan Owls

Holly talked about the eight species of owls that breed in Michigan (Great Horned, Eastern Screech, Barred, Northern Saw-whet, Barn, Long-eared, Short-eared, and Great Gray Owls) and the three that winter in Michigan (Boreal, Snowy and Northern Owls). Her presentation included slides and bird calls.

Owl heads can rotate 270 degrees. They have huge eyes, equivalent to human eyes being the size of oranges. Owls have excellent hearing. They are able to detect a mouse moving under a foot of snow. Owls are primarily nocturnal. They have wings designed for silent flight, Owls also have great camouflage that made for the best photographs that the group enjoyed on March 8, 2018. Owls are raptors that eat small mammals, birds, insects, reptiles and smaller owls. Holly offered members sanitized pellets of undigestible material to investigate later.

Outside of habitat loss, predation and ingesting rodent poison, owls are generally doing well in Michigan. If you put up an owl box, the opening should face east and the box should be 15-20' high.

To sign up for the customized interest Michigan Department of Natural Resources weekly email, go to the bottom of http://www.michigan.gov/dnr

To make a donation to the non-game wildlife fund, go to http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-350-79137_79767_81160-44120--,00.html