Strategy: This non-native woody perennial plant is one of the most toxic plants that occur in ornamental settings, alleyways, roadsides and other places that birds like to inhabit. It is related to ...

Hairy nightshade (Solanum physalifolium) is an annual weed found in a variety of habitats including cultivated fields, roadways, overgrazed rangeland, flowerbeds and vegetable gardens. The most common ...

Keeping a lawn or garden tidy and free of weeds often involves regular mowing, but a new study suggests this common practice might be causing more problems than it solves with regards to one ...

Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) is a climbing perennial vine native to Eurasia. It was probably introduced into the U.S. for medicinal and ornamental purposes. Care should be taken when ...

Q: Nightshade plants began growing in the same raised bed as tomatoes. Will the nightshade poison the soil in the raised bed? After we dig out the nightshade plants, do we need to replace the soil ...

Answer: A few years ago, I asked NMSU Extension Weed Specialist Leslie Beck to explain why annual weeds like sandburs and goatheads are so difficult to control and to give us options for managing them ...

WILDER, Idaho — Idaho’s dry bean industry appears split on whether to adopt a maximum field standard for hairy nightshade, a troublesome weed that costs the state’s industry about $8 million a year.

Mowing might seem like a pretty sensible way to keep weeds at bay. But in the case of the silverleaf nightshade, the activity puts the plant into survival mode causing it to fight back with some ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A 4-yr study (1985, 1987, 1988, 1989) was conducted on the same field plots at Shafter, CA to evaluate the efficacy of prometryn in ...

Mosquitoes responsible for spreading disease are increasingly becoming resistant to synthetic insecticides. Now research published in Complementary and Alternative Medicine suggests that the berries ...

Greenhouse, growth chamber, and winter survival studies were conducted at Stoneville, MS from 1996 to 2002 to determine growth, time to first flower, and winter survival of wetland nightshade. At 12 ...

Answer: Last week I asked NMSU Extension Weed Specialist Leslie Beck to explain why annual weeds like sandburs and goatheads are so difficult to control and to give us options for managing them ...