Dr. Chuck Hodges at age 82.99. This blog post is dedicated to our esteemed colleague and expert on tree diseases and on molds, Dr. Charl...

The color and size range of Lucilia coeruleiviridis is amazing, from blue to green, even bronze. The absence of certain little hairs and ...

Collard greens are a staple of southern cooking. Slow cooked with the salty flavor of ham hocks and served up with golden corn bread, colla...

With the extreme cold snap and the slow march of winter, most people think that insects and other small animals would be too chilly to make ...

Nearly dead liriope plants with crown rot and root-knot nematodes. Last week we received a sample of liriope from NCSU’s Centennial Cam...

Decay at the terminal portion of the flowering stem of poinsettia, due to infection by Botrytis cinerea Dark blotches are bract inf...

Are you tired of nonstop carols yet? While not as popular as Santa, plants star in many songs of the season – and some of them have spec...

Ahem... For which you should be thankful. Here at the PDIC we focus on the negative impacts of fungi, bacteria, nematodes, and viruses...