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Alpha Key Words Title of Brief ID Number
A

back to top		 Air Air Layering H100A
Air Houseplants Help Clean Indoor Air H110I
Anthracnose, Ash Anthracnose of Ash Trees P413A
Anthracnose, Beans Anthracnose and Rust of Garden Beans P227B
Anthracnose, Maple Anthracnose and Other Fungal Leaf Spot Diseases of Maple P414A
Anthracnose, Oak Oak Anthracnose P432O
Anthracnose, Tomato Tomato Anthracnose P250T
Aphid Honeysuckle Witches' Broom Aphid H451A
Aphids Aphids on Deciduous Trees & Shrubs E448A
Aphids Woolly Aphids on Deciduous Trees & Shrubs E453W
Apple, Cedar Cedar-Apple Rust P222C
Apple Disease Sooty Blotch & Flyspeck on Apple Fruits P226S
Apple, Disease resistant Disease-Resistant Apple Varieties P244A
Apple Russeting Apple Russeting H200A
Apple Scab Apple Scab P220A
Apple Scab Apple Scab Resistant Crab Apple Cultivars P242A
Arborist Hiring an Arborist P445A
Armillaria Armillaria Root Rot P415A
Ascochyta Ascochyta Blight of Lilacs P467L
Ash plant bug Ash and Honeylocust Plant Bugs
 E449P
Ash rust Ash Rust P416A
Asian Multicolored Asian Lady Beetles E615L
Asparagus Growing Asparagus H204A
Asparagus Crown Rot Crown Rot of Asparagus P257A
Asparagus Rust Asparagus Rust P258A
Aster Aster Yellows P124A
Azalea Care of Greenhouse Azaleas H144A
Azalea Root Rot of Azaleas and Rhododendrons P436R
B

back to top		 Bacterial Blight Bacterial Blight of Lilac P458L
Bacterial Diseases Bacterial Diseases of Garden Beans P228B
Bacterial Wilt Bacterial Wilt of Cucurbits P260C
Bark Beetles Nuisance Wood Borers and Seed Insects in Homes E613W
Basil Growing Basil H205B
Beans Anthracnose and Rust of Garden Beans P227B
Beans Bacterial Diseases of Garden Beans P228B
Beetles False Japanese Beetles E153F
Beetles Ground Beetles E604G
Beetles, Larder Larder Beetles E607L
Beetles, Red Red Turnip Beetles in the Home Garden E255R
Beetles, Sap Sap Beetles in Home Gardens E217S
Beetles, Turnip Red Turnip Beetles in the Home Garden E255R
Beetles, Wood-destroying Powderpost and Other Wood-destroying Beetles in Minnesota Structures E609P
Begonias Tuberous Begonias H119B
Bellflower Creeping Bellflower H508B
Bentgrass Creeping Bentgrass H509B
Birch Birch Dieback H410B
Bird Mites Bird and Rodent Mites in Homes E600M
Bird's Bird's Nest Fungi, Sphere Throwers, & Shotgun Fungi P321B
Bitter Bitter Nightshade E503B
Bittersweet American Bittersweet H400B
Black-eyed Susan Diseases of Rudbeckia P154R
Black Flies Black Flies E601B
Black Knot Black Knot P417B
Black Medic Black Medic H504B
Black Root Rot Black Root Rot of Strawberry P239S
Black Rot Black Rot Canker P221B
Black Walnuts, harvest Harvesting Black Walnuts H404B
Black Walnut Toxicity Toxicity of Black Walnuts Towards Other Plants H407B
Blight Honeysuckle Leaf Blight P427H
Blight Early Blight of Tomatoes and Potatoes P256E
Blight Late Blight of Potato and Tomato P230L
Blight Southern Blight of Vegetables and Herbaceous Plants P152S/P254S
Blister Rust Rust Diseases on Minnesota Pines P419P
Bluegrass Annual Bluegrass H502B
Borax Using Borax to Control Creeping Charlie H519B
Borer Squash Vine Borer Management in Home Gardens E219S
Buckthorn Buckthorn Control H464B
Buckthorn Common Buckthorn Identification H402B
Buckthorn Crown Rust of Buckthorn P418B
Bulbs Spring Flowering Bulbs H120B
C

back to top		 Cabbage pests Caterpillar Pests of Cole Crops in Home Gardens E253C
Calla, Canna Calla and Canna Lilies H101C
Canker, Hypoxylon Hypoxylon Canker on Aspens and Willow P428H
Canker, Nectria Nectria Canker P431N
Canker, phomopsis Phomopsis Canker & Gall P460P
Canker, Pines Rust Diseases on Minnesota Pines P419P
Canker, Trees Cankers on Trees P421C
Caterpillar pests Caterpillar Pests of Cole Crops in Home Gardens E253C
Cedar-Apple Cedar-Apple Rust P222C
Cherry Leaf Cherry Leaf Spot P240C
Chestnuts Chestnuts, Horse-Chestnuts and Ohio Buckeyes H401C
Chickweed Chickweed H505C
Chives Growing Chives H206C
Chlorosis Iron Chlorosis H411I
Choosing Choosing a Lawn Care Company H300C
Citrus Growing Citrus Indoors H106C
Clay Trees & Shrubs for Clay Soil H408C
Clematis Stem Rot of Clematis P133C
Clover Clover, How to Grow It/How to Eliminate It H301C
Coldframes and cloches Season Extenders for Minnesota Gardens H137S
Cole crop pests Caterpillar Pests of Cole Crops in Home Gardens E253C
Conifers Fertilizing Evergreens (Conifers) H463F
Corn Corn Smut P229S
Corn Gluten Corn Gluten Meal: A Natural Pre-emergence Herbicide H531C
Crab Apple Apple Scab Resistant Crab Apple Cultivars P242A
Crabgrass Controlling Crabgrass H506C
Creeping Bellflower Creeping Bellflower H508B
Creeping Charlie Creeping Charlie H510C
Creeping Charlie Using Borax to Control Creeping Charlie H519B
Crown Rot Crown Rot of Asparagus P257A
Crown Rust Crown Rust of Buckthorn P418B
Cucumber Wild Cucumber and Bur Cucumber H524C
Cucurbits Bacterial Wilt of Cucurbits P260C
Cyclamen Cyclamen Care H145C
Cytospora Cytospora Canker of Spruce P422C
D

back to top		 Dandelions Controlling Dandelions H511D
Daylilies Diseases of Daylilies P127D
Deer Coping with Deer in the Home Landscape H462D/W701D
De-icers Effects of De-icers on Trees & Shrubs H456D
Diplodia Sphaeropsis Shoot Blight P423S
Disease resistance Disease-Resistant Apple Varieties P244A
Dill Growing Dill H245D
Dividing Dividing Perennials H140P
Dodder Dodder H521D
Dothistroma Dothistroma Needle Blight P424D
Dutch Elm Dutch Elm Disease-Resistant Elm Cultivars P425D
E

back to top		 Edema Oedema H113O
Edible Edible Flowers H104E
Evergreens Fertilizing Evergreens (Conifers) H463F
F

back to top		 Fairy Fairy Rings P316F
False False Japanese Beetles E153F
Ferns Growing Tropical Ferns Indoors H148F
Fertilizing Fertilizing Evergreens (Conifers) H463F
Ficus Rubber Trees, Weeping Figs, and Other Friendly Ficus H146F
Fig Rubber Trees, Weeping Figs, and Other Friendly Ficus H146F
Fire Fire Blight P223F
Flies Black Flies E601B
Flies Fungus-Killed Flies E455F
Flood Flood Stress on Trees P465F
Foliar Foliar Nematodes P151N
Foreign Foreign Grain Beetles E603F
Forest Forest Tent Caterpillar in Minnesota E461F
Fourlined Fourlined Plant Bug E121P
Fruit Postharvest Diseases of Fruits & Vegetables P225P
Fuchsia Overwintering Fuchsias H114F
Fungi Bird's Nest Fungi, Sphere Throwers, & Shotgun Fungi P321B
G

back to top		 Garlic Garlic H203G
Geranium Diseases of Geraniums P128G
Geranium Geranium Rust P129G
Ginseng Identifying Wild Ginseng H403G
Gladiolus Growing Gladiolus H149G
Goldenrod Goldenrod and Ragweed H530G
Gourds Preserving Gourds for Lasting Color H136G
Grass Weeds Perennial Grass Weeds in the Lawn H515G
Gray Mold Gray Mold of Bedding Plants P147G
Green Manure Green Manure Cover Crops for Minnesota H234G
Ground Beetles Ground Beetles E604G
H

back to top		 Hedge Balls/Hedge Apples Osage Oranges H249O
Herbicide Corn Gluten Meal: A Natural Pre-emergence Herbicide H531C
Herbs, Basil Growing Basil H205B
Herbs, Chives Growing Chives H206C
Herbs, Dill Growing Dill H245D
Herbs, Garlic Garlic H203G
Herbs, General Growing Herbs H207H
Herbs, Parsley Growing Parsley H208P
Hibiscus Hibiscus H109H
Hollyhock Hollyhock Rust P130H
Honeylocust plant bug Ash and Honeylocust Plant Bugs
 E449P
Honeysuckle Honeysuckle Leaf Blight P427H
Honeysuckle Honeysuckle Witches' Broom Aphid H451A
Horsehair Horsehair Worms E614H
Horseradish Horseradish H209H
Horsetail Horsetail H512H
Hosta Diagnosing Hosta Problems P153H
Houseplants Root Rot of Houseplants P141R
Huckleberry Garden Huckleberry H201H
Hypoxylon Hypoxylon Canker on Aspens and Willow P428H
I

back to top		 Indoor Houseplants Help Clean Indoor Air H110I
Iris Iris Borers E122I
Iris Iris Leaf Spot P132I
Iron Iron Chlorosis H411I
J

back to top		 Jack Jack in the Pulpit H111J
K

back to top		 Kiwi Growing Kiwi in Minnesota H248K
Knotweed Prostrate Knotweed & Its Control H517P
L

back to top		 Lace Lace Bugs E452L
Lady Beetles/Ladybugs Multicolored Asian Lady Beetles E615L
Landscape Mulching the Home Landscape H139M
Larder Larder Beetles E607L
Late Late Blight of Potato and Tomato P230L
Lawn Powdery Mildew in the Home Lawn P318P
Lawn (Ultra) Low Maintenance Lawns H325L
Lawn Care Choosing a Lawn Care Company H300C
Leaf Spot, Maple Anthracnose and Other Fungal Leaf Spot Diseases of Maple P414A
Leaf Spot, Rhubarb Rhubarb Leaf Spots P259R
Leaf Spot, Trees Leaf Spot Diseases of Poplar P437L
Leaf Spot, Turf Leaf Spot and Melting Out in Turf P317L
Leptosphaerulina Leptosphaerulina Blight of Turf P327L
Lichens Lichens on Trees P429L
Lilac Ascochyta Blight of Lilacs P467L
Lilac Bacterial Blight of Lilac P458L
Lirula Lirula Needlecast P430L
Loosestrife Purple Loosestrife H500P
Low (Ultra) Low Maintenance Lawns H325L
M

back to top		 Magnolia Magnolias for Minnesota H466M
Manure Using Dog & Cat Manure on Home Gardens H238M
Manure, Green Green Manure Cover Crops for Minnesota H234G
Maple Anthracnose and Other Fungal Leaf Spot Diseases of Maple P414A
Maple Small Maples for Minnesota H465
Maple Maple Petiole Borer E468M
Masked Masked Hunter E608M
Melting Out Leaf Spot and Melting Out in Turf P317L
Mexican Mexican Bamboo H513M
Minnesota MN Tip Method of Protecting Garden Roses H112R
Mites Bird and Rodent Mites in Homes E600M
Mold Gray Mold of Bedding Plants P147G
Moles Tips for Mole Trappers W703M
Moss Moss in Lawns H514M
Mulberry Mulberry H405M
Mulch Mulching the Home Landscape H139M
Multicolored Multicolored Asian Lady Beetles E615L
N

back to top		 Necrotic Necrotic Ring Spot of Turf P324N
Nectria Nectria Canker P431N
Nematodes Foliar Nematodes P151N
Nightcrawlers Nightcrawlers E303N
Nightshade Bitter Nightshade E503B
Nutsedge Yellow Nutsedge H523N
O

back to top		 Oak Oak Anthracnose P432O
Oedema Oedema H113O
Onion Growing Onions H247O
Orchids Phalaenopsis and Paphiopedilum species; Easy Orchids to Grow as Houseplants H150O
Osage Orange Osage Oranges H249O
P

back to top		 Palms Growing Palms Indoors H107P
Paphiopedilum Phalaenopsis and Paphiopedilum species; Easy Orchids to Grow as Houseplants H150O
Parsley Growing Parsley H208P
Pea Pea Diseases P231P
Peppers Peppers H210P
Perennials Dividing Perennials H140P
Perennials Perennials for Moist Soils H115P
Perennials Perennials for Season-Long Bloom H116P
Phalaenopsis Phalaenopsis and Paphiopedilum species; Easy Orchids to Grow as Houseplants H150O
Phomopsis Phomopsis Canker & Gall P460P
Physalis Physalis H135P
Pigeons Pigeons (Rock Doves) W700P
Pine Rust Diseases on Minnesota Pines P419P
Pine Pine Needle Rust P433P
Pine Pine-Oak and Pine-Pine Gall Rusts P426P
Plant bug Ash and Honeylocust Plant Bugs
 E449P
Plant Bugs, Fourlined Fourlined Plant Bug E121P
Plantain Plantain H516P
Plum Plum Pockets
 P243P
Poinsettia Care of Poinsettias H102P
Poison Ivy Poison Ivy & Its Control H501P
Poplar Leaf Spot Diseases of Poplar P437L
Postharvest Postharvest Diseases of Fruits & Vegetables P225P
Potato Early Blight of Tomatoes and Potatoes P256E
Potato Late Blight of Potato and Tomato P230L
Potato Potatoes H212P
Potato Potato Scab P241P
Potato Verticillium Wilt of Tomato and Potato H261V
Powderpost Beetles Powderpost and Other Wood-destroying Beetles in Minnesota Structures E609P
Powdery Mildew, Houseplants Powdery Mildew on Indoor Plants P142P
Powdery Mildew, Lawn Powdery Mildew in the Home Lawn P318P
Powdery Mildew, Ornamental Plants Powdery Mildew on Ornamental Plants P434P
Pre-emergence Corn Gluten Meal: A Natural Pre-emergence Herbicide H531C
Prostrate Prostrate Knotweed & Its Control H517P
Prostrate Prostrate Spurge H518P
Pruning Pruning Large Trees/Thinning Out vs. Topping P409P
Pseudoscorpions Pseudoscorpions E610P
Psocids Psocids E611P
Purple Purple Loosestrife H500P
Purslane Purslane H529P
Pussy Toes Pussy Toes H532P
Pythium Pythium Blight of Turf P319P
Q

back to top		 Quackgrass Controlling Quackgrass in Gardens H507Q
Quickweed Quickweed H528Q
R

back to top		 Raised Gardening in Raised Beds H233R
Raspberry Raspberry Insect Pests E216R
Red Turnip Beetles Red Turnip Beetles in the Home Garden E255R
Removing Sap Removing Sap and Honeydew from Cars H454R
Removing Trees Removing Trees and Shrubs H446R
Resistance Disease-Resistant Apple Varieties P244A
Rhizosphaera Rhizosphaera Needle Cast P435R
Rhubarb Rhubarb Leaf Spots P259R
Rodents What's Digging Holes in My Yard?W702R
Rodent Mites Bird and Rodent Mites in Homes E600M
Root Rot, Azaleas Root Rot of Azaleas and Rhododendrons P436R
Root Rot, Houseplants Root Rot of Houseplants P141R
Root Rot, Strawberry Black Root Rot of Strawberry P239S
Rose The Rose Chafer E123R
Rose Rose Rust P459R
Roses MN Tip Method of Protecting Garden Roses H112R
Roses Hardy Roses H108R
Rubber Rubber Trees, Weeping Figs, and Other Friendly Ficus H146F
Rudbeckia Diseases of Rudbeckia P154R
Russian Olive Phomopsis Canker & Gall P460P
Rust Anthracnose and Rust of Garden Beans P227B
Asparagus Rust Asparagus Rust P258A
Rust Spruce Needle Rust P457S
S

back to top		 Sandburs Sandburs H527S
Sap Sap Beetles in Home Gardens E217S
Sap Removing Sap and Honeydew from Cars H454R
Season Season Extenders for Minnesota Gardens H137S
Seed Insects Nuisance Wood Borers and Seed Insects in Homes E613W
Seeds, Starting Starting Seeds Indoors H236S
Septoria, Trees Leaf Spot Diseases of Poplar P437L
Septoria, Turf Septoria Leaf Spot of Turf P326S
Septoria, Vegetables Septoria Leaf Spot of Tomato P232S
Shade Shade Tree Decline H412S
Shady Growing a Lawn in Shady Places H302S
Shepherd Shepherd's Purse H526S
Sirococcus Sirococcus Tip Blight P438S
Slime Slime Molds P323S
Slugs Slugs E143S
Smooth Smooth Patch P439S
Smut Corn Smut P229S
Snow Snow Molds in Lawns P320S
Sooty Sooty Mold P440S
Sooty Sooty Blotch & Flyspeck on Apple Fruits P226S
Southern Southern Blight of Vegetables and Herbaceous Plants P152S/P254S
Sphaeropsis Sphaeropsis Shoot Blight P423S
Sporotrichosis Sporotrichosis P602S
Springtails Springtails E612S
Spruce Spruce Needle Rust P457S
Stinkhorns Stinkhorns P322S
Strawberry Black Root Rot of Strawberry P239S
Strawberry Strawberry Insect Pests of the Home Garden E215S
Strawberry Leaf Spot and Leaf Scorch of Strawberry P224S
Sunflowers Sunflowers
 H118S
T

back to top		 Thinning Thinning Fruit Trees H202T
Thistle Thistle Control H525T
Tomato Tomato Anthracnose P250T
Tomato Verticillium Wilt of Tomato and Potato H261V
Tomato Blight Early Blight of Tomatoes and Potatoes P256E
Tomato Blight Late Blight of Potato and Tomato P230L
Tomato Leaf Spot Septoria Leaf Spot of Tomato P232S
Trellises Trellises and Cages H237T
Turf Disease Leaf Spot and Melting Out in Turf P317L
Turf Disease Leptosphaerulina Blight of Turf P327L
Turf Disease Necrotic Ring Spot of Turf P324N
Turf Disease Septoria Leaf Spot of Turf P326S
Turnip Beetles Red Turnip Beetles in the Home Garden E255R
V

back to top		 Vegetable Postharvest Diseases of Fruits & Vegetables P225P
Vegetables Managing Vegetable Diseases of the Home Garden P261V
Verticillium Verticillium Wilt of Tomato and Potato H261V
Vines Vines: Growing a Living Screen H447V
Violets Controlling Violets in the Lawn H520V
W

back to top		 Water Gardening Container Water Gardening H103W
Weeping Fig Rubber Trees, Weeping Figs, and Other Friendly Ficus H146F
Weevils Home-Invading Weevils E606W
Wetwood Wetwood P441W
White Pine White Pine Blister Rust P442W
Wildlife What's Digging Holes in My Yard?W702
Wilt Bacterial Wilt of Cucurbits P260C
Wilt Verticillium Wilt of Tomato and Potato H261V
Winter Injury Winter Injury on Trees P466W
Witches' Broom Honeysuckle Witches' Broom Aphid H451A
Wood Borers Nuisance Wood Borers and Seed Insects in Homes E613W
Wood Decay Wood Decay P443W
Wood-destroying Beetles Powderpost and Other Wood-destroying Beetles in Minnesota Structures E609P
Woodsorrel Yellow Woodsorrel H522W
Woolly Woolly Aphids on Deciduous Trees & Shrubs E453W
Y

back to top		 Yellow Nutsedge Yellow Nutsedge H523N
Yellow Woodsorrel Yellow Woodsorrel H522W
Z

back to top		 Zoysia Zoysia Grass H314Z

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