Be warned, your trendy olive tree might come with a free snake
Reptiles have been spotted on imported plants, but what we should really worry about, according to scientists, are the ...
Phys.org25 天
Snakes in potted olive trees 'tip of the iceberg' of ornamental plant trade hazards, say ...
It is also enabling some ornamental plants themselves to become invasive pests as growing conditions change. "Ornamental olive trees for sale in the UK can be over 100 years old, with many hiding ...
EurekAlert!25 天
Snakes in potted olive trees ‘tip of the iceberg’ of ornamental plant trade hazards
It is also enabling some ornamental plants themselves to become invasive pests as growing conditions change. “Ornamental olive trees for sale in the UK can be over 100 years old, with many ...
Warning of stowaway snakes and tree-frogs hiding in pot plants
"Adult snakes and lizards are just the tip of the iceberg," said Prof William Sutherland, of the University of Cambridge. "If ...
The Sun24 天
Urgent warning over food crops being destroyed by rising stowaway pests and non-native ...
The sheer volume of plants and cut flowers being traded at speed makes it extremely difficult to intercept all the pests and diseases ... among ornamental olive trees. While a South American ...
BBC24 天
Warning of stowaway snakes and tree-frogs hiding in pot plants
Frogs, lizards and insects pests are the main stowaways detected ... particularly in potted olive trees: Italian wall lizard found on a crate in a plant nursery in The Netherlands In the research ...