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  1. OARDC, OSU Extension Join Effort to Fight Ash Pest Found in Ohio

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/oardc-osu-extension-join-effort-fight-ash-pest-found-ohio

    last week by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) as emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis —a beetle ... David Shetlar will be part of the Ohio Emerald Ash Borer Task Force, a group of experts and officials ... in a press release. The beetle Because of its recent discovery in North America, little is known ...

  2. OSU Buckeye Yard & Garden Line

    https://ocvn.osu.edu/news/osu-buckeye-yard-garden-line

    blue spruces.  Making a positive identification between the two moths on pines may be challenging, ... white pine weevil (Pissodes strobi) females is 84 which means these snout beetles are primed to spring ... may be found through the OSU FactSheet database. Please note below the Call for Comments on Asian ...

  3. Herbicide and Mulch Combo Superior Method of Weed Control

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/herbicide-and-mulch-combo-superior-method-weed-control

    Pine nuggets and hardwood bark were the tested mulches, and the liquid chemicals used in the study ... three were pre-treated mulches, eight were herbicides applied under hardwood bark, and eight were ... herbicides applied over pine nuggets. At 350 days, four treatments were still providing commercially ...

  4. Butler County added to State Quarantine Issued to Protect Ohio's Walnut Trees from Thousand Cankers Disease- Dec 26, 2013

    https://ocvn.osu.edu/news/butler-county-added-state-quarantine-issued-protect-ohios-walnut-trees-thousand-cankers-disease

    the walnut twig beetle.  The walnut twig beetle spreads the fungus when it bores into the branches and ... quarantine does not apply to nuts, nut meats, hulls, processed lumber (bark-free and kiln-dried) and finished ... wood products without bark, such as walnut furniture, instruments and gun stocks. Landowners and ...

  5. Ohio State Forestry Students to Hold Christmas Tree Sale Nov. 29-Dec. 2

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ohio-state-forestry-students-hold-christmas-tree-sale-nov-29-dec-2

    The trees are fresh cut Ohio-grown Fraser firs, Scotch pines, white pines and blue spruces in heights ...

  6. Herbicide-Treated Mulches Effective Method of Weed Control

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/herbicide-treated-mulches-effective-method-weed-control

    organic mulches (pine nuggets, cypress, Douglas fir, hardwood bark, rice hulls, cocoa bean shells, and ... required in the nursery and landscape industries. Based on the results, rice hulls and hardwood bark ... considered commercially acceptable," said Mathers. Other pre-treated mulches, like pine nuggets, also ...

  7. Holiday Traditions Workshop at Caesar Creek Nature Center

    https://ocvn.osu.edu/news/holiday-traditions-workshop-caesar-creek-nature-center

    well as Norway, white spruce, hemlock, white and scotch pine cones were in abundance.   Complementing ... pine branches, wild grape vines, sweet gum balls, acorns, buckeyes, hickory nuts, milkweed pods, as ...

  8. Holiday Traditions Workshop at Caesar's Creek State Park

    https://ocvn.osu.edu/news/holiday-traditions-workshop-caesars-creek-state-park

    material to work with.  White cedar, Douglas fir, white and scotch pine branches, wild grape vines, sweet ... gum balls, acorns, buckeyes, hickory nuts, milkweed pods, as well as Norway, white spruce, hemlock, ... white and scotch pine cones were in abundance.        Complementing the tree greenery were flower and ...

  9. Exotic Tree Pest Generating Concern in Forestry/Nursery Industries

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/exotic-tree-pest-generating-concern-forestrynursery-industries

    beetle, known as the emerald ash borer, has been identified as Agrilus planipennis, and is generating ... similarly to other insects in the genus Agrilus, such as the bronze birch borer, a key pest of white-barked ... years is more common," said Herms. Infestations prove fatal because the larvae feed under the bark ...

  10. Storm Cleanup Good Opportunity to Check for Emerald Ash Borer

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/storm-cleanup-good-opportunity-check-emerald-ash-borer

    which feed on EAB larvae living under the trees bark. Other symptoms of EAB infestation € such as the ... sapwood € require that the bark be peeled off to detect them. A fact sheet with details and pictures of ... Diagnostic Check-off List under the Factsheets/Bulletins section of the Web site) or through local OSU ...

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