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Exotic Tree Pest Generating Concern in Forestry/Nursery 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 ...
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Storm Cleanup Good Opportunity to Check for 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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Viburnum Chewer Makes Its Way Into Ohio
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/viburnum-chewer-makes-its-way-ohio
hungry for the popular woody ornamentals. The viburnum leaf beetle, Pyrrhalta viburni, was recently ... sighting of the pest in U.S. territory occurred in 1996 in New York state. Since then, the beetle has ... viburnum leaf beetle is a very damaging, invasive pest," said Dan Herms, an entomologist with Ohio ...
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Sports Turf Managers Fighting Bugs by Going Green
green. That's why Dave Shetlar, Ohio State University Extension, will present “Cost Effective and ... Columbus. "There's concern about exposure to pesticides," said Shetlar, also known as the ... meet those expectations." In his talk, Shetlar will offer details to grounds staff, coaches, ...
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Christmas Trees Offer Many Environmental Benefits — And You Can Put a Dollar Sign Next to Them
up." A blue spruce with a 2-inch-diameter trunk growing on a Christmas tree farm in, say, Doylestown in ... runoff and reduction of atmospheric carbon by 20 pounds. Meanwhile, a Scotch pine at that same location ... blue spruce planted in Columbus in front of a single-family home, for example, will provide $12 every ...
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Media Advisory: Ohio State Experts Available to Speak on Bees and Pesticides
Dave Shetlar, a professor in the Department of Entomology based in Columbus, described a less-toxic ... Shetlar specializes in pests of turfgrass and landscape plants. Johnson, Ellsworth and Shetlar have ...
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Researchers Investigate Nursery Stock Bark Splitting
January 3, 2006 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nursery tree stock throughout Ohio is suffering from bark ... felt that bark splitting was something that was easy to diagnose. But what is happening here is ... unusual." Bark splitting, or cracking, occurs on thin-barked trees and most commonly on the southwest side ...
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Ohio State Scientist: EPA's Alert on Imprelis is Warranted
including to Norway spruce and white pine, after Imprelis was used. On Aug. 11, the EPA issued an order to ...
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Ohio Christmas Tree Association honors Dave Shetlar
https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/ohio-christmas-tree-association-honors-dave-shetlar
We’re pleased to inform you that Dave Shetlar, Entomology, has been elected to the Hall of Fame of ...
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Ohio State Experts on Emerald Ash Borer (Updated February 2007)
Conducts research on resistance of different species of ash to EAB and insecticides. —David Shetlar, OSU ... Extension entomologist, (614) 292-3762 or shetlar.1@osu.edu: Member of the Ohio Emerald Ash Borer Task ...