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  1. 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 ...

  2. Sports Turf Managers Fighting Bugs by Going Green

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/sports-turf-managers-fighting-bugs-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, ...

  3. Alfalfa Weevil and Potato Leafhopper Status in Ohio's Alfalfa Crop

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/alfalfa-weevil-and-potato-leafhopper-status-ohios-alfalfa-crop

    State University Extension’s factsheet on potato leafhopper in alfalfa is at: ... https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ENT-33 An excellent resource for other forage-related questions is the OSU Extension’s Forage Page at:  ...

  4. Alfalfa Weevil Are Active- Time to Scout

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/alfalfa-weevil-are-active-time-scout

    treatment options, refer to our Alfalfa Weevil factsheet. It is a bit too early for early harvest as ...

  5. One Day Insect University

    https://ocvn.osu.edu/events/one-day-insect-university

    science plays in what we know about insects. Presenters include Mary Gardiner, Dave Shetlar, Reed Johnson ...

  6. Christmas Trees Offer Many Environmental Benefits — And You Can Put a Dollar Sign Next to Them

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/christmas-trees-offer-many-environmental-benefits-%E2%80%94-and-you-can-put-dollar-sign-next

    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 ...

  7. Media Advisory: Ohio State Experts Available to Speak on Bees and Pesticides

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/media-advisory-ohio-state-experts-available-speak-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 ...

  8. The Tree Course- Trees of the Great Eastern Forest- Field Recognition

    https://ocvn.osu.edu/events/tree-course-trees-great-eastern-forest-field-recognition

    in hand, and by the bark when a tree’s leaves are too high in the canopy to clearly see. Topics of ...

  9. Time to Start Scouting for Potato Leafhoppers in Alfalfa

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/time-start-scouting-potato-leafhoppers-alfalfa

    Our extension factsheet on potato leafhopper in alfalfa is HERE.  Insects ...

  10. Researchers Investigate Nursery Stock Bark Splitting

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/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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