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  1. Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Hypothetical Groundhog/Whistlepig Food-snarfing and/or Projectile-projecting (for the Week of March 23, 2008)

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/smart-stuff-twig-walkingstick-hypothetical-groundhogwhistlepig-food-snarfing-andor

    some answers: 1. They don't. Woodchucks eat leaves, plus bark in a pinch, but not the wood ... that's under the bark. (Sometimes they do gnaw on wood.) And they make their dens in the ground, not in ...

  2. Media Advisory: Ohio State Experts Available to Speak on Thousand Cankers Disease in Walnut Trees

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/media-advisory-ohio-state-experts-available-speak-thousand-cankers-disease-walnut-trees

    discovery in Ohio of the walnut twig beetle. The insect is known to carry the fungus that causes deadly ... including, recently, the emerald ash borer and the Asian longhorned beetle. Wooster, 330-202-3506, ... smartphone app that allows users to spot and report invasive species, such as the walnut twig beetle, in Ohio ...

  3. Assess Corn for Rootworm Injury

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/assess-corn-rootworm-injury

    economic loss. Hammond said that despite the damage caused by larvae, adult corn rootworm beetles are also ... at any one time. In these cases, the beetles will congregate on those emerged silks and populations ... per plant may be larger than if the whole field had silked." Rescue treatment for rootworm beetle ...

  4. Online Flood Resources Available to Ohioans

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/online-flood-resources-available-ohioans

      • Flood FactSheets/Education: The Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)  Flood Resources page-- ... http://eden.lsu.edu/Topics/Hazards/Floods/Pages/Default.aspx-- provides links to factsheets and other resources that can be helpful for people experiencing ...

  5. Little-Known Virus May Cause Problems for Soybean Growers

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/little-known-virus-may-cause-problems-soybean-growers

    leaf beetle. "Last year there were a lot of reports across the Midwest and Ohio that suggested the ... beetle. The insect has become more common over the years, partly due to the increase in early planting of ... throughout Ohio to determine what generation of the bean leaf beetle is carrying the virus, how the insect is ...

  6. Thousand Cankers Coming? How to Spot Walnut Tree Killer

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/thousand-cankers-coming-how-spot-walnut-tree-killer

    called the walnut twig beetle. Both are thought to be native to parts of North America. At first, ... infected trees show yellowing of the leaf canopy, small exit holes caused by the beetles, and many small ...

  7. Late Planted Soybeans Mean Aphids in August

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/late-planted-soybeans-mean-aphids-august

    attention is also focused on the second generation of bean leaf beetles. “The last of the second generation ... or bean leaf beetle feeding. “Growers should scout their fields and take those insect counts so they ...

  8. Dry Weather Could Aggravate Insect Damage on Crops

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/dry-weather-could-aggravate-insect-damage-crops

    soybean leaf defoliators such as bean leaf beetle, Japanese beetle and Mexican bean beetle will make an ...

  9. In-Furrow Applicator Cuts Chemical Costs in Vegetable Crops

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/furrow-applicator-cuts-chemical-costs-vegetable-crops

    zucchini) to control the striped cucumber beetle, with promising results. "Continuous in-furrow ... rates of Admire (a systemic insecticide used to control the striped cucumber beetle), Ohio State ... 67 percent striped cucumber beetle mortality at the 2nd leaf stage of the plant as determined by ...

  10. Blame the Heat for Delayed Pumpkin Development

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/blame-heat-delayed-pumpkin-development

    beetle, has been a problem for pumpkin growers all season mainly because of high beetle populations that ... may have inoculated plants early in the season. "Beetle populations were huge this year. We were ... finding 50-60 beetles per plant in some areas when we scouted fields," said Riedel. "The hot ...

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