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  1. Stewart's Wilt Predicted Low Risk

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/stewarts-wilt-predicted-low-risk

    upon weather conditions and the mortality rate of the flea beetle — an insect that is a vector of the ... "We say this because the mortality rate of the flea beetle is high where the flea beetle index is 90 ... tracked to determine the risk level of the disease. Researchers recorded a flea beetle index of 91 in ...

  2. Media Advisory: Meeting Features Arsenal of Educational Tools in Insect, Disease Fight

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/media-advisory-meeting-features-arsenal-educational-tools-insect-disease-fight

    Determine Timing of Insect Emergence; presented by David Shetlar, OSU Extension entomologist. • 1:30 p.m.: ... Identifying Strange and Unusual Turfgrass Insects; presented by David Shetlar, OSU Extension entomologist. ...

  3. Soybean Leaf Feeders Out in Full Force

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/soybean-leaf-feeders-out-full-force

    that bean leaf beetles, Japanese beetles and grasshoppers are common in many fields across the state. ... randomly across the entire field and not just confine your scouting to field edges. Japanese beetles and ... bean leaf beetles tend to feed across the field, while grasshoppers are normally found at field ...

  4. New Ribes Trials and Compost Sock System Demo Part of Hort Field Night

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-ribes-trials-and-compost-sock-system-demo-part-hort-field-night

    banned due to the serious threat to the white pine industry from white Pine blister rust. Ribes are the ... white pine blister rust, and are available to consumers through commercial fruit nurseries. The evening ...

  5. Forgotten Wheat Pest Back in Ohio

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/forgotten-wheat-pest-back-ohio

    decades in Ohio may be making a comeback.   Cereal leaf beetle has been causing serious damage to some ... leaf beetle was a serious problem back in the 1960s and early 1970s, but through research, parasitoids ... Center. "But for the past two years, something has happened and suddenly either the beetle is doing ...

  6. OSU Expert: Warm Winter May Bring Early Insects, But Effect on Field Crops Depends More on Weather and Growers’ Planting Dates

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-expert-warm-winter-may-bring-early-insects-effect-field-crops-depends-more-weather

    leaf beetle, which damages soybeans, the corn flea beetle, which targets corn, and the alfalfa weevil ... a greater potential for injury exists.”   However, corn flea beetles in particular, and their ability to ... Hammond said. In fact, more corn flea beetles are expected this year, significantly increasing the ...

  7. Keep in Mind Insect Pests When Planting Soybeans

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/keep-mind-insect-pests-when-planting-soybeans

    leaf beetle are problematic for soybean growers and can cause economic losses either from feeding or ... keep their eye on is the bean leaf beetle, a defoliator and pod feeder that is also a vector of bean ... beetle is emerging, which may be of a concern for those growers who have already planted their ...

  8. Asian Longhorned Beetle Found in Ohio

    https://woodlandstewards.osu.edu/news/asian-longhorned-beetle-found-ohio

    Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) in Ohio. An exotic, invasive insect that kills maples and other trees, ALB ...

  9. Secrest Arboretum to Celebrate National Pollinator Week June 22

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/secrest-arboretum-celebrate-national-pollinator-week-june-22

    hummingbirds, certainly some bees, beetles, flies, even some wasps, Downer said. “Well look at different plants ... ecosystem services provided by bees, birds, butterflies, bats and beetles, says the website of the ... Caption: Discover honey bees like this one plus flies, beetles, butterflies and hummingbirds when Secrest ...

  10. What are the best ways to burn (or not) a forest?

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/what-are-the-best-ways-burn-or-not-forest

    Jack pines, which are common in parts of the northern Great Lakes, need fire to thrive. So does ... jack pine stands in a handful of locations in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ontario-- and nowhere else on ...

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