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“Look at this tree going back into next year's growing ... So it's possible this current wave may ebb next year. Since the larger elm leaf beetle is a native insect, Slye said he's less ...
Ryan Murphy and Ben Held, co-investigators on the U’s disease-resistant elm selection and reintroduction program, want to ...
Marc Wolf steps off a trail at the Mountaintop Arboretum to examine a beech tree with mottled, bumpy bark. “This is pretty typical of beech bark disease,” he said. “Beech trees would typically have a ...
An author has described Brighton as a “first rate tree city” and claims it could stand in the city’s favour should it want to ...
Since DED took hold, carried by the Scolytus beetle that ... the parts of a tree’s DNA that confer resistance to DED, which could help with future breeding programmes. ‘The 50 offspring vary greatly ...
The disease starts at the heartwood of a tree and attacks outward. Dutch elm disease (DED ... The disease results from the walnut twig beetle (Pityophthorus juglandis) hosting a canker-producing ...
To prevent further spread, the city is removing trees in the area to help reduce beetle habitat. “City-owned elm trees with significant leaf death at the top of the tree, small elm trees ...
Norm Geisinger is 82 years old, and he owns an 85-year-old bonsai tree that’s less than two feet tall. He’s owned the Lace-bark Chinese elm for 25 years. He’s the third owner.
Rhonda Santos, a spokeswoman for the USDA, says August is “Tree Check Month ... the Asian longhorned beetle likes to feed on a host of trees, including: ash, birch, elm, sycamore, maple ...
Regina has culled 36 trees infected with Dutch elm disease this year, including seven taken down Wednesday in the Cathedral neighbourhood. Thirty-six is already the most for a single year in ...
“Oftentimes, they’re the only elm tree left in an area where everything ... that was impacted by emerald ash borer, an invasive beetle that attacks and kills ash trees. Ash trees were planted ...