“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 ...

The elm bark beetle is the only one native to North America ... feeding on the phloem and damaging the xylem. These leave the tree with marks under the bark that are centipede-shaped.

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 ...

Providing that the tree has been identified as an American elm ... Removal of the damaged parts reduces breeding sites for the elm bark beetle and removes the fungus from the vicinity. Branches with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...