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Scouting, management tips for stalk borer
2016-06-17 20:59:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
By Robert Wright, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension entomologist Common stalk borer eggs have hatched and scouting should begin when 1,300-1,400 degree days have accumulated. This is when larvae start moving into corn and other crops. read more
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Bt corn borer trait needed?
2015-05-06 19:51:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Control of European corn borer (ECB) with Bt traits has been a resounding success. While growers fight trait-tolerant corn rootworms and herbicide-tolerant weeds, control of European corn borer remains constant. Control has been so effective that John Tooker, associate professor, department of entomology, Pennsylvania State University, suggests European corn borer may not be the problem it once was. read more
Thousands of central Ohio ash trees succumbing to borer
2015-04-12 15:12:08| Energy - Topix.net
Central Ohio has been especially hard hit by the ravages of a killer insect that has destroyed tens of thousands of majestic ash trees the last few years. The Columbus Dispatch reports that American Electric Power has a crew dedicated to cutting down dead and dying ash trees before they fall on power lines.
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Save Your Ash! Free Seminar Emerald Ash Borer April 11th
2015-03-18 09:43:49| Chemicals - Topix.net
Our Representative from Bayer Corporation will be at our garden center to provide detailed information on what the Ash Borer is, how you can protect your trees, and how to recognize the Emerald Ash Borer.
In warmer climate, a bid to preserve trees threatened by emerald ash borer
2015-03-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MPR: In Minnesota, infestations have been found in the Twin Cities and in the state's southeastern corner. In northern Minnesota, where there are more than one million acres of black ash forest containing nearly a billion trees, researchers say the threat is made worse by a changing climate. Research suggests the pest is only kept at bay when temperatures dive 30 below zero. "We're likely to have less and less winters reaching that extreme cold temperature," U.S. Forest Service researcher Brian...
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