Volunteers check for elm disease

Source: BBC News

26 May 2012 Last updated at 07:59 ET Last year hundreds of infected trees were burnt, chopped down or had branches removed A band of volunteers are helping to keep East Sussex free of Dutch elm disease after more than ...
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Emerald ash borer found in Muskingum County

Source: Zanesville Times Recorder

ZANESVILLE -- For the Kanavel family, graduation this year carries extra significance. A bill was introduced at the Ohio Statehouse this week that would prevent an employer from asking... ROSEVILLE -- Watching her d ...
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Vijai Pandian column: Plants can work together

Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette

In natural systems, plants have evolved ways to interact with other plants, and their influence can result in a mutual benefit or can aid another plant in protection from pests or improve its vigor. These gangs of friendly plants that use the p ...
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Stop and smell the, er, stench of corpse flower

Source: Columbus Dispatch

Developer says he will preserve some of the wetlands at Sawmill property. Sign up for home delivery of The Columbus Dispatch and find out What's In It for You. Rhonda Barrett of Fairborn snaps a photo of the corpse flower as othe ...
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Traps hung in NH ash trees to detect destructive beetle

Source: Nashua Telegraph

Purple boxes looking like box kites are being hung in New Hampshire ash trees once again as part of efforts to detect emerald ash borer, an invasive insect that had obliterated ash forests throughout the Midwest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal ...
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Garden therapy

Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Plant peonies near your roses to control Japanese beetles. The larvae of a parasitic wasp feed on sticky peony buds, and the wasps kill the beetles. Go ahead and grow tropicals. Many desert plants are hardy here. You can always create a microc ...
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Hive beetle pest found on Kauai

Source: HawaiiChannel.com

The small hive beetle, which is a serious pest of honeybees according to agriculture officials, has been found on Kauai. The pest was first detected on Hawaii island in April 2010 and has since spread to Oahu, Maui and Molokai. Agricultu ...
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Better treat soon to combat emerald ash borer

Source: Hamilton Journal-News

Emerald ash borer (EAB) is alive and well and has a foothold in the Miami Valley, unfortunately. I am seeing signs and symptoms of this pest around the area. If you are planning on treating your trees to preserve them, then you need to do i ...
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Steve Backshall: The wild man from Surrey

Source: Guardian Unlimited

For a man who has smelled the breath of the planet's deadliest predators and lived to tell the tale, Steve Backshall cuts a remarkably disarming figure. Anyone familiar with CBBC's resident adventurer and naturalist through his show Deadly 60 may be s ...
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