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Tree-killing fungus officially named by scientists
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Jun 30, 2008 |
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The USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) today announced that an SRS scientist and other researchers have officially named the fungus responsible for killing redbay and other trees in the coastal plains of ...
Holy Guacamole: Researcher Tracks Invasive Beetle Threatening Florida's Avocados
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Feb 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher at North Carolina State University is tracking the movement of the Redbay Ambrosia beetle, an invasive insect that, if it spreads to southeast Florida, may severely affect the production of avocados, ...
Laurel wilt of redbay and sassafras: Will avocados be next?
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Apr 02, 2008 |
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Scientists with the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS), Iowa State University, and the Florida Division of Forestry have provided the first description of a fungus responsible for the wilt of redbay trees ...
Beetle suspect in deaths of red bay trees
Feb 27, 2006 |
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Red bay trees across the southern United States are being threatened by a fungus introduced into the trees' stems by Asian Ambrosia beetles.
Invasive beetle attacks redbay trees
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Jan 13, 2008 |
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A beetle imported from Asia is spreading around the southeast United States, leaving dead and dying redbay trees in its wake.
Beetle, fungus threaten Florida's avocado industry
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A little beetle could cause big problems for Florida's multimillion-dollar avocado industry.
Scientists work to stop chocolate going the way of George Clooney
Jun 10, 2008 |
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What do George Clooney and old chocolate have in common? Both are still delicious but have greyed with age – and while this certainly hasn’t damaged the image of the former ER star, it does detract from the ...
Significant increase in alien plants in Europe
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Sep 17, 2008 |
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The number of alien plant species has more than tripled over the last 25 years. This is the finding of a study by European scientists who evaluated the data from 48 European countries and regions. 5789 plant ...
Tropical insects 'go the distance' to inform rainforest conservation
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Aug 09, 2007 |
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The long-held belief that plant-eating insects in tropical forests are picky eaters that stay “close to home” – dining only on locale-specific vegetation – is being challenged by new research findings that ...
Scientists show differing patterns of rainforest biodiversity
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Aug 08, 2007 |
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Rainforests are the world’s treasure houses of biodiversity, but all rainforests are not the same. Biodiversity may be more evenly distributed in some forests than in others and, therefore, may require different ...
