News tagged with bark beetle
Beetle, fungus deliver one-two punch to black walnut trees
Jul 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A newly discovered disease, caused by a previously undescribed fungus hitchhiking on a tiny native bark beetle, is infecting and killing hundreds of black walnut trees in California and seven ...
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Complex dynamics underlie bark beetle eruptions
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Jun 02, 2008 |
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Forest management that favors single tree species and climate change are just two of the critical factors making forests throughout western North America more susceptible to infestation by bark beetles, according to an article ...
Beetle offers clue to ancient pest control
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Apr 22, 2008 |
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Israeli researchers said an ancient beetle provides clues to how the Bible's Joseph the Dreamer was able to keep the people of Egypt from starving.
Discovery unlocks tree genetics, gives new hope for pine beetle defense
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Jan 14, 2008 |
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UBC researchers have discovered some of the genetic secrets that enable pine and spruce trees to fight off pests and disease, uncovering critical new information about forests’ natural defense systems.
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 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.
New York's Ash Trees Threatened by Newly Found Beetle
Jun 18, 2009 |
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For the first time, Cornell researchers have reported the sighting of the emerald ash borer - an ash-destroying beetle - in New York state.
Enzyme Discovery Could Lead to No Scent, No Sex for Japanese Beetle
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Jun 18, 2008 |
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If a male Japanese beetle is unable to detect the sex pheromone released by a female, he won't be able to locate her and reproduce. UC Davis researchers have discovered how a key enzyme interacts with those pheromones in ...
Tree deaths have doubled across the western US
Jan 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey and involving the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates tree deaths in the West's old-growth forests have more than doubled in recent decades, ...
New sequencing technique could boost pine beetle fight, improve cancer research
Sep 15, 2009 |
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UBC researchers have helped developed a cheaper, faster way to compile draft genome sequences that could advance the fight against mountain pine beetle (MPB) infestation and improve cancer research.
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, ...
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