Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- June 30, 2009

Homeowners, gardeners can slow invasion of emerald ash borer in the state (:50)

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STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE BATTLING AN INVASION BY A SMALL BEETLE WHICH IS DEADLY TO ASH TREES. AND A PENN STATE EXTENSION SPECIALIST SAYS AS THE BUG TRIES TO SPREAD ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA, SHARP-EYED CITIZENS ARE NEEDED TO JOIN THE FIGHT. GARY ABDULLAH HAS THE DETAILS:

Story:

(:17) THE TINY EMERALD ASH BORER COULD DEVASTATE THE STATE'S ASH SPECIES, COSTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. ITS RECENT APPEARANCE IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INFESTED COUNTIES TO SEVEN, AND FAST ACTION COULD SLOW FURTHER SPREAD. PENN STATE EXTENSION ENTOMOLOGIST GREG HOOVER SAYS FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, STATE INSPECTORS NEED SOME EXTRA EYES IN THE FIGHT:

Hoover Actuality:
(:20) "IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR HOMEOWNERS, AND GREEN INDUSTRY FOLKS AND ANY FORESTERS TO KEEP THEIR EYES PEELED, BECAUSE MID- JUNE TO MID-JULY IS THE PEAK FLIGHT FOR THE ADULT EMERALD ASH BORER. THEY MAY NEED SOMEONE FROM OUR LOCAL PENN STATE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OFFICE OR CONTACT THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO VALIDATE WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE EMERALD ASH BORER."

(:13) IF YOU SEE A POSSIBLE BEETLE, HOOVER SAYS, YOU CAN CONFIRM IT BY GETTING A SAMPLE TO YOUR COUNTY PENN STATE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OFFICE OR TO THE REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE . FROM PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.

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Learn more:

Emerald ash borer surveys being conducted in Pennsylvania (from the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences news archives)

 

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