Science news articles about 'emerald ash borer'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Wood debris from January ice storms in Southern Indiana and Kentucky provides an opportunity for emerald ash borer detection, said one Purdue University expert.

ST. PAUL, Minn., May 15 (UPI) -- The tree-killing emerald ash borer has been found in Minnesota, which has the nation's second-highest number of ash trees after Maine, scientists said.

SANFORD, Maine, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. state of Maine has developed an early-warning system to spot infestations of the emerald ash borer beetle, scientists say.

... efforts to manage outbreak populations of the emerald ash borer (EAB), a beetle that has the potential to devastate ash trees in the Northeast. The new invasive ...

The emerald ash borer is the most destructive insect in North America, and officials in New York are using special purple devices — called Barney traps — against them.

... worth of damage. In "Economic Analysis of Emerald Ash Borer Management Options," a recent study ... . The authors conclude that communities can prepare for emerald ash borer and attempt to minimize a significant loss ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Perhaps the only good news in the Aug. 4 announcement that emerald ash borers have been found in southeastern Wisconsin is that the invasive pest took its time getting here.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Tuesday that it has banned the transportation of firewood out of Ottawa and Gatineau to help stop the spread of the emerald ash borer beetle.

For the first time, Cornell researchers have reported finding the emerald ash borer - an ash tree-destroying beetle - in New York state.

ST. PAUL, Minn., July 27 (UPI) -- Scientists say there will be no easy victory over the emerald ash borer but the battle to save North America's 8 billion ash trees is under way.

For the first time, researchers have reported the sighting of the emerald ash borer -- an ash-destroying beetle -- in New York state.

... just attack sick trees. Emerald ash borer attacks healthy trees. It attacks ... destroyed at 70 million as of June. Emerald ash borer is native to Asia, and North American ... he may be about 10 percent there. "When I first found out about the emerald ash borer, we had about 60 different types ...

... trees have been destroyed nationally by the emerald ash borer insect. An Iowa researcher is racing the clock to collect seeds from different ash ...

... from across the U.S. that can be frozen and ready to plant when researchers figure out how to kill or control the emerald ash borer ...

... species in Texas are being preserved as part of MSB that could become useful if the state gets hit with emerald ash borer, an exotic beetle discovered in Michigan ...