(2008) Pest Alert: Emerald Ash Borer, September 2008. Natural Resources, Department of
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Abstract
A beetle from Asia, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), was identified in July 2002 as the cause of widespread ash (Fraxinus spp.) tree decline and mortality in southeastern Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Larval feeding in the tissue between the bark and sapwood disrupts transport of nutrients and water in a tree, eventually causing branches and the entire tree to die. Tens of millions of ash trees in forest, rural, and urban areas have already been killed or are heavily infested by this pest.
| Item Type: | Departmental Report |
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| Keywords: | Trees, DNR, Iowa, Emerald Ash Borer, Insect |
| Subjects: | Natural resources and environment Natural resources and environment > Ecology > Types of environments Natural resources and environment > Ecology > Types of environments > Forests Natural resources and environment > Environmental assessments |
| ID Code: | 17407 |
| Deposited By: | Margaret Barr |
| Deposited On: | 16 Jul 2014 15:17 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jul 2014 15:17 |
| URI: | https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/17407 |