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It's likely this will all follow the same path as Dutch Elm Disease- when was the last time you saw a big old elm tree in front of a house? Still, the solution
by mabbo 10y ago
It's likely this will all follow the same path as Dutch Elm Disease- when was the last time you saw a big old elm tree in front of a house?
Still, the solution may be the same: slowly begin to develop trees resistant to the thing killing it. Perhaps some GMO or crossbreeding with whatever genes allow Asian ash to survive the beetles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_elm_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_elm_disease
- douche 10y agoInteresting, I've never seen one of these borer beetles. Ash trees are everywhere here in New England.
- Spooky23 10y agoThe beetle just crossed the Hudson River two years ago. Look for little purple boxes hanging from trees off of the highway on forests. Those are monitoring traps.
- egillie 10y agoWe're seeing the same problem with lovely paper birch trees and the birch borer in the northwest http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nurspest/bronze_birch_borer.htm http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nurspest/bronze_birch_borer.htm