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The railroad right of way that passes nearly under TCS is packed with the lanternflies favorite host species, ailanthus (tree of heaven). There's a large band o
by dgacmu 3y ago
The railroad right of way that passes nearly under TCS is packed with the lanternflies favorite host species, ailanthus (tree of heaven). There's a large band of them running all the way from the river up panther hollow to Carnegie Mellon. It's a perfect breeding ground for the lanternflies.
(The gates building is covered in them too.)
- pfdietz 3y agoI'm hoping the Tree of Heaven will be controlled. They've found a pathogen (Verticillium nonalfalfae) in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Austria that seems highly effective at controlling it. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341196404_Field-inoculated_Ailanthus_altissima_stands_reveal_the_biological_control_potential_of_Verticillium_nonalfalfae_in_the_mid-Atlantic_region_of_the_United_States https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341196404_Field-ino... https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12600-022-01032-z https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12600-022-01032-z