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A Capital Adventure 2006 ARS / ASA Joint Convention
Mr. Stanton Gill Friday Evening Speaker
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Keeping out the “Bad Boy Pests”
Maryland has experienced a plethora of exotic pests over the years but none
have the potential for destruction as the tiny green colored beetle called the
emerald ash borer and the black and white beetle called the Asian longhorned beetle.
The Emerald ash borer beetle can devastate ash trees in Maryland in as short a time
period as one season. Ash trees are an important forest tree in Maryland and green
ash are planted extensively in Maryland landscapes. If this pest become well
establish in Maryland many landscapes will be ravaged and the forest dramatically
changed forever. This pest was accidentally introduced into Michigan 5 –6 years
ago and expanded it range into the southern part of Canada and into Ohio.
It was introduced into Maryland and Northern Virginia in 2003. The Asian
longhorned borer is deadly tree pest of maple, London Plane, birch and many
other hardwoods. This beetle has been found in 2004 in southern New Jersey.
We may have to soon deal with this devastating tree borer.
Learn what you can do about these two major tree pests. The lecturer will also cover
new low-risk pesticides for use in an IPM approach for dealing with azalea pests.
Biographical
Stanton Gill is a Regional Specialist with the Central Maryland Research and Education Center (CMREC).
He is a tenured Professor with the University of Maryland and Professor of Landscape
Technology with Montgomery College.
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