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baw rer

  • n  a drill for penetrating rock
  • n  any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood

  • In that tiny package was a noxious pest, the European corn borer.
  • Lydella does no harm to crops and attacks no insect except the corn borer.
  • An indirect effect of this corn stalk utilization is the prevention of pesty corn borer spread.
News & Articles

  • Rosemont Program Aimed To Head Off Ash Borer Disease
    Rosemont Park Dist. commissioners yesterday (Tuesday) voted to treat 92 park trees including 28 Ash trees that could become infested by Emerald Ash Borer disease.
    June 12, 2013 - Journal & Topics Newspapers
  • Bleak future for local ash trees
    The impact that the emerald ash borer has had on this area’s ash tree population is evident by the thousands of trees that have had to be chopped down over the past few years.
    June 12, 2013 - Kane County Chronicle
  • Emerald ash borer poses threat to N.H. trees
    It's likely you've heard the news: The emerald ash borer (EAB), an invasive pest from Asia that has killed tens of millions of trees in the eastern United States and Canada, has been found in Concord. This column will give you essential information on...
    June 8, 2013 - Portsmouth Herald
Quotes

  • Charles Schumer in BigNews.biz (press release)
    Invasive species like the Emerald Ash Borer are a blight on our economy and our ecosystem, with the potential to wreck havoc for businesses in a number of industries, including furniture makers, lumber mills and sporting goods manufacturers,...
  • Karl Mueller in Forbes
    This is a pretty important time, especially with this new find of emerald ash borer in our city. It's important to have extra help,Mueller said.
  • Gerry Ritz in Market Wire (press release)
    The Government of Canada is working hard to limit the spread of the emerald ash borer,said Minister Gerry Ritz. "We all have a responsibility to do what we can to protect Canada's valuable forests and the Government of Canada is committed...

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