- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Published on: June 6, 2014
The polyphagous shot hole borer is taking up residence in California trees from San Diego to Santa Monica and as far east as Riverside County, drilling circular tunnels and spreading fungal spores that kill trees from the inside out, reported Amina Kahn in the Los Angeles Times Science Blog.
Akif Eskalen, UC Cooperative Extension plant pathology specialist at UC Riverside, wants to contain this invasive bug before it spreads throughout Southern California.
"If we can't control them," Eskalen said, "they are going to wipe out all our trees."
Box elders, sycamores, American...
Tags: biocontrol. Akif Escalen (1), polyphagous shot hole borer (4)
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