Posts Tagged: Stacy Hishinuma

Pursuit of a Tiny Beetle Leads to Coveted Honor

Her research pursuit of a tiny beetle that is wreaking havoc on walnut and butternut trees throughout the United States has led to a major honor. UC Davis entomology doctoral student Stacy Hishinuma has received and accepted a position in the USDA...

The walnut twig beetle is about the size of a grain of rice. In association with a newly described fungus, it causes thousand cankers disease of walnut and butternut trees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The walnut twig beetle is about the size of a grain of rice. In association with a newly described fungus, it causes thousand cankers disease of walnut and butternut trees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Thousand Questions about TCD

Researchers have a thousand questions about thousand cankers disease (TCD), the newly discovered disease that kills black walnut trees.Chemical ecologist and forest entomologist of Steve Seybold of the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research...

Dying Walnut Trees in Davis

THESE DYING WALNUT TREES in Davis, Calif., are victims of thousand cankers disease. (Photo by Steve Seybold)

Walnut Twig Beetle

ELECTRON SCANNING MICROSCOPE image of walnut twig beetle, by Andrew Graves, formerly of UC Davis.

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