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- Yale Environment 360. Beetle Mania: The nasty insect that is killing the trees of Johannesburg. Oct 16, 2018.
- Citrus Industry News. University of California Scientists identify new citrus diseases. May 9, 2018
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The Hub News. Southern California trees under threat from infestation. April 24, 2018
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Landscape Architecture Magazine. The tiny Menace. March 13, 2018
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LA Times, The shot hole borer beetle could kill 38% of all trees in L.A. region. Nov 30, 2017
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KPCC-NPR, Scientist bet of parasitic wasp to beat shot hole borer. June 29, 2017
- LA Times, Essential California: Millions of SoCal trees are dying off. April 20, 2017
- The Press-Enterprise, Fighting to stop Tree-Killing Pest, Dec 16, 2016
- Daily Bulletin Environment, Can these tree 'shots' save urban park trees from deadly beetles? Nov 30, 2016
- San Diego Union-Tribune, Mysterious willow die-off at Escondido Creek. Nov 28, 2016.
- Fox5 News, Deadly beetle infestation spreading across country, May 11, 2016
- LA Times, UC Irvine's leafy campus is now one big laboratory to fight tree-killing beetle, April 4, 2016
- The Press-Enterprise, Invasive Species: Tree-Infesting beetle found in Riverside, March 21, 2016
- The San Diego Reader, Beetles invasion rocks biologists' world, Jan 19, 2016
- Ventura County Star, Beetle spreads worry among Ventura County farmers January 16, 2016
- The San Diego Union-Tribune, Avocado beetle could spread uncontrollably, January 2, 2016
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VOA News, 3-D-Printed Devices Help Scientists Trap, Study Tree-Damaging Bugs Oct 22, 2015
- UCR News, Holy guacamole! 3-D printing could help save avocado, other trees, Sep 30, 2015
- NPR 89.3 KPCC, Scientists fight to save iconic UC Irvine trees from invasive beetle, July 21, 2015
- NPR 89.3 KPCC_UC Riverside researchers turn to 3-D printers to help battle invasive beetle.
- KCET News, California's Live Oaks Face New Fungus Disease Threat. May 13, 2014
- UCR Today, Decline of Coast live oaks trees in Southern California due to foamy bark canker, April 29, 2014
- CBS news, Tree-killing bug invades southern California, June 7, 2014
- LA Times. Tree-killing bug invades southern California, with no answer in sight, June 6, 2014
- NPR 89.3KPCC, Foamy bark canker fungus killing California oak trees up and down coast, April 28, 2014
- NBC News, Avocado trees threatened by newly discovered fungus, Dec 31, 2013
- UCR Today, Invasive beetle-fungus complex found in San Diego Counties, Dec 5, 2013.
- CBS 8 News, New beetle treating San Diego Trees, Dec 15, 2013
- Press Enterprise, Avocado growers are engaging in beetle battle, Feb 2015.
- LA Times: Tree-killing bug invades Southern California, with no answer in sight, June 2014.
- Avocado source journals, Invasive Ambrosia Beetle Conference: The Situation in California, August 2012.
- USDA Pest Alert: The Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer, Nov 2013
- CBS News: Tree-killing beetles attacking California's forests, Jan 2014
- NBC4 News at 6: Avocado Trees Threatened by Newly Discovered Fungus
- UT-San Diego, New beetle threatens arbors, orchards, Dec 14, 2013
- Huntington Blogs, On the trail of a deadly pest. Sep 28, 2012
- Huffpost Green, Huntington botanical gardens warn of a super pest: Is anybody listening? Sep 26,2012
- LA Times, May 11, 2012, Meet the beetle: Asian pest a threat to California’s avocado crop, Mat 2012.
- UCR Today, Beetle-fungus disease threatens crops and landscape trees in southern California, May 2012.
- Weekly News line, From the eclectic’s notebook, May 2012.
- Whittier Daily News, Exotic Asian beetle threatens California avocado industry, May 27, 2012,
- Don’t Move Firewood. Polyphagous shot hole borer. July 2016.
- Pasadena News, Exotic Asian beetle threatens the avocado industry, June 2012.
- UCR Highlander, UCR scientists discovered the cause of avocado killing disease, May 2012.
- Green Blog, UCCE San Joaquin County, Have you seen polyphagous shot hole borer lately?
- UC- California Naturalist, Pest Tagged: Polyphagous shot hole borer, August 2012.
- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Exotic Asian beetle threatens California avocado industry, May 2012
- Western Arborist, Fusarium dieback: a new and serious insect-vectored disease of landscape trees Sept 2012
- UCCE-UC Davis, New insect-disease complex strikes southland trees, Dec 2012
- Western Farm Press, The tea shot hole borer gallery, May 2012
- Farm Progress, Tea shot hole borer worries avocado growers, July 2012