Forest Pests
Southern Pine Beetle
The southern pine beetle is one of the largest damaging agents of pines in the southern United States. Being able to identify beetle outbreaks and how to deal effectively with them is extremely important for forest landowners throughout the region. The material presented here provides information and links on southern pine beetle identification and management.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. -- It may have taken only one beetle and the fungus it carried to kill one-third of the nation’s redbay trees, according to scientists at Mississippi State University and the University of Florida.
Laurel wilt is a devastating disease of any tree or shrub species in the laurel family. The redbay ambrosia beetle, introduced from Asia into Georgia in 2002, carries the deadly fungus.
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