From Culture to Chemistry: Managing Flatheaded Borers in Specialty Crops On-Demand Presentations

Organizer(s)

• KA

  Karla Addesso

  Research Associate Professor
  Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
  Tennessee State University
  McMinnville, Tennessee
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  Jason Oliver

  Research Professor of Entomology
  Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
  Tennessee State University, Otis L. Floyd Nursery Research Center (TSU-NRC)
  McMinnville, Tennessee
• CP

  Cindy Perkovich

  Assistant Professor of Biology
  Ashland University
  Barberton, Ohio

This symposium will focus on ecology and management of Chrysobothris flatheaded borers in nursery, landscape nut and fruit orchard systems. These native beetles cause damage to trees by girdling trunks and branches, reducing yield in production orchards and killing newly planted trees.

Presentations:

• On Demand

  Flatheaded borer (Chrysobothris spp.) management in nurseries with insecticides: Issues and factors for success
  

  Presenting Author: Jason B. Oliver – Tennessee State University

  Co-author: Aubree Morrison – Tennessee State University

  Co-Author: Karla M. Addesso – Tennessee State University

  Co-Author: Nadeer N. Youssef – Tennessee State University

  Co-author: Cynthia L. Perkovich – Ashland University