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Jackson Audley: A Case Study with the Walnut Twig Beetle

So tiny and so destructive. It's about the size of a grain of rice but it's a killer. That's the...

The walnut twig beetle is about the size of a grain of rice. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The walnut twig beetle is about the size of a grain of rice. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 6:38 AM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Geosmithia morbida (4), Jackson Audley (7), Mary Lou Flint (7), Pityophthorus juglandis (5), Steve Seybold (23), thousand cankers disease (10), UC IPM Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (2), walnut twig beetle (14)

A Thousand Questions about TCD

Researchers have a thousand questions about thousand cankers disease (TCD), the newly discovered...

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.

Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 5:51 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Geosmithia morbida (4), Pityophthorus juglandis (5), Stacy Hishinuma (3), Steve Seybold (23), walnut twig beetle (14)

Bad News for Black Walnut Trees

The news is startling, but not totally unexpected.Thousand cankers disease, which infects and kills...

Walnut Twig Beetle

TINY walnut twig beetle is cause for concern when a newly described fungus (with the proposed name of Geosmithia morbida), hitches a ride on its back when it bores into black walnut trees. Together they wreak a havoc known as "thousand cankers disease." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, August 9, 2010 at 8:41 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Geosmithia morbida (4), Pityophthorus juglandis (5), Steve Seybold (23), walnut twig beetle (14)

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Posts Tagged: Geosmithia morbida

Jackson Audley: A Case Study with the Walnut Twig Beetle

A Thousand Questions about TCD

Bad News for Black Walnut Trees

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