Tag: Walnut twig beetle

Countering Thousand Cankers Disease

by Megan Bequette, SRS Science Communications Intern  • 
In recent decades, thousand cankers disease has become a concern for walnut growers and hardwood forest managers in the United States. A variety of measures have been investigated or developed to counter the disease. A study led by USDA Forest Service research entomologist Albert Mayfield and former University of Tennessee graduate student Jackson Audley looked…  More 

Hoping for Empty Traps

by Zoё Hoyle, SRS Science Delivery  • 
Sometimes you may not really want to find what you’re looking for. On June 11, 6th grader William David, along with his brother Bennett and mother Sherry, met U.S. Forest Service researchers Bud Mayfield and Bryan Mudder to set out traps along a greenway near the Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) office in Asheville,…  More