The ash standard

Developing White Ash with Resistance to the Emerald Ash Borer

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The Radio Active Ash

An urgent need for an EPA standard for disposal of coal ash.

EPA, the White House, and electric utilities are stalled in a struggle over a proposed new rule on coal ash disposal. Although this rule is long overdue, EPA now stands on the cusp of bringing forward a landmark decision that could benefit aquatic resources in the USA for decades to come and also set an important regulatory leadership example for the international community to follow. However, ...

Differential utilization of ash phloem by emerald ash borer larvae: ash species and larval stage effects

1 Two experiments were performed to determine the extent to which ash species (black, green and white) and larval developmental stage (second, third and fourth instar) affect the efficiency of phloem amino acid utilization by emerald ash borer (EAB) Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) larvae. 2 EAB larvae generally utilized green ash amino acids more efficiently than those o...

Emerald Ash Borer: Invasion of the Urban Forest and the Threat to North America’s Ash Resource

which now are threatened by A. glabripennis and EAB, respectively. Identification of the EAB infestation in Michigan began when iridescent green beetles collected from dying ash near Detroit were submitted to Michigan State University Department of Entomology in June 2002. On July 9, 2002, the beetles were conclusively identified as A. planipennis by Dr. Eduard Jendek of Slovakia, the world aut...