Do you grow apples, pecans, or nursery crops?
Do you grow apples, pecans, or nursery crops?
Dr. Christopher Ranger presented this poster at the 2024 Entomological Society of America annual conference, sharing findings about the efficacy and speed of net-gen biosensing in identifying at-risk trees. Ambrosia beetles are attracted to ethanol emitted from stressed trees. Ongoing research among collaborators at the University of Georgia, Tennessee State University, and USDA-ARS is evaluating portable devices to detect ethanol emission in near real-time to identify trees vulnerable to infestation by ambrosia beetles.
Dr. Ranger is a Research Entomologist for the USDA-Agricultural Research Service.
