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Minnesota is about to unleash a new
weapon in its fight to slow the spread of the emerald ash borer.

      The Minnesota Department of Agriculture plans to release
stingless wasps in rural Houston County in the far southeastern
corner of the state on Wednesday. The wasps are natural enemies of
the ash borer and are approved by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture as a biocontrol measure.

      The metallic green beetles have killed tens of millions of trees
in other Midwestern states, and now threaten to devastate
Minnesota's estimated 900 million ash trees. They were first found
in St. Paul last year and in Minneapolis and Houston County earlier
this year.

http://www.mda.state.mn.us/plants/pestmanagement/eab.aspx

Ag officials: Don't spread emerald ash borer

A new foil for the emerald ash borer

Minnesota is about to unleash a new
weapon in its fight to slow the spread of the emerald ash borer.


Minnesota releasing wasps to fight emerald ash borer

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