Ohio Green Industry Association Announces Midwest Green Conference Dates and Early Registration Deadline

An Ohio Landscape
This year's Midwest GREEN event will be held on November 6 and 7, 2023 at the Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. Midwest GREEN is an event of the Ohio Green Industry Association (OGIA). Early Bird Registration rates will increase after August 31, 2023. 
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Amy Stone

USDA Publishes Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) Update

ALB Exit Hole with Penny for Size Comparison
USDA works closely with Federal and State officials to eradicate Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) using a combined approach that includes imposing quarantines, conducting tree inspections, removing infested trees and sometimes high-risk host trees, using a systemic insecticide when appropriate, researching best practices and new eradication methods, and involving and informing residents. The following provides information about current infestations. 
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Amy Stone
The Buzz on Rough Oak Bulletgalls
Rough Oak Bulletgalls
boggs.47@osu.edu Mon, 08/21/2023 - 17:55
Rough Oak Bulletgalls induced by the gall-wasp, Disholcaspis quercusmamma (family Cynipidae) are splitting through the bark and rising on the stems of oaks in the white oak group in southwest Ohio. The galls are most commonly found on bur (Quercus macrocarpa), white oak (Q. alba), and swamp white oak (Q. bicolor).
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Joe Boggs
Hold the Latte and Pass Me a Mate
A person pours hot water from a thermos into a cup filled with yerba mate, a loose leaf tea
brown.2766@osu.edu Fri, 08/18/2023 - 16:03
In the central to southern parts of South America, you will find a unique species of holly that not only grows wild as an understory shrub but also has a large economic impact on countries in its native region. Ilex paraguariensis, commonly referred to as yerba mate (mate for short), is prized not primarily for ornamental reasons but as a caffeinated refreshment!
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Carrie Brown
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