An Apple Approach, 2009

Apples are the most popular and flavorful fruit in the world. But do you know where they come from? This brochure is produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.

Iowa Apple Producers, 2004

Iowa Apple Producers Directory

European Corn Borer: Development and Management, 1989

Contains information on the European Corn Borer, an introduced species that came to North America during the early 1900's from central Europe. The insect damages corn plants, as well as peppers, beans, potatoes and other plants, by feeding on leaves, stalk tunneling and ear damage. This brochure gives summaries of management tactics. This is North central regional extension publication no. 327 sponsored by Iowa State University Extension.

Emerald Ash Borer, The Green Menace, April 2006

The emerald ash borer (EAB) is a very small but very destructive beetle. Metallic green in color, its slender body measures 1/2 inch in length and 1/8 inch wide. The average adult

Pest Alert: Emerald Ash Borer, September 2008

A beetle from Asia, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), was identified in July 2002 as the cause of widespread ash (Fraxinus spp.) tree decline and mortality in southeastern Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Larval feeding in the tissue between the bark and sapwood disrupts transport of nutrients and water in a tree, eventually causing branches and the entire tree to die. Tens of millions of ash trees in forest, rural, and urban areas have already been killed or are heavily infested by this pest.

Issue review : emerald ash borer overview.

This issue review provides an overview of the problems caused by the emerald ash borer and related costs to eradicate the insect.