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peat-borer
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borer
borer name applied to various animals that are injurious because of their ability to penetrate plant or animal tissues. Among insects, some borers are beetles, e.g., the flatheaded apple-tree borer, a serious pest of many shade and fruit trees; the roundheaded apple-tree borer; and the bronze... Read more |
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European corn borer
CORN BORER, EUROPEAN CORN BORER, EUROPEAN. Introduced through southern European broom corn into the United States about 1910, the European corn borer spread into nearly every major corn-growing area of the country, causing an estimated loss of 313,819,000 bushels of corn in 1949. The insect also... Read more |
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sawfly
sawfly common name for insects of several families of the order Hymenoptera, which also includes the ants , wasps , and bees . Sawflies are named for the two sawtoothed blades of the female's ovipositor that are used for slitting leaves or stems in order to deposit the eggs. The insects have... Read more |
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grain
grain in agriculture, term referring to the caryopsis, or dry fruit , of a cereal grass . The term is also applied to the seedlike fruits of buckwheat and of certain other plants and is used collectively for any plant that bears such fruits. The food content of the seeds (as they are commonly... Read more |
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machine tool
machine tool power-operated tool used for finishing or shaping metal parts, especially parts of other machines. An establishment that is equipped with such tools and specializes in such work is known as a machine shop. Machine tools operate by removing material from the workpiece, much as a... Read more |
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Genetically engineered foods
Genetically Modified Foods Genetic modification employs recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (rDNA) technology to alter the genes of microorganisms , plants, and animals. Genetic modification is also called biotechnology, gene splicing, recombinant DNA technology, or genetic engineering.... Read more |
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kingdom of Scots
Scots, kingdom of. In the 9th cent. a new kingdom emerged out of the ashes of the kingdom of Fortriu and in succeeding centuries became the dominant political force in north Britain. It was born out of the wreckage wrought by Scandinavian incursions in eastern Scotland. In 839 the Gaelic dynasty... Read more |
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oak
oak allusion is often made to the hardness and durability of the oak, and to the traditional use of oak timber for ships. In traditional rhymes, it may be linked and compared with other trees, as the ash and the thorn.The Oaks is an annual flat horse race for three-year-old fillies run on Epsom... Read more |
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ash (combustion)
ash in chemistry, solid residue of combustion. The chemical composition of an ash depends on that of the substance burned. Wood ash contains metal carbonates (e.g., potassium carbonate) and oxides formed from metals originally compounded in the wood. Coal ash usually has a high content of minerals... Read more |
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Carol Stream, Roselle battling ash borer.(News)
...among many DuPage County towns battling the emerald ash borer this spring, as the pest continues to infest and ultimately kill ash trees throughout the region. Roselle...of its more than 1,700 total ash trees on public property, as part... |
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Geneva battling pest infestation Town debates what to do about ash borer.(News)
...do now that the emerald ash borer has officially arrived in town...being tried to kill the ash borers, but it has to be applied...will succumb eventually to ash borers. LeMaire suggested...request maintenance for parkway ... |
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GOV. BLAGOJEVICH ANNOUNCES EMERALD ASH BORER ACTION PLAN
...help control the emerald ash borer (EAB) in Illinois. The...work with local communities battling the emerald ash borer...burrow into the bark of ash trees, causing the trees...eventually die. The emerald ash ... |
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Ash borer battle heats up.(News)
...DuPage suburb to report battling the emerald ash borer, bringing the...more susceptible to the borer. Last year in Bloomingdale...species tolerant of the borer. But the town already...surrounded by other suburbs battling the ... |
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Ash borer battle heating up.(News)
...DuPage suburb to report battling the emerald ash borer, bringing the...more susceptible to the borer. Last year in Bloomingdale...species tolerant of the borer. But the town already...surrounded by other suburbs battling the ... |
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EMERALD ASH BORER ARRIVES IN MISSOURI
...re here: Emerald ash borers, which have killed...the emerald ash borer ( EAB) in Missouri...the next steps in battling this pest." The...Louis are green ash." Because standing...The emerald ash ... |
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BATTLING THE BUG; As dozens of trees come down in St. Paul, experts gather to...
...firewood, will kill an ash tree within five...close to where ash borers were identified in...glimpse of the ash borer's effects. Crews...identify areas where ash borers might be living...612-673-7646 ... |
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Ash borer may eat money with trees; Property owners fear losing shady yards,...
...were mostly great, too, until the emerald ash borer moved in. "It has devastating implications...Sievert said. Both cities stopped planting ash about five years ago in anticipation of the ash borer. Home values should survive Even so, ... |
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Funds to fight borer ash shrink.(ash trees)
...toll from emerald ash borers rises, is it too late...officials, who have been battling the Asian beetle since...The major emerald ash borer battleground, meanwhile...isn't stopped, the borers could destroy the nation's 7.5 ... |
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Borers Bug Michigan Tree Dealers.
...which kills the borer -- from the worst...have emerald ash borer in our area. It...free of emerald ash borers, yet he can't...of dollars from ash trees they aren...of and replacing ashes in southeast ... |
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