Re: Scientists developing fungus to eradicate Ailanthus altissima
- Subject: Re: Scientists developing fungus to eradicate Ailanthus altissima
- From: "Marge Talt" m*@hort.net
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 02:54:07 -0400
Interesting article, Chris...I, too, noted the illustration; wrote
them asking why they selected it and sent them the URL to images of
the plant they were writing about:-) Couldn't resist, it was such a
totally dumb waste of image space:-)
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com>
>
> Excerpted from http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0803/98265.html
>
> "Hipkins and Tech tree pathologist Jay Stipes are working on
developing
> a fusarium fungus that they hope will control the weed tree that
takes
> over landscapes, burrows into house foundations, shades crops,
creeps
> into power lines, views and roadways and offers no food to local
fauna.
>
> Ailanthus is a non-native plant that has done like many other
> introduced species - taken root and dominated landscapes to a
degree
> that those who brought it to North America could not have
imagined.
>
> Why there's a picture of a maple leaf or something similar (Ribes?
> Viburnum opulus/trilobum/sargentii?) I'll just ignore. Ooops, too
> late. :)
>
> Chris
>
>
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