The Cannon County UT Extension Office has issued a pest alert for local and area producers The granulate ambrosia beetles (the primary ambrosia beetle of concern for our area) have emerged but over the last several days Alan Blalock, TSU Nursery Extension Specialist, has caught a large number of them in ethanol baited traps. To verify the spike in activity, many nurseries in the area have reported attacks! Even some of the trees at the TSU Research Center in McMinnville has reported pest attacks too! Please watch all recently planted or transplanted trees closely and consider spraying the trunks and lower branches with Perm-UP (permethrin).
For more information please contact Bruce Steelman at the UT Extension Service Cannon County Office at 615-563-2554
