Browsing by Author "Likins, T. Michael"
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- Asian Needle AntLikins, T. Michael; Day, Eric R. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2018-06-04)Describes the Asian Needle Ant (Pachycondyla chinensis), a non-native species of ant, its habitat, types of damage, and means of control. Also notes the species as both a health risk and a potential threat to biodiversity.
- Asian Needle Ant: Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Pachycondyla chinensis (Emery)Likins, T. Michael; Day, Eric R. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2013-01-07)Reports briefly on Asian Needle Ant, its likely environmental impact, and the potential health danger from its stings.
- Best Management Practices for Boxwood Blight for Greenery ProducersDart, Norm; Hong, Chuanxue; Bordas, Adria; Bush, Elizabeth A.; Hansen, Mary Ann; Likins, T. Michael (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2014-11-03)Best management practices for boxwood blight (also called “box blight”) for greenery producers are practices recommended to avoid the introduction and spread of boxwood blight, caused by the fungus Calonectria pseudonaviculata. The recommendations in this document are designed to avoid spread of boxwood blight within a planting or to new locations when pruned tips are collected, sold and/or used for holiday greenery.
- Best Management Practices for Boxwood Blight for Professionally Managed Landscapes and Public and Historic Gardens in VirginiaBordas, Adria; Likins, T. Michael; Bush, Elizabeth A.; Dart, Norm; Hansen, Mary Ann; Hong, Chuanxue (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2014-12-19)Boxwood blight is caused by the fungal pathogen Calonectria pseudonaviculata(syn. Cylindrocladium buxicola). This document outlines best management practices for landscapers and property managers to reduce the risk of spreading boxwood blight to landscapes and public and historic gardens, and to manage the disease if it is introduced.
- Best Management Practices for Boxwood Blight: Best management practices for boxwood blight in Virginia production nurseries with boxwood blightDart, Norm; Hong, Chuanxue; Bordas, Adria; Bush, Elizabeth A.; Hansen, Mary Ann; Likins, T. Michael (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2014-07-15)This Best Management Practice document is a set of guidelines for home growers of landscape boxwood to avoid introduction of the boxwood blight pathogen into a landscape or, if the disease is already present in a landscape, to manage the disease in the most effective manner and avoid spread of the disease to new locations.