Cape Town races to save trees from destructive beetle borer | Duncan025
The City of Cape Town is racing to deal with a newly identified infestation of the Polyphagous shot hole borer in the metro.
The beetle is native to Asia and has a symbiotic relationship with ambrosial fungi, which are inoculated into host trees.According to a 2016 paper titled"Polyphagous shot hole borer and Fusarium Dieback in California" by Colin Umeda, Akif Eskalen and Timothy D Paine, beetle infestation is deadly for the trees.
She added that the City's Invasive Species Unit was monitoring the area for further infestations and urged the public to report infected trees"We are unable to confirm immune trees as new host trees are being added to the original list. However, ongoing research and monitoring will be able to assist us in the near future. We are requesting that the public do not plant host trees," said Nieuwoudt.
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