Invasive beetle could put olive trees at risk
By Chris Stewart
An invasive beetle responsible for wiping out huge tracts of the nation’s ash population also has a taste for olive trees, researchers at Wright State University have learned.
Though the emerald ash borer is not an immediate threat to domestic orchards or groves overseas where most olives are grown, the study yields that the killer insect finds a global commodity crop — closely related to the ash tree — an acceptable host.
