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<font color="black" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> Dear Friends, as some of you may know, I </span></font><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> lecture and give historical information on the uses of native plants. Education is not promotion. </span></div>
<div id="AOLMsgPart_2_8a07ead5-b708-4315-acc5-972bfb98aff7"><font color="black" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Kudzu, Pueraria montana (lobata) </span></font><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px;"> is already an invasive plant that requires additional controls.As many as possible should be considered and used. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Information </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> on its edibility is another means of control. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Foragers are among our best participants for this type of weed management </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">and they 'forage';</span></div>
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<div> of human interaction and the importance of this concept within the ecosystem influences their decision making when purchasing a native plant. The historical uses of a plant - when</div>
<div>given in that form (avoiding risk management) allow knowledge.The lack of knowledge of history and the lack of regard for it have given many illogical repeats of the same events over and over again. </div>
<div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">History has an important use and a compelling legacy.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Regards, (757) 270-6972. K&K, W.E.E.D.S</span></div>
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With regard to the posting below I discovered that there is a mistake in the spelling of the email address of Rachel Brooks. Anyone interested in her program and contacting her needs to use <a href="mailto:rkbrooks@vt.edu" target="_blank">rkbrooks@vt.edu</a>, not the address shown below. I inadvertently left out her middle initial. This is an important program and I hope some of you are able to participate.<br>
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Dear Friends, You may have already received this but I am sending it out to everyone that is interested in Ailanthus happenings. Regards,<br>
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Kathryn Peterson-Lambert<br>
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To landowners in Virginia's Piedmont and Mountain Region, <br>
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The Blue Ridge PRISM [Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management]<br>
has recently been made aware of an exciting experiment on biocontrol methods<br>
for Ailanthus. The success of the experiment depends on landowner<br>
participation. Below is more information about the experiment. If you are a<br>
landowner interested in providing a site for their work, please contact<br>
Rachel Brooks, <a href="mailto:rbrooks@vt.edu" target="_blank">rbrooks@vt.edu</a>.<br>
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About the Experiment:<br>
Rachel Brooks, Ph.D student and Interfaces for Global Change<br>
<<a href="http://www.globalchange.vt.edu/igc/" target="_blank">http://www.globalchange.vt.edu/igc/</a>> fellow at Virginia Tech is currently<br>
"designing a regional experiment looking at how effective the two<br>
Verticillium wilt fungi are in managing Ailanthus". She is looking for<br>
landowners that are interested in participating in the experiment that have<br>
property with large, healthy, unmanaged populations of Ailanthus. The<br>
ultimate goal of this project is to have a product ready for use by<br>
landowners in the future. These fungi are already in the wild in Virginia<br>
and seem to have minimal impact on other plants, but they move slowly<br>
through mechanisms not well understood. If these researchers can find a way<br>
to readily reproduce the fungi and use it to infect healthy Ailanthus trees,<br>
we may all have a much easier answer to this problem than what we are doing<br>
today. When these fungi kill an Ailanthus tree, they generally also kill<br>
the whole copse through root connections.<br>
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Please note: Clusters of stands are preferred and there is no guarantee that<br>
any stand will have a fungus applied to it.<br>
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Criteria for Ailanthus stands:<br>
* Stands where the Tree of Heaven makes up the majority of the<br>
overstory<br>
* Stands that are at least 1/4 acre in size (roughly 100ft x 100ft)<br>
* Stands without any symptoms of decline nearby. Typical symptoms<br>
include loss of foliage, numerous dead branches or dead trees, and vascular<br>
discoloration (see the picture below)<br>
* Stands that are relatively close together (I am hoping to be as<br>
efficient as possible with driving times)<br>
* Stands both in the Virginia mountains and the piedmont as well as in<br>
PA and OH<br>
* Stands that are not along right-of-ways or other locations where<br>
dead trees may cause a hazard<br>
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Timing of the study:<br>
This study would involve the assessment of the stands this fall, the<br>
application of one or more of the fungi in the spring, and then monthly<br>
monitoring of the sites throughout the growing season.<br>
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About the Blue Ridge PRISM:<br>
The Blue Ridge PRISM's mission is to reduce the impact of nonnative invasive<br>
species in our ten county region. In support of our mission, we provide<br>
resources and education for landowners. We see this Ailanthus biocontrol<br>
experiment as an excellent opportunity to assist in the development of<br>
biocontrols for nonnative invasive species and consistent with our desire to<br>
connect landowners with the latest opportunities and resources. <br>
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If you have stands of Ailanthus that meet the criteria listed and want to<br>
participate in the research, contact Rachel and see if she would like to<br>
visit your property.<br>
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Please feel free to pass this along to other folks who may be interested.<br>
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Best Regards,<br>
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Rod Walker<br>
Blue Ridge PRISM - A Cooperative Weed Management Area for Virginia<br>
3200 Middle Mountain Road<br>
Crozet, Virginia 22932<br>
Blueridgeprism.org<br>
434 823-2742<br>
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