Ep. 347 - Resisting the Emerald Ash Borer

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Science & Medicine, Natural Sciences

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The invasive emerald ash borer has devastated North America's ash trees (genus Fraxinus), but we aren't going to stand by and let it happen. Join Ecologist Dr. Kathleen Knight and me about all the incredible work being done to keep ash from going extinct. This episode was produced in part by Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the In Defense of Plants podcast the official podcast of
0:04.5	In Defense of Plants dot com. What's up? This is your host Matt. Welcome to the show.
0:08.3	How's everyone doing this week? Our topic today is difficult to talk about because it
0:12.6	is so tragic, but at the end of this conversation, I hope you see the many silver linings and
0:18.0	reasons to be hopeful within this conversation. We are of course talking about the Emerald
0:23.5	Ashbor and its effect on North American ash trees, which for most of our five species
0:28.4	is largely elimination and death. But as you're going to hear from Dr. Kathleen Knight who
0:34.6	is a research ecologist for the United States, there's plenty reason for hope and plenty
0:38.9	reason to keep working for these trees and the ecosystems they comprise. I can't do any
0:44.7	further justice to this topic in this intro. So how about we just hear from Dr. Knight
0:49.0	herself without further ado? Here's my conversation with Dr. Kathleen Knight. I hope you enjoy.
0:58.4	All right, Dr. Kathleen Knight. It is so great to have you on the podcast. I'm really
1:12.0	excited to talk with you today. But first, how about you introduce yourself? Tell everyone
1:15.7	a little bit about who you are and what it is you do. Thanks so much. I'm so excited to
1:20.8	be on the show. I listen to the podcast and love it. So this is big. So yeah, I'm
1:28.2	Kathleen Knight. I'm a research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service Northern Research
1:33.9	Station. And I study American Elm as well as Emerald Ashbor and Ash. So a couple different
1:42.4	a couple different things at the moment. Excellent. Well, it is long overdue that we talk about
1:47.0	this subject. And I was really excited to have found your work and and know that you are the
1:51.2	right person to come on the show to give us a nice rundown of what's going on. But before we dive
1:56.1	into what's going on with Ashes and this horribly invasive beetle, what got you started in this?
2:01.7	Were you always interested in ecology and within that were you interested in plants? Or did
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