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Emerald Ash Borer in Delaware
Significance of Emerald Ash Borer Emerald ash borer (EAB) – a destructive, invasive beetle that attacks and kills North American ash trees – was detected in a surveillance trap in New Castle County in 2016. In 2018, the Department began to find larger populations of this invasive pest in both New Castle County and Sussex County. […]
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Our Mission The mission of the Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) Plant Industries Section is to prevent the introduction, establishment, or spread of plant and honeybee pests, and suppress, control, abate, or eradicate those pests that are dangerously injurious to the agricultural, horticultural, and forestry interests of the state; enforce the Plant Pests Law, the […]
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