MANAGEMENT OPTIONS / PUBLICATIONS

Topical Areas

• Nursery Management
• Biology and Behavior
• Orchard Management

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Oliver et al. 2010. Contact Insecticides

Dawadi et al. 2019. Cover Cropping

Addesso et al. 2020. Imidacloprid and Herbicide 

Gonzalez. 2021. Cover Crops in Field-Grown Nurseries

​Fessler et al. 2022. Spray Deposits for Trunk Pests

​Fessler et al. 2023. Spray Deposits Variable and Constant Rate
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Morrison. 2024. Flatheaded Borer Management

McKim et al. 2025. Air-blast Sprayer Applications

Perkovich et al. 2022. Trap Color
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​Williamson. 2022. Flatheaded Borer and Ambrosia Beetle Impact in GA

Perkovich et al. 2023. Trap Shape and Size
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​Rudolph & Wiman. 2023. Chrysobothris mali and C. femorata western US

​Perkovich et al. 2024. Herbicide Stress and Borer Attacks

Gautam et al. 2024. Maple Resistance

Baker. 2024. Diversity of Chrysobothris in Alabama

​Williamson et al. 2024. Risk Factors Borer Attack GA Landscapes

Kron et al. 2025. Chrysobothris in Association with DNA Barcoding 

Rudolph. 2022. Chrysobothris in Hazelnut. 

​ Zapata et al. 2025. Managing Flatheaded Borers in Fruit and Nut Trees. 

Kron et al. 2025. Chrysobothris in Association with DNA Barcoding ​

MANAGEMENT OPTIONS / THESIS

Gerloff, S. 2023. Consumer Perceptions of Flatheaded Borer Control Methods. M.S. Thesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 

Parajuli, M. 2023. Evaluation of Sustainable Management Practices to Promote Healthy Growth of Woody Ornamentals. P.h.D. Dissertation, Tennessee State University.

Gonzalez, A. 2021. Cover Crops in Field-Grown Nurseries: Impacts on Tree Growth, Pest, and Beneficial Arthropods. M.S. Thesis, Tennessee State University.

Gautam, A. 2023. Flatheaded Borer Ecology and Management Strategies in Nursery and Landscape. M.S. Thesis, Tennessee State University.

Rudolph, E. 2022. Exploring the Biology and Monitoring Techniques of Two Economically Impactful Chrysobothris Species in Oregon Hazelnuts. M.S. Thesis, Oregon State University.

MANAGEMENT OPTIONS / RECORDINGS 

Workshop Recordings & Links

Advisory Board Project Introduction 

2019 Workshop Proceedings

​Flatheaded Boer Workshop 
Conference Proceedings
July 1-2, 2019 

Tennessee State University,
​Otis L. Floyd Nursery Research Center, McMinnville, TN​

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2021 Buprestid Training

Buprestid ID Training
Speaker: Jason Hansen
Date:  January 14, 2021

2021 Femorata Complex Training

​Femorata Species Complex ID Training
Speaker: Jason Hansen
Date:  January 14, 2021

2024 Borer SCRI Advisory Meeting

Flatheaded Borer Annual Meeting
Date: January 24, 2024
*Audio only with view from laptop camera of speaker, unfortunately we did not sync up the slides with the audio and video.

Karla Addesso
​Flatheaded Borer
​Project Overvie

Axel Gonzalez Murillo

Overview of Trapping Bycatch, Genera of Buprestidae, and Chrysobothris spp. Woodboring Beetles.

Axel Gonzalez Murillo

How can DNA Extractions from Flatheaded Borers Can Inform Species Relationships and Help Guide Management and Monitoring Efforts?

Nadeer Youssef and Josh Basham
A Pictorial Guide
​to Identification

Cindy Perkovich
​Identification of species-specific spectral emittance & hydrocarbon composition of the Chrysobothris femorata complex.

Karla Addesso
​Overview of Phenology & Trapping.
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Samaneh Sakaki
​Research Updates on the Pacific
​​Flatheaded Borer in California Walnuts.​

Alfred Johnson
Parasitoids of wood boring beetles.
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Cindy Kron
Unknown Flatheaded Borer Pest Found in Pear Fruit
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Alexis Zapata
Trapping in blueberries.
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Alicia Rihn
​Overview of consumer & grower surveys. 

Madhav Parajuli
Borer & soil-borne pathogen interactions. 
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Jason Oliver
Overview of Borer Management​
​

Amy Fulcher
"I've got spray in low places."

Samaneh Sakaki
Research Updates on the Pacific Flatheaded
Borer​in California Walnuts - Pesticide.

Oscar Liburd and Alexis Zapata
Presence of flat-headed borers & options to manage
​them with reduced risk pesticides in highbush blueberries.

Colin Wong and David Shapiro-Ilan
Borer control with entomopathogenic nematodes. 

Anthony LeBude
Cultural practices that effect borer infestation.​
​

Karla Addesso
Interaction of cover crops and irrigation
on tree ​growth and borer incidence. 
​

Cindy Perkovich 
Phytochemical changes in maples induced by overspray from 2 commonly applied herbicides and the​effects they have on Chrysobothris sp.​

Hank Whittemore
Evaluation of plant damage treatments
and associated ​volatiles for enhancing
​flatheaded borer attraction. ​

Melanie Eicheler
Responses of Acer spp. to herbicide stress and its effects on​species in ​the Chrysobothris femorata complex. 

Karla Addesso
Future directions and open discussion. 
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2025 January Borer SCRI Advisory Meeting

Flatheaded Borer Annual Meeting
Date: January 16, 2025

Karla Addesso
Welcome and introduction.
​
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David Held
Species diversity and
​phenology in Alabama.
​

Cindy Kron and Clebson Goncalves
​Updates from California​tree fruit production. 

Alfred Johnson 
Cover crop and irrigation interactions on borer susceptibility. 

Jason Oliver 
Pesticide trials and challenges

Alicia Rihn
​Grower and consumer
​survey highlights.
​

Nik Wiman and Lloyd Nackley
Biology and phenology of PFB in the Pacific
​Northwest in orchard and nursery crops. 
​

Anthony Witcher and Anthony LeBude
Production methods and borer susceptibility. 

Amy Fulcher
Making trunk applications with variable-rate spray technology. 

Karla Addesso
Summary & Close 

Axel Gonzalez and Bill Klingeman
What trapping has allowed and eDNA
​has revealed about Chrysobothris beetles.
​

Samaneh Sakaki and Jhalendra Rijal
Updates from California
​Walnut production. 
​

Cindy Perkovich 
Herbicide-borer interactions. 

Abigail Kropf and David Shapiro
​Update on entomopathogenic nematodes for borer management.