Newsletters from the Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center 

February 2021

• Findings from recently completed projects
• Tracking tar spot: Protecting Minnesota's corn
• Become a Pesky Plant Tracker

January 2021

• Announcing three new research projects
• Legislative update
• Update on emerald ash borer research 

December 2020

• Five years of terrestrial invasive species research
• Highlights from agriculture and natural resources 
• What we're excited about for the future 

November 2020

• Lessons Learned at UMISC 2020
• Become a Pesky Plant Tracker
• Phenology of biocontrol agents for invasive species

October 2020

• New MITPPC StoryMap
• Identify Plant Diseases from Home
• MITPPC Publication Roundup

July 2020

• Meet the Researcher: Global Edition
• Invasive Pests to Watch Out for in Your Garden
• MITPPC Citizen Science Projects Featured on Grow with KARE

June 2020

• Research Updates: COVID-19
• Which invasive species are in your county?
• MITPPC research featured at SciPride event

May 2020

• 2020 Species Prioritization White Paper now available
• New program enlisting citizen scientists to help track wild parsnip, Japanese knotweed
• MITPPC investigator receives high honors for work in forest ecology
• MITPPC research featured in Washington Post and BBC

April 2020

• Socially Distant Science: How Researchers are Working through COVID-19
• Protecting Urban Forests with "Herd Immunity" from Invasive Pests
• How Fungi Could Help Prevent Emerald Ash Borer in Minnesota

February 2020

• Protecting Minnesota's natural resources from terrestrial invasive species
• Stopping the brown marmorated stink bug
• Predicting the future risk of invasive weeds in Minnesota

January 2020

• Sneak Peak: Mapping Phragmites in Minnesota
• New research reveals drones can help growers scout for soybean aphids
• On the road with invasive species researchers
• MITPPC experts leading the way on EAB

November 2019

• Announcing 12 new research projects 
• MITPPC research in the news
• Research Spotlight: Lodgepole Pine Dwarf Mistletoe

October 2019

• Invasive species: Halloween edition 

• MITPPC Research Featured in Star Tribune

• Research Spotlight: Rapid, In-Field Diagnosis

September 2019

• Saving America's Tree from Oak Wilt
• Five Ways Researchers are Using Drones to Stop Invasive Species
• Meet Plant Physiology Post-Doc Gerard Sapés

August 2019

• Research Spotlight: Soybean Aphids
• Meet Citizen Science Program Coordinator Lori Knosalla
• Research Roundup: MITPPC-Funded Publications

July 2019

• Research Spotlight: Buckthorn
• New models predict biocontrol effect of soybean-aphid-parasitizing wasp
• Meet Palmer amaranth researcher Anthony Brusa

June 2019

• Buckthorn project enlisting help of citizen scientists across Minnesota

• Research Spotlight: Japanese Knotweed

• Research allows new insights into national gypsy moth regulatory practices

March 2019

• MITPPC research suggests risk for northward expansion of Palmer amaranth in US
• Newest MITPPC project will bring invasive species prediction into high-resolution view
• Research Spotlight: Garlic Mustard Biocontrol

February 2019

• Palmer Summit draws experts from across Midwest
• MITPPC director earns media spotlight for emerald ash borer cold tolerance research
• MITPPC-funded researchers speak to MN House about warming climate