Agriculture and Environment

College of Veterinary Medicine Assistant Professor Amy Kinsley is pictured in three separate photographs doing research on amphibians.
Feature

Guarding Minnesota’s wetlands from disease

Led by College of Veterinary Medicine researchers, a statewide effort by scientists, students and community members is pioneering risk management to prevent a lethal fungus from devastating the state's wild amphibians.

A closeup image of an emerald ash borer beetle cadaver.
Research Brief

Fungi from Minnesota can kill emerald ash borer beetles

A new study from the University of Minnesota found that several species of parasitic fungi were effective at killing emerald ash borer beetles, one of the most devastating forest pests to ever hit North America. 

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