This readme.txt file was generated on 20230126 by Hailey Shanovich (UMN graduate student) and amended on 20250121 by Brian Aukema (bhaukema@umn.edu) (principal investigator on USDA grant; added additional contact information for authors, corrected USDA grant number and metadata)

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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1. Title of Dataset:

Dataset for "The Hazel Stem Borer, Agrilus pseudocoryli (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), as a Pest of Hybrid Hazelnuts"

2. Authors’ Information

Shanovich, Hailey N.(hnshanovich@gmail.com); Perish, Patrick K. (patrick.perish@gmail.com); Koch, Alexa N.; Lindsey, Amelia, R. I.; Aukema, Brian H. (bhaukema@umn.edu)

3. Date of data collection: 2021-06 to 2021-08

4. Geographic location of data collection: University of Minnesota, UMore Park, Rosemount, Minnesota (44 degrees
43ʹ36″ N, 93 degrees 05ʹ59″ W)

5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Sponsorship: United States Department of Agriculture - Specialty Crop Research Initiative 2019-51181-30025.

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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US)

2. Publications that cite or use the data:
Perish, P. K., H., N. Shanovich, A. N. Koch, A. R. I. Lindsey, and B. H. Aukema. 2023. The hazel stem borer, Agrilus pseudocoryli (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), as a pest of hybrid hazelnuts. Journal of Economic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad023

3. Recommended citation for the data:
Perish, P. K., H., N. Shanovich, A. N. Koch, A. R. I. Lindsey, and B. H. Aukema. 2023. Survey of damage from the hazel stem borer (Agrilus pseudocoryli) in a Minnesota hybrid hazelnut orchard. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, https://doi.org/10.13020/be8c-4441

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FILE OVERVIEW
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1. Whole_field_buprestid_damage_survey.xls - These data were collected from every live plant in a field (N= 186) of hybrid hazelnuts at the University of Minnesota’s agricultural research station located in Rosemount, MN, in order to examine injury from buprestids. The spreadsheet contains a tab of metadata and a tab of data for analysis.