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Foamy bark canker; Forest pathology; H. Helicotylenchus dihystera; Hypoxylon canker of shade trees; L. List of elm diseases; List of pistachio diseases;
For diseases of foliage plants, see the following lists: List of Croton diseases; List of Ficus diseases; List of foliage plant diseases (Acanthaceae)
Beech bark disease is a disease that causes mortality and defects in beech trees in the eastern United States, Canada and Europe. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In North America , the disease occurs after extensive bark invasion by Xylococculus betulae and the beech scale insect , Cryptococcus fagisuga . [ 4 ]
Trees have natural chemicals that keep most fungi at bay, but climate change could be making trees more vulnerable, researcher says. Citizen scientists to study this tree disease found in ...
Aleurodiscus oakesii on tree bark. Aleurodiscus oakesii is the most common fungi to cause “smooth patch disease” on the nonliving outer bark of trees. This fungal infection can lead to trees shedding and leaving smooth and lighter patches of bark on the tree, giving “smooth patch” its meaning.
Most trees affected by AOD will display exit holes and galleries caused by the larvae of the two-spotted oak borer Agrilus biguttatus [7]. Larvea of A. biguttatus and the bacterial pathogens are acting together in causing the disease, with the bacteria being more virulent and causing larger lesions when trees are infected with beetle larvae. [ 8 ]
In trees, heart rot is a fungal disease that causes the decay of wood at the center of the trunk and branches. Fungi enter the tree through wounds in the bark and decay the heartwood . The diseased heartwood softens, making trees structurally weaker and prone to breakage.
Dibotryon morbosum is a fungus that affects the genus Prunus. Included in this genus are multiple species of trees and shrubs, such as: Dibotryon morbosum infects are Prunus serotina (wild cherry trees), Prunus persica (peach trees), Prunus domestica (plum trees), and Prunus cerasus (sour cherry trees). [3]