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These are animals that eat or destroy durian fruit or trees. Many of these are shot or poisoned by farmers. [6] Some of these species naturally act as seed dispersers, [7] which benefits the plant but does not benefit farmers.
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 ]
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), also known as flesh-eating disease, is an infection that kills the body's soft tissue. [3] It is a serious disease that begins and spreads quickly. [3] Symptoms include red or purple or black skin, swelling, severe pain, fever, and vomiting. [3] The most commonly affected areas are the limbs and perineum. [2]
This article contains a list of insect-borne diseases. They can take the form of parasitic worms , bacteria , protozoa , viruses , or the insects directly acting as a parasite. Insect-borne diseases
Abby Deneau points out a large patch of invasive knotweed on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, at Grand Woods Park in Lansing. Michigan's invasive species watchlist includes information on several bugs ...
Bluetongue disease: Culicoid midge: Orbivirus (virus) Cattle, sheep: Fever, salivation, swelling of face and tongue: Europe, Africa: Vaccination Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) Various assassin bugs of subfamily Triatominae: Trypanosoma cruzi (protozoan) Mild symptoms, then chronic heart or brain inflammation: Central and South America
Bark beetles enter trees by boring holes in the bark of the tree, sometimes using the lenticels, or the pores plants use for gas exchange, to pass through the bark of the tree. [3] As the larvae consume the inner tissues of the tree, they often consume enough of the phloem to girdle the tree, cutting off the spread of water and nutrients.
Pages in category "Tree diseases" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bark-binding;