Our native plants face many dangers but few are as insidious as a deadly water mold known as Phytophthora ramorum. The disease created by the pathogen carries the ominous sobriquet “sudden oak death,” ...

Scientists say they have discovered a new way to kill California's most virulent forest- and plant-depleting disease, and it turns out the technique is as old as steam cleaning. Steam, in fact, is ...

Sudden Oak Death (Phytophthora ramorum) is a pathogen of many different horticultural and native plants. It has been found in the coastal regions of the US. Its infection causes plant death in some ...

Acorns and oak trees were once a vital food source for California Indians, and the oak and its fruits still hold great cultural significance. The spread of Sudden Oak Death is of grave concern to ...

These garden shrubs, among others, have been known to spread Sudden Oak Death. The government is ill prepared to prevent an outbreak. Every spring, Americans flock to their local box store or nursery ...

The fungus-like disease can kill trees within a matter of months An outbreak of a disease which can kill larch trees has been confirmed in private woodlands near Newton Stewart. The fungus-like ...

On June 7, Phytophthora ramorum, the cause of sudden oak death, was confirmed by the Kansas Department of Agriculture in rhododendron container plants in Kansas. The plants are part of a shipment to ...

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