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SUSCEPTIBILITY OF COMMERCIAL BOXWOOD TAXA TO CYLINDROCLADIUM BUXICOLA©
Article number
1014_83
Pages
369 – 370
Language
English
Abstract
The fungus Cylindrocladium buxicola that causes boxwood blight was first discovered in the United Kingdom in the mid-1990s.
It causes severe blight disease on boxwood (Buxus), and is now widespread throughout most of Europe in commercial nurseries, landscapes, and native stands of boxwood.
Plants develop spots on the leaves and stems, with leaves abscising, initiating from the bottom of the plant.
Plants usually do not completely die, but their appearance is ruined.
In October and November 2011, this fungus was found for the first time in the USA on several English and American boxwood samples collected from one county in north central North Carolina, and in multiple counties in Connecticut.
It has also been found in Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia, as well as British Columbia and Ontario, Canada.
Most likely there are other locations where this disease exists, but have not yet been documented.
It causes severe blight disease on boxwood (Buxus), and is now widespread throughout most of Europe in commercial nurseries, landscapes, and native stands of boxwood.
Plants develop spots on the leaves and stems, with leaves abscising, initiating from the bottom of the plant.
Plants usually do not completely die, but their appearance is ruined.
In October and November 2011, this fungus was found for the first time in the USA on several English and American boxwood samples collected from one county in north central North Carolina, and in multiple counties in Connecticut.
It has also been found in Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia, as well as British Columbia and Ontario, Canada.
Most likely there are other locations where this disease exists, but have not yet been documented.
Authors
M. Ganci, D.M. Benson, K.L. Ivors
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