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6 Μαρ 2024 · This article discusses the cause of beech leaf disease (BLD), the lifecycle of this nematode (Litylenchus crenatae ssp. mccannii), the symptoms of BLD, and treatments. American beech that are impacted by beech leaf disease in central Pennsylvania.
29 Αυγ 2024 · Beech Leaf Disease is spreading rapidly in our region and poses a major threat to Pennsylvania's beech trees. Learn about identification and current management options.
18 Μαρ 2022 · Researchers are tracking a newly found disease killing American beech trees that has spread from Ohio throughout Pennsylvania and on through New England. American beech trees (Fagus grandifolia) are common in Pennsylvania’s forests.
29 Οκτ 2024 · The native Pennsylvania trees are being attacked by two separate diseases — beech bark disease, which moves very slowly, and beech leaf disease, which is rapidly deteriorating the trees’ population. The former is caused by a fungus and makes the trees’ smooth, almost-gray bark flakey.
23 Ιουν 2023 · The arboreal ailment—beech leaf disease—currently has no known treatment or cure, putting large swaths of trees or even entire forests in jeopardy. But researchers in Penn State's College...
Beech leaf disease is a type of foliar disease that affects American and European beech trees. It’s caused by a tiny, microscopic worm known as a nematode, which feeds on the leaves of beech trees, causing them to wither and die.
30 Ιουλ 2024 · Beech trees make up about 9% of Pennsylvania's forests, according to the PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry. Before BLD, their biggest threat was beech bark disease, a disease caused when certain scale insects feed on American beech bark, leaving wounds that are then infected by a fungus.