The State Needs Your Help With Brown Spot Needle Blight

Forestry experts have determined that a needle blight is at least partly to blame for an issue affecting thousands of acres of pine trees in south Arkansas, the latest area to confirm the disease that has swept through woodlands across much of the South in recent years.

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Brown spot needle blight, a fungal disease that causes needles to drop from pines and can stunt the growth of and even kill trees, is one of three different pathogens that researchers have detected in Arkansas, according to Joe Fox, who retired from his 11-year tenure as state forester at the end of June. Of the three pathogens, brown spot needle blight is the only one that can cause consequential damage to trees' health. However, such damage generally only happens when a tree is exposed to the blight for repeated years.

https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2023/jul/03/blight-confirmed-in-some-arkansas-trees-but/

The article includes a link to a survey to report infected pines.

Posted on Ιούλιος 05, 2023 1243 ΠΜ by cosmiccat