Devin Bily, Tashi Gyatso, Matt Wolanski, Amanda Conrad, Connor Goolsby, Lori A Chamberlin, Katlin M DeWitt
Members of Botryosphaeria s.l. have an extensive history as cankering pathogens of stressed and declining oak trees in the eastern United States (Ferreira et al. 2021). The host range, distribution, and virulence among two closely related species, Diplodia corticola and D. gallae, remains unclear (Brazee et al. 2023). On 15 August 2023, a survey was conducted at a declining natural hardwood site in Shenandoah County, Virginia (GPS coordinates 38.922089, -78.606125). One mature Quercus coccinea tree that displayed scorched leaf margins and branch dieback was felled and a cankered branch from the crown was sampled (Fig...
March 27, 2024: Plant Disease