The exotic insect-disease complex of laurel wilt disease and redbay ambrosia beetle has killed hundreds of millions of redbay trees in coastal areas of the Southeast, including Evans County, Ga.
The aggressive Redbay Ambrosia beetle is no bigger than Abraham Lincoln’s nose on a penny, but over the last two decades, the invasive insect has managed to kill more than 500 million trees in North ...
COLUMBIA, SC (WMBF) - A disease killing redbay trees and other plants in the Laurel family is in Horry County, according to the South Carolina Forest Commission and the USDA Forest Service. The SCFC ...
Scientists have provided the first description of a fungus responsible for the wilt of redbay trees along the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Plant pathologists have now provided ...
Savannah Morning News: Battle to halt Asian beetles goes to Cumberland Island redbay trees
CUMBERLAND ISLAND - A fungus threatening to kill an estimated 900 million redbay trees from Delaware to Texas has the U.S. Forest Service searching for a cure for the disease on Cumberland Island. "It ...
Among the live oak and palmetto, redbay trees usually don't get much notice. Until now. "They're dying all up and down here," said Roy Baylor, pointing both ways along Arctic Avenue on Folly Beach.
RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - The North Carolina Forest Service says a devastating disease has popped up in another Eastern Carolina county. Officials say laurel wilt, a disease of redbay and other plants in ...
BEAUFORT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A disease known for devastating trees and other plants has been found in two eastern Carolina counties. The N.C. Forest Service says laurel wilt, a fatal disease for ...