These garden shrubs, among others, have been known to spread Sudden Oak Death. The government is ill prepared to prevent an outbreak. Every spring, Americans flock to their local box store or nursery ...

North Carolina State University researchers continue to push the field of plant disease diagnosis forward, developing simple-to-run tests capable of delivering results in minutes, sometimes before ...

Two of California's most highly prized trees -- coast redwood and Douglas fir -- are susceptible to Phytophthora ramorum, the pathogen that causes Sudden Oak Death, University of California ...

Revolution Bike Park was one of the UK’s most-loved riding locations – until a devastating tree disease forced ‘Revs’ to close its doors indefinitely in January. Known worldwide for its expertly ...

The genome of the fungal pathogen that causes Sudden Oak Death has been sequenced by US scientists. Brett Tyler, of the Virginia Bio-informatics Institute in Blacksburg, and Dan Rokhsar and colleagues ...