Charles H. Bronson, Commissioner    -    James R. Karels, Director



 

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CONCEPTS of Tree Disease


FIG. 7: Some common types of disease problems affecting trees.

Figure 7. Some common types of disease problems affecting trees.  

 1) Leaf spots - a foliage disease
 2) Twig dieback - evidence of cankers and/or stress and decline
 3) Mistletoe - a parasitic seed plant
 4) Wilt - evidence of moisture deficiency, vascular wilt disease or root rot
 5) Fruiting bodies of a canker fungus - signs of canker infections
 6)Vascular streaking (internal) - evidence of vascular wilt disease
 7) Branch canker at a branch stub
 8) Heart rot (internal) and sporophore of a heart rot fungus at a broken branch stub
 9)Sporophore of a butt-rot fungus at base of tree
10)Sporophores of a root rot fungus arising from a damaged root
11) Crown gall - a gnarled swelling ("tumor") caused by a bacterium
12) Severed root resulting from construction damage - site of entry for root and butt-rot fungi
13) Nematode damage to small tree roots lesions (upper) and galls (lower)

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