Hazard maps are an important tool in disease management, serving as a guide on where to plant trees bred to be resistant to fusiform rust. However, many of the previous maps are outdated.

Growing disease-resistant trees. White pine blister rust, an invasive fungal disease, is the primary threat to the pine. Dead red branches and orange-rimmed canker sores are signs of the disease, ...

Koch finished her survey at the 4,800-acre park with only five or six trees that she thought might be resistant to the disease. But it was enough. That handful of specimens helped her return to ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Pine forests are important to the environment.But recently, outside factors plague the health of pine trees in Alabama. Last year, southern pine beetles devastated approximately ...