Cylindrocladium buxicola (also called Calonectria pseudonaviculata)
Hosts
Boxwood plants
Vectors
Possibly: Pachysandra(spurge) and Sarcococca (sweetbox)
EPPO Code
CLYDBU
Distribution
East & West Coasts of United States & Canada and Europe
Boxwood blight (also known as box blight or boxwood leaf drop) is a widespread fungal disease affecting boxwoods (box plants), caused by Cylindrocladium buxicola (also called Calonectria pseudonaviculata). The disease causes widespread leaf loss and eventual death.
Boxwoodblight (also known as box blight or boxwood leaf drop) is a widespread fungal disease affecting boxwoods (box plants), caused by Cylindrocladium...
about seventy species in the family Buxaceae. Common names include box or boxwood. The boxes are native to western and southern Europe, southwest, southern...
based on the fact that it contains a galactose ring. Boxwoodblight Box tree moth Gothic boxwood miniature Rushforth, K. (1999). Trees of Britain and...
only a dozen or so remained", and the parterres' susceptibility to boxwoodblight. White House interior designer and Grounds Committee member Thammanoune...
1967 (83rd page of PDF). In the 21st century, boxwoods in Maryland have been victims of Boxwoodblight. Examples of Ratcliffe Manor being part of the...
Information Office scientific staff make the first positive identification of BoxwoodBlight in CT 2012: The Department of Analytical Chemistry, in conjunction with...
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as Fraser firs, shortleaf pines, loblolly pines, azaleas, camellia and boxwood, causing root rot, dieback and death of infected plants. Symptoms include...
beech-maple climax forests by partnering with the sugar maple. The beech blight aphid (Grylloprociphilus imbricator) is a common pest of American beech...
For the boxwood carvings: "The Waddesdon Bequest at the British Museum Part 1 by Mark V Braimbridge" and Part 2, website of the European Boxwood and Topiary...
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