Subscribe and receive email notifications of new blog posts.
RSS Feed
(Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
A home in Millbrae
By LOUIS HANSEN | lhansen@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: May 1, 2022 at 6:05 a.m. | UPDATED: May 1, 2022 at 12:36 p.m.
Seeking to chip away at an ambitious goal of boostin...
Laurel wilt (LW) disease is caused by the redbay ambrosia beetle and its fungal symbiont Raffaelea lauricola. The beetle was first introduced to the U.S. via infested packing materials from Asia that were brought to Georgia in 2002. By 2012, laurel wilt was detected in a commercial avocado grove located in Homestead, Florida. As a result of R. lauricola transfer by other native and exotic ambrosia beetles (AB), the disease — which can now be found in 11 states including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas — poses a threat to California avocado groves.
Dr. Jonathan Crane, professor and associate center direct...
We respect your concerns about privacy and value the relationship that we have with you.
Like many sites, we use cookies on our website to collect information to help improve your browsing experience. The cookies that we use allow our website to work and help us to understand what information is most useful to visitors.
For the best website browsing experience, please enable cookies. Go here for instructions on how to enable cookies on your browser.
