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Tree Diseases in Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas

Fungal, bacterial, and vascular diseases affecting North Texas shade and ornamental trees.

49 conditions in this category

Bacterial Leaf Scorch

Bacterial Leaf Scorch is a systemic vascular disease caused by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa.…

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Anthracnose

Anthracnose is a general term used to describe a group of fungal diseases caused by several different pathogen…

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Brown Rot (Blossom & Twig)

Brown rot is a category of wood-decay fungi that primarily consume cellulose and hemicellulose within woody ti…

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Dutch Elm Disease

Dutch Elm Disease is a vascular wilt disease caused by fungal pathogens that colonize the waterconducting tiss…

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Fire Blight

Fire Blight is a bacterial disease caused by Erwinia amylovora.…

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Oak Diseases (Overview)

Sudden Oak Death is caused by Phytophthora ramorum, a pathogen classified as an oomycete, often referred to as…

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Serious Oak Diseases

Twig Blight is a disease complex typically caused by fungal pathogens that infect young shoots, twigs, buds, a…

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Twig Blight

Twig Blight is a disease complex typically caused by fungal pathogens that infect young shoots, twigs, buds, a…

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Bacterial Slime Flux

Bacterial Slime Flux is a condition caused by bacterial populations that develop within internal wood tissues.…

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Verticillium Wilt

Verticillium Wilt is a vascular disease caused primarily by Verticillium dahliae and Verticillium albo-atrum.…

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Hypoxylon Canker

Hypoxylon Canker is a fungal disease caused by several species within the Hypoxylon and Biscogniauxia groups o…

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Diplodia Tip Blight

Diplodia Tip Blight is caused by the fungal pathogen Diplodia sapinea, previously known as Sphaeropsis sapinea…

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Tubakia Leaf Spot

Tubakia Leaf Spot is a fungal disease that primarily affects the leaves of oak trees.…

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Sooty Mold

Sooty Mold is a collection of fungal organisms that grow on honeydew deposits produced by sap-feeding insects.…

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Canker Diseases

A canker is a localized area of dead tissue that develops on branches, trunks, stems, or roots following infec…

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Leaf Spot Diseases

Leaf Spot is a general term used to describe a group of fungal and occasionally bacterial pathogens that infec…

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Powdery Mildew

Powdery Mildew is a fungal disease caused by a group of closely related fungi that infect foliage and young pl…

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Cercospora Leaf Spot

Cercospora Leaf Spot is a fungal disease caused by several species within the Cercospora group of pathogens.…

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Septoria Leaf Spot

Septoria Leaf Spot is a fungal disease caused by several species of Septoria fungi that infect foliage and cre…

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Botryosphaeria Canker

Botryosphaeria Canker is a fungal disease caused by several closely related fungal pathogens within the Botryo…

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Cytospora Canker

Cytospora Canker is a fungal disease caused by several species within the Cytospora genus.…

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Bacterial Leaf Spot

Bacterial Leaf Spot is a disease caused by various bacterial pathogens that infect foliage and create localize…

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Needle Cast Disease

Needle Cast Disease is a group of fungal diseases that infect conifer needles and cause premature defoliation.…

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Rust Diseases

Rust diseases are caused by a group of fungal pathogens that infect foliage, stems, and occasionally twigs and…

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Nectria Canker

Nectria Canker is caused by fungal pathogens within the Nectria genus that infect bark and cambial tissues.…

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Thyronectria Canker

Thyronectria Canker is caused by fungal pathogens within the Thyronectria genus that infect bark and cambial t…

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Fusiform Rust

Fusiform Rust is a fungal disease that requires two different hosts to complete its life cycle.…

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Downy Mildew

Downy Mildew is caused by a group of water mold organisms known as oomycetes.…

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Shot Hole Disease

Shot Hole Disease is caused by several fungal and bacterial pathogens capable of infecting leaf tissues and cr…

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Black Knot Disease

Black Knot Disease is caused by the fungal pathogen Apiosporina morbosa.…

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Bacterial Diseases

Fire Blight is caused by the bacterial pathogen Erwinia amylovora.…

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Oak Wilt

Oak Wilt is a vascular disease caused by the fungus Bretziella fagacearum.…

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Oak Wilt Prevention

Oak Wilt is not simply a disease affecting individual trees.…

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Phomopsis Tip Blight

Phomopsis Tip Blight is caused by fungal pathogens within the Phomopsis genus that infect newly developing sho…

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Bacterial Canker

Bacterial Canker is a disease caused by several bacterial pathogens capable of infecting bark, cambium, twigs,…

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Brown Patch Fungus

Brown Patch is a fungal disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani.…

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Crown Gall

Crown Gall is caused by the bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens, now classified as Rhizobium radiobacter.…

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Algal Leaf Spot

Algal Leaf Spot is caused by the parasitic algae Cephaleuros virescens.…

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Leaf Blister Disease

Leaf Blister Disease is caused by fungal pathogens that infect newly developing foliage during periods of favo…

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Melanose Disease

Melanose is a fungal disease caused by pathogens that colonize leaves, stems, shoots, and other plant tissues.…

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Leaf Curl Disease

Leaf Curl Disease is most commonly associated with fungal pathogens that infect newly developing foliage durin…

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Thousand Cankers Disease

Thousand Cankers Disease is caused by a combination of:…

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Laurel Wilt Disease

Laurel Wilt is a vascular disease caused by the fungus Harringtonia lauricola.…

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Beech Leaf Disease

Beech Leaf Disease is associated with the foliar nematode Litylenchus crenatae mccannii.…

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Texas Phoenix Palm Decline

Texas Phoenix Palm Decline is caused by a phytoplasma that colonizes vascular tissues responsible for transpor…

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Heart Rot

Heart Rot is a wood decay disorder caused by fungi that colonize the non-living heartwood located in the cente…

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White Rot

White Rot is a wood decay process caused by specialized fungi capable of breaking down both lignin and cellulo…

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Brown Rot (Wood Decay)

Brown Rot is a wood decay process caused by fungi that primarily consume cellulose and hemicellulose within wo…

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Sapwood Rot

Sapwood Rot is a decay process caused by fungi that colonize the living outer wood tissues located directly be…

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