The Preservation Society of Newport County will host a free forum, “Iconic Trees of Newport II,” on May 8 at Rosecliff to address the variety of challenges facing urban forests, including the causes ...

The Preservation Society of Newport County will host a public forum on May 8 at Rosecliff to address mounting threats to the city’s urban forests, with a special focus on beech leaf disease (BLD ...

THE pigment of the copper beech was identified in 1932 1 as cyanidin 3-galactoside; two years later, the colouring matter of wild strawberries was stated to be pelargonidin 3-galactoside 2.

Beech leaf disease is associated with the microscopic worm Litylenchus crenatae, a nematode. The worm enters and spends the winter in leaf buds. This causes damage to the leaf tissue on American ...

Brandon: So, this is a leaf on a beech, and this is called beech leaf disease. Kevin ... Brandon: So, it's a nematode. It's a microscopic worm, of all things, and it goes inside the leaf, it ...

A New Threat: Beech Leaf Disease Now, the forest faces a new and urgent threat. Beech Leaf Disease (BLD), caused by the invasive nematode Litylenchus crenatae mccannii, has taken hold. The microscopic ...

KIRTLAND, OH — A decade after the emergence of beech leaf disease (BLD ... with mortality rates as high as 14% in 2022 alone." The disease, which is associated with the non-native nematode Litylenchus ...

KIRTLAND, OH — A decade after the emergence of beech leaf disease (BLD ... as 14% in 2022 alone.” The disease, which is associated with the non-native nematode Litylenchus crenatae subsp.

BRENDAN J. O'REILLY The underside of beech leafs infected with the nematode that causes beech leaf disease. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY Louis Meisel with his beech trees in his sculpture garden in Sagaponack.

Manually clipping buds and leaves to simulate storm or mechanized (chainsaw) damage activated the jasmonic acid wound response pathways in both beech and maple but no defensive responses. However, ...