Disjunct population of redbay ambrosia beetle and laurel wilt disease discovered in Mississippi

J.J. Riggins; M. Hughes; J.A. Smith; R. Chapin

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Disjunct population of redbay ambrosia beetle and laurel wilt disease discovered in Mississippi

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Authors:

J.J. Riggins, M. Hughes, J.A. Smith, R. Chapin

Year:

2011

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: McManus, Katherine A; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. 2010. Proceedings. 21st U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2010; 2010 January 12-15; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-75. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 121.

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Abstract

Laurel wilt is an aggressive, non-native vascular wilt disease of redbay trees (Persea borbonia), sassafras (Sassafras albidum), and other plants within the Lauraceae family. The laurel wilt pathogen, (Raffaelea lauricola), is vectored by the redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus), which was first detected in Georgia in 2002. Since then, laurel wilt disease has caused severe mortality to redbay trees in Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, 21st U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2010

Citation

Riggins, J.J.; Hughes, M.; Smith, J.A.; Chapin, R. 2011. Disjunct population of redbay ambrosia beetle and laurel wilt disease discovered in Mississippi. In: McManus, Katherine A; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. 2010. Proceedings. 21st U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2010; 2010 January 12-15; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-75. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 121.