Posts Tagged: phytophthora ramorum

Invasive Spotlight: Sudden Oak Death

    Sudden oak death is a disease of oak trees that is caused by an invasive plant pathogen Phytophthora ramorum. The disease has been found infecting trees in coastal California counties from Monterey to Humboldt and can be spread by...

Citizens Concerned about Sudden Oak Death in San Luis Obispo County

From the ANR News Blog Central Coast residents, officials, ranchers and representatives of conservation organizations came out in force to a November UC Cooperative Extension meeting sounding an alarm about the recent detection of Sudden Oak Death (SOD)...

Sudden Oak Death Moving to Urban Areas; 3 Steps to Protect Oaks

Drought is decreasing but not defeating the pathogen that causes sudden oak death, according to a citizen science-assisted survey conducted this spring by a UC Agriculture and Natural Resources forest pathologist. Results of the 2015 Sudden Oak Death...

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