This tree is susceptible to a number of pests and diseases, including pine wilt nematodes, sawflies, a number of moth species, and fungal diseases. Perhaps the most significant threat to Japanese ...

Even if the tree is not culled ... didn't account for how climate and genetics interact to alter a pine's risk for disease. So researchers found a way to include these factors in their models.

A Pennsylvania state forestry expert says native pests are causing troublesome impacts to several valuable tree species.

Pine caterpillars feed on the needles of pine trees. In large numbers, they can severely weaken the trees, making them more vulnerable to attacks by other pests or diseases, and to environmental ...

Closely related species, and the diseases they cause ... which causes excessive resin to ooze from pine trees and problems with pine seedlings. We first sequenced its genome 10 years ago, and ...

Yazoo County Road Manager Jim Warrington told county leaders its time to address the abundance of dead pine trees within the ...

The US Forest Service is hosting a presentation on Mountain Pine Beetles tonight at the Spearfish Recreation and Aquatic ...

Little black beetles have dug deep into pine trees on Ray and Mary Westbrook’s East Venice Avenue property. They've killed about 70 South Florida slash pines on a five-acre lot near a former borrow ...

The pine is the most widespread tree to receive such protection ... Efforts are under way to collect seeds from apparently disease-resistant individuals and outplant seedlings. It’s also important to ...