Instead of healthy young stems, our newly acquired pear tree looked like it was being scorched by extreme heat. Indeed, that's where the name "fire blight" comes from, and it's the easiest way to ...

An invasive tree species that is illegal to plant in Ohio has begun to bloom, and will soon fill the air with a distinctive ...

Soon, those trees were dead, as the pathogenic fungus known simply as “blight” found its way through cracks in the bark and bore into the wood, destroying the trees’ vascular system and ...

From left to right, the trees are a blight-susceptible wild-type American chestnut (C. dentata) called Ellis 1, a blight-resistant Chinese chestnut (C. mollissima) tree called 'Qing,' and two ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - An invasive tree is beginning to bloom across Ohio. According to WCMH, the Callery pear tree, a species ...

USDA-APHIS reviews transgenic plants, including our blight-tolerant American chestnuts generally focused on the safety of the trees for people and for the environment. We submitted a "Petition for ...

There are five invasive diseases that Michigan residents should be aware of and keep an eye out for. These species have the potential to harm Michigan’s natural resources. Four of them have been ...

They were also pest-resistant and disease-free. Today, these trees are known to be an invasive species, growing rapidly and outperforming native plants. The fruits the trees produce are also ...