Because infected trees develop bizarre green outgrowths that resemble brooms, the disease is known as witches' broom disease.

Answer: Palo verde trees (Parkinsonia species) are sometimes affected by what is called a witches’-broom. This abnormal growth is not mistletoe but rather another problem.

Cassava Witches' Broom Disease (CWBD), a harvest-reducing pathogen originating in Southeast Asia, has crossed the Pacific and has been detected in French Guiana and Brazil.

Commonly known as “witches’-broom,” the fungal ailment deforms the holly tree, starting with knotty spots on the branches. Patches of growth sprout upward from the infected area, like the ...

The cultivar names are often taken from the property owners where the tree with the witches’ broom was found. Such hunting is not without some risk.

Witches' brooms can raise economic havoc with a variety of trees and are often referred to as diseases. Two frequently diseased species are cocao trees and spruce trees.

Home Nature Curious Questions: How does Witches' Broom form in trees? Martin Fone looks into one of the most curious — and curiously named — natural phenomena visible on a country walk in Britain.

The cause of the disease was still not known and there were no effective measures to prevent or control it, he said. Witches' broom causes an abnormal brush-like cluster of drafted, weak shoots ...

Fungi found in the leaves and trunks of wild Peruvian cacao trees offer the potential for biological control of cacao diseases such as witches' broom disease, according to U.S. Department of ...

Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.), an important species in the Rhamnaceae family, has been cultivated in China for over 7,000 years and is vulnerable to Jujube witches' broom (JWB) disease.

Commonly known as “witches’-broom,” the fungal ailment deforms the holly tree, starting with knotty spots on the branches.