image: This is Moniliophthora perniciosa-- Witches' broom disease of the chocolate tree. view more . Credit: Gonçalo A.G. Pereira. In the early 1900s, Brazil was the world's largest producer ...

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. These brooms have for ...

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 ...

Witch's broom can occur in both deciduous and evergreen trees. (Gegik/Wikipedia Commons) To understand how witch’s broom develops, let’s review how a plant regulates its own growth using plant ...

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 ...

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. The brooms are frequently located 50 or 60 ...

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Ana M. Leiva et al, Ceratobasidium sp. is associated with cassava witches' broom disease, a re-emerging threat to cassava cultivation in Southeast Asia, Scientific Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1038 ...

Oaks and other trees are not susceptible to the witches broom virus, Spoor said. Spoor said it cost about $3,000 to replace those 10 hollies, which were planted in 1997.

Even more deadly is Witches’ broom disease, endemic to South America and the Caribbean, and first reported in 1785 by the explorer, Alexandre Rodrigues, in the Brazilian Amazon basin. When it spread ...

VietNamNet Bridge – Witches' broom disease is blighting longan crops around the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, causing disastrous losses to farmers.. Nguyen Van Muoi of Ke Sach District's Ba Trinh Commune ...

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.