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Sooty bark disease diagnostic guide
Washington State University Extension fact sheet, 375E, Washington State University Extension
10/2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000004305
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/125008
Abstract
Sooty bark disease, caused by the fungus Cryptostroma corticale, is an emerging disease that can impact deciduous trees in urban areas. It primarily infects trees in the genus Acer (maples). The fungus is believed to be native to the Great Lakes Region of North America and was first detected in Washington State in Whitman County in 1968 and then Lewis County in 2007. While there are many unanswered research questions regarding the emergence of sooty bark disease in the Pacific Northwest, the pathogen may behave similarly here as it has elsewhere. European researchers have suggested that urban conditions with higher temperatures and elevated air pollution levels have likely led to increased infection of trees. Based on this information, sooty bark disease has the potential to become more common in Pacific Northwest urban landscapes as climate change results in warmer temperatures and hotter, drier summers.
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- Title
- Sooty bark disease diagnostic guide
- Creators
- Rachel BrooksJoseph M. HulbertDan OmdalMarianne ElliottGary A. Chastagner
- Academic Unit
- Publications, WSU Extension
- Series
- Washington State University Extension fact sheet; 375E
- Publisher
- Washington State University Extension; Pullman, Washington
- Format
- pdf
- Identifiers
- 99900900841101842
- Copyright
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Report