HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Scientists and researchers are sounding the alarm as a tree-killing disease spreads through the Greater Houston area. The disease commonly known as ‘Laurel Wilt’ is spread by ...

GREENE COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A devastating tree disease known as laurel wilt is infecting both Greene and Beaufort counties. This disease is caused by the redbay ambrosia beetle, which carries a ...

BEAUFORT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A disease known for devastating trees and other plants has been found in two eastern Carolina counties. The N.C. Forest Service says laurel wilt, a fatal disease for ...

Tree growers and researchers across Florida are continuing to try to reduce the harm caused by a decades-old disease that’s impacting avocado production. “A boat came into Port Wentworth, Georgia, ...

GREENE COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — A tree-killing disease known as Laurel Wilt is affecting over 20 counties in North Carolina. The N.C. Forest Service recently found Laurel Wilt in trees in both Beaufort ...

Laurel wilt is a disease spread by the non-native red bay ambrosia beetle that affects trees in the laurel family. The disease, which originated from infested wood packing material, has killed native ...

Scientists with the University of Florida have secured a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to combat the lethal Laurel wilt disease ...

An invasive fungal disease that targets trees and shrubs in the laurel family was detected for the first time in New York in July, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The ...

The pathogen is known as laurel wilt, and mainly affects red bay, sassafras, avocados, swamp bay and other related trees. A tree disease is currently spreading throughout east Texas and is now killing ...