Tag: BOX BLIGHT
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ANOTHER YEAR WITH BOX BLIGHT & BOX TREE MOTH
REPORT BY DR BÉATRICE HENICOT, PRINCIPAL PLANT PATHOLOGIST AT THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY In the mid-1990s, the fungus Cylindrocladium buxicola was introduced into the UK. It has had a devastating impact on box (Buxus spp), a British native and one of the oldest ornamentals. The fungus causes leaf spots, defoliation and die-back of box. A diagnostic feature of…