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 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - The North Carolina Forest Service says a devastating disease has popped up in another Eastern Carolina county. Officials say laurel wilt, a disease of redbay and other plants in ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Avocado trees are a popular fruit tree grown in Brevard County. There are many cultivars available that range in hardiness, the months when they ripen and the size of their fruit. If you are growing ...

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 ...

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