Laurel Wilt - Latest Updates...

• Effect of Trap Type, Trap Position, Time of Year, and Beetle Density on Captures of the Redbay Ambrosia Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) [PDF, 282 KB]
  
  
• Georgia Laurel Wilt Report 2008-2010 [PDF 5.4 MB]

• Recovery Plan for Laurel Wilt on Redbay and Other Forest Species. Caused by Raffaelea lauricola, vector Xyleborus glabratus. [PDF, Links to USDA Agricultural Research Service)

• A comparison of arborescent vegetation pre- (1983) and post- (2008) outbreak of the invasive
  species the Asian ambrosia beetle Xyleborus glabratus in a Florida maritime hammock (article from Plant Ecology & Diversity) [PDF, 262 KB]

• Laurel Wilt Disease Cycle in Redbay [PDF 830 KB]

• First Report of Laurel Wild Disease Caused by Raffaelea lauricola on Sassafras in Florida and South Carolina

• Laurel Wilt Confirmed in Mississippi, August 12, 2009

• 2009 Laurel Wilt Conference - Savannah, Georgia, February 26-27

• Manuka Oil and Phoebe Oil are Attractive Baits for Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Scolytinae), the Vector of Laurel Wilt [PDF, 334 KB]

• Disease Notes: California Laurel is Susceptible to Laurel Wilt Caused by Raffaelea lauricola

• Georgia Laurel Wilt Report 2006-2008

• Effect of Propiconazole on Laurel Wilt Disease Development in Redbay Trees and on the Pathogen In Vitro (article from Arboriculture & Urban Forestry) [PDF, 228 KB]

• Biology and Host Associations of Redbay Ambrosia Beetle [PDF, 160 KB]

• Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service Commissioner's Spotlight: Radio Report About Laurel Wilt [MP3, 930 KB]

• New species description of the laurel wilt pathogen [PDF, 420 KB]

• Laurel wilt pest leaflet - Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Forestry [PDF, 2.2 MB]

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