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A great tool to help diagnose problems in the yard and garden caused by insects, diseases, and nonliving factors.
Read the above page on 'Beech Leaf Disease - Invasive Species Center'.
Most often humans are responsible for the spread of plant diseases meaning that spread of many diseases could be prevented by restricting and/or regulating the movement of plants, firewood, and wood products. Did you know that in the state of New York, it is illegal to transport untreated firewood more than 50 miles from its source within New York State? It is also illegal to bring untreated firewood into New York State. Click here to learn more. Regulations like these are commonly disregarded.
In this weeks forum post, thinking about plant diseases and their economic, ecological, and social effects, as well as the role humans have in their dispersal: