Plant Health Care: The Present, The Future, The Resources
Soil / Pest / Diseases
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49m
Stephanie Adams is the Plant Health Leader at The Morton Arboretum. In this presentation she will cover the current status of important plant diseases and insects like bur oak blight, Ralstonia on geraniums, oak decline, and root rots. The presentation will also include information on pests "on the horizon" to be aware of such as polyphagous shot hole borer, spotted lanternfly, thousand cankers of black walnut, and laurel wilt.
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