RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Bacterial Leaf Scorch of Landscape Trees: What We Know and What We Do Not Know
JF Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
FD International Society of Arboriculture
SP 376
OP 385
DO 10.48044/jauf.2007.043
VO 33
IS 6
A1 James L. Sherald
YR 2007
UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/33/6/376.abstract
AB Xylella fastidiosa has been recognized as a pathogen of landscape trees for over 25 years. Collectively, these diseases are referred to as bacterial leaf scorch (BLS). Arborists, property owners, and communities are now beginning to recognize BLS as a serious threat to the urban forest. Although advances in symptom awareness and diagnostic techniques have enabled arborists to diagnose BLS, there are many questions regarding host range, transmission, pathogeneses, disease management, and individual tree therapy that remain unanswered.