Plant Pathogens and Forests Webinar - Invasive Species Management Association

Introduced Plant Pathogens Threatening North American Forests - North American Invasive Species Management Association

Introduced plant pathogens threaten North American forests. Some arrived in the distant past: chestnut blight, white pine blister rust, beech bark disease, Dutch elm disease, butternut canker. Damaging introductions continue through the late 20th Century (sudden oak death, laurel wilt) and recent decades (ohia rust, Fusarium blight, rapid ohia death, beech leaf disease). Introduction of pathogens to naïve ecosystems is a global problem: North American and Asian pathogens are killing millions of trees in Europe.

Presented by Faith Campbell, President of the Center for Invasive Species Prevention

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