A project supported by the

Horticultural Research Institute and AmericanHort Foundation

Herbal Distancing: Keeping Boxwood in Your Nursery Free from Blight

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Learn how your nursery production practices can impact boxwood blight risk and your potential for outbreaks. Whether you’re currently dealing with this disease or working to prevent it, understanding key risk factors is essential for protecting your entire boxwood inventory.…

Prospecting for Biocontrols

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It is neither economically sustainable nor environmentally acceptable to make multiple fungicide applications to protect boxwood, a key nursery crop and iconic landscape plant, from boxwood blight.  This webinar highlights some of the successes at Virginia Tech in the search…

Boxwood Blight Insight Group: Sanitation and Nursery Practices

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This educational session aims to equip nursery producers, gardeners, and plant health professionals with vital knowledge and strategies to combat the pervasive threat of Calonectria pseudonaviculata, the fungus responsible for the devastating boxwood blight. Boxwood blight, a serious concern for…

Boxwood Genomics & AI Solutions for Blight Detection & Protection

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The Boxwood Blight Insight Group (BBIG) invites horticulturists, researchers, and plant enthusiasts to join an insightful webinar titled, “In the Lab and the Landscape at the National Arboretum: Boxwood Genomics and AI Solutions for Blight Detection and Protection.” This webinar…

Battling Boxwood Blight

HRI tHRIve web series

The Boxwood Blight Insight Group is pleased to host the next webinar in their on-going efforts to assist the industry manage boxwood health in the nursery and in landscapes. In this webinar, Dr. Jim LaMondia will present research results and…