Calamities of Georgia’s Boxwood Forests
by Dr. Iryna Matsiakh, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
How do weather and climate impact boxwood blight?
Presented by Len Coop – Associate Professor @Oregon Integrated Pest Management Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon (USA) Boxwood blight is a fungal disease that can decimate boxwood plantings in most all settings and environments. The degree of injury can…
Biology & Management of Volutella Blight caused by Pseudonectria buxi
Volutella blight is commonly found on boxwood plants worldwide. Although some consider it mainly a saprophyte surviving on dead tissues, it is capable of initiating disease on live wounded tissues. Here we present some background on the disease, some basic…
Progress in Boxwood Blight Management in the UK & New Zealand: 1990s to 2021
In this seminar, Matthew will trace the progress of box blight and its management in the UK since it was first found in the mid-1990s. Early advice to gardeners was to remove all Buxus from gardens where the disease had…
Invasion, impact and management of box tree moth in Europe
The box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis, is a pest of boxwood (Buxus spp.) originating from East Asia. Since 2007, it has invaded Europe and the Caucasus, causing severe damage to planted and wild Buxus species, in particular the European boxwood…
Boxwood Breeding & Selection for Blight Resistance
Boxwood (Buxus L. spp., Buxaceae) are popular woody landscape shrubs grown for their diverse forms and broad-leaved evergreen foliage, with an estimated $141 million economic impact in the U.S. alone. Boxwood plants grown in temperate zones worldwide are threatened by…
Knowing & Growing Boxwood
by Lynn R Batdorf, International Cultivar Registration Authority
Boxwood Blight – A 15 Year Love and Hate Relationship
by Dr. Thomas Brand of Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen, Germany