The Bradford pear (Pyrus callerana "Bradford") was originally developed as a way to help control fire blight in pear trees. Fire blight can be a devastating bacterial disease in fruit trees. In the ...

(WTOP/Scott Gelman) A Maryland researcher who is studying possible treatments for a disease that’s killing citrus trees across the country said her U.S. Department of Agriculture grant funding ...

A new genetically engineered tree holds promise to possibly save Florida’s citrus trees from greening disease, a bacterial infection that has devastated the state’s citrus industry.

It was a disease that decimated towering trees across the country. In the 1970s, an outbreak of Dutch elm disease led to the loss of 90pc of elm trees, with 25 million falling victim to the ...

It was a disease that decimated towering trees across the country. In the 1970s, an outbreak of Dutch elm disease led to the loss of 90pc of elm trees, with 25 million falling victim to the fungal ...

According to a police report on Monday, during the operation officers seized 107 seedlings and 17 mature cannabis trees at a residence on Beach Road, Palo Seco. This led to the arrest of three ...

Work is now underway in South Lanarkshire to safely remove the most dangerous trees affected by ash dieback disease. Specialist equipment has been used to remove affected ash trees from the ...

Hundreds of trees in parks across Brighton are to be felled to "protect the future of the city's trees from disease", the council has said. A combination of ash dieback and elm disease have ...

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Rinconada Park in Palo Alto is full of oak trees, including this one which grows next to Rinconada Pool. Embarcadero Media file photo by Veronica Weber. Community members are up bright and early ...

A tree at the intersection of Channing Avenue and Bryant Street in Palo Alto on Oct. 20, 2021. Photo by Magali Gauthier. Palo Alto famously loves its trees — as its namesake redwood, its ...