Explore: Alder Blight.

Prociphilus tessellatus, known generally as the woolly alder aphid or maple blight aphid, is a species of aphid in the family Aphididae. "Prociphilus

by the ascomycete fungus Didymascella thujina, which causes cedar leaf blight. The fungus causes leaves to turn brown and does not spread between adjacent

economic importance. P. infestans was the infective agent of the potato blight that caused the Great Famine of Ireland, and still remains the most destructive

species, mangoes, persimmons, maples, alders, and oaks. It is a saprobe specifically on oaks and causes twig blights of persimmon. "Physalospora abdita"

the American chestnuts were nearly wiped out by chestnut blight. The discovery of the blight fungus on some Asian chestnut trees planted on Long Island

rivals that of chestnut blight and Dutch elm disease. For perspective, the number of chestnuts killed by the chestnut blight was around 3.5 billion chestnut

their distribution reaches further north and less far south. Sirococcus blight is caused by the deuteromycete fungus Sirococcus tsugae. It affects spruces

The DOC maintains three cabins available for rent by DOC members (Peaks, Alder Brook, and Stoddard), and the OPO maintains seven cabins for use by Dartmouth-affiliated

and Pieris, causing foliar symptoms known as ramorum dieback or ramorum blight. Such plants can act as a source of inoculum for new infections, with the

her early failure, which is how she must have seen it, was not going to blight her children's lives. She went to nightschool, trained as a chartered accountant