Understanding tree root diseases.(TREE MAINTENANCE) From: Arbor Age | Date: March 1, 2007| Author: Phillips, Leonard | COPYRIGHT 2007 Adams Business Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

ROOT DISEASE IS A CONDITION THAT OCCURS when a pathogen, beginning on the roots of a plant species, adversely affects the growth and survival of the affected plant. Root pathogens are extremely important natural disturbance agents in western forest ecosystems. Root disease organisms kill host cambium, decay root wood, plug water-conducting tissue, or cause some combination of these effects. Tree death results directly from root disease impacts; occurs when trees with decayed roots ...

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