![]() After handling infected plants, be sure to sanitize any tools you used, your clothes and shoes. The boxwood blight fungus can also spread on pruning tools, clothing, equipment, or other items that come into contact with infected plants. ![]() You may also wish to cover the area where the diseased plants were with a thick layer of mulch. It is essential to try to remove all fallen leaves as best you can. Some structures of the boxwood blight fungus can survive in the soil for 5 to 6 years. To prevent any further spread of boxwood blight, all boxwood plant material should go to the landfill and not with other vegetative waste. If you do have boxwood blight, you need to remove that plant from your landscape. ![]() Symptoms of boxwood blight include brown leaf spots and leaf drop. Contact your local Extension office for assistance with submitting a plant sample to the clinic. If you are suspicious that you have an infected boxwood in your landscape, the only way to confirm boxwood blight is to have a sample of the plant analyzed in a lab – the NC State University Plant Disease and Insect Clinic provides this service to NC residents for a fee. Other common issues with boxwoods are damage from boxwood leafminer, mites, nematodes, and root rots. Proper diagnosis of boxwood blight is essential, as other pests and diseases can damage boxwoods. After dying, the leaves will fall off the stems and sometimes black streaking is visible on the stems. Common symptoms of boxwood blight are brown leaf spots that lead to dieback of branches and eventually the entire plant. There is no cure for boxwood blight, so infected plants should be removed from the landscape in order to prevent further spread of the disease. The disease most commonly impacts boxwoods ( Buxus spp.), but the fungus can also infect pachysandra ( Pachysandra spp.), and sweetbox ( Sarcococca spp.). Boxwood blight was first diagnosed in North Carolina in 2011 and has been reported in 27 other states. Estoy de Acuerdo / I agreeĭefoliation is commonly seen in boxwoods infected with boxwood blight.īoxwood blight is a disease caused by the fungus Calonectria pseudonaviculata. Please note that some applications and/or services may not function as expected when translated. NC State Extension does not guarantee the accuracy of the translated text. As with any Internet translation, the conversion is not context-sensitive and may not translate the text to its original meaning. To the extent there is any conflict between the English text and the translation, English controls.Ĭlicking on the translation link activates a free translation service to convert the page to Spanish. ![]() Por favor, tenga en cuenta que algunas aplicaciones y/o servicios pueden no funcionar como se espera cuando se traducen.Įnglish is the controlling language of this page. NC State Extension no garantiza la exactitud del texto traducido. Al igual que con cualquier traducción por Internet, la conversión no es sensible al contexto y puede que no traduzca el texto en su significado original. En la medida en que haya algún conflicto entre la traducción al inglés y la traducción, el inglés prevalece.Īl hacer clic en el enlace de traducción se activa un servicio de traducción gratuito para convertir la página al español. El inglés es el idioma de control de esta página.
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