“I don’t see us ever curing this disease. It’s here and it’s probably going to be here to stay. So how do we manage it?” A Bismarck palm tree that is native to Madagascar is located at ...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — A tree disease that's almost always deadly for palm trees continues to spread throughout our state. There's a way to protect those trees if you have them amidst your ...

If you want a tropical look in your landscape, palm ... the trees loses one-third of the lower canopy. The entire tree rapidly dies within three to five months. The bad news is that both diseases ...

University of Florida Entomologist Brian Bahder collects samples of the planthopper insect, which transmits the bacterial disease lethal bronzing in palm trees. “The infected palms are releasing ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Palm trees are a common sight in Florida, but a disease spreading through central Florida could cost residents who have the trees in their yards. Fusarium disease spreads easily ...

Many date palm trees came from Asia, Africa and the Canary Islands and are susceptible to the lethal diseases. The diseases are rapid and incurable, causing fronds to turn brown and wither.