Arborjet’s Product Marketing Manager, Mark Griffith shared his thoughts and impressions of this year’s International Society of Arboriculture Trade Show and Conference at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
Oak Wilt was first discovered in Texas where it currently infects over seventy-six counties and almost every city in the central part of the state. Individuals and municipalities have been battling oak wilt in the mid-west for years and now it occurs in twenty-one states. Oak Wilt is an up and coming problem in Michigan, so Arborjet’s Regional Technical Manager, Joe Aiken filled us in on the current situation.
Originally published July 23, 2014 Oak Wilt is a fungal disease that attacks the vascular tissue of the tree, which can be fatal if left untreated. It has been in
