Now is a great time to prune or cut oaks without the risk of oak wilt infection, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Winter is also the safest ...

It is best to call an arborist to determine if the tree is stressed from environmental factors, such as drought and heat, or if it’s oak wilt. As for treating it, Jones said it’s always safest ...

Oak wilt is a fungal disease that is spread by ... often recovering within a year of treatment. The best prevention is no pruning between mid-April and mid-October when the beetles are more ...

Cavender-Bares said this technology will give researchers an advantage. And with oak wilt, timing is everything. “The whole key to treating it effectively is to find it quickly before it spreads to ...

“They are held liable to make sure that whoever’s buying that property is informed because treatment is not cheap,” she said. And just how detrimental is oak wilt to a property’s value?

AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the winter months roll in through Central Texas, so, too is oak wilt season. Oak wilt is one of the most impactful tree diseases nationally, and is particularly destructive ...