The Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) is cautioning forest landowners about brown spot needle blight, a fungal disease that ...

Officials with the Mississippi State University (MSU) Extension Service said brown spot needle blight (BSNB) has been ...

The beetles affect pine trees by laying eggs under the bark and introducing a blue stain fungus. The action of larval feeding and fungal colonization kills the host tree within a few weeks.

A fungal disease is impacting loblolly pine trees this spring, according to the Alabama Forestry Commission. In a news ...

Last year, southern pine beetles devastated approximately 52,000 acres of pine forests across the state. Now this spring, another problem is affecting loblolly pine trees. The Alabama Forestry Commiss ...