Impacts
Todd County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020
| 1031 - Home & Consumer Horticulture | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1031.1) | 22 |
Number of participants engaged in home and consumer horticulture programming |
Success Stories
Laurel Wilt Disease Education
Author: Curtis Judy
Major Program: Home & Consumer Horticulture
A new disease, laurel wilt, was diagnosed in southwestern Kentucky in the summer of 2019, and it has the potential to rapidly kill sassafras trees. The area around Trenton in southern Todd County appears to be the area worst affected at this time. Laurel wilt is a fungal disease caused by the invasive pathogen Raffaelea lauricola. The disease is transmitted by the wood-boring redbay ambrosia beetle; which prior to the diagnosis of laurel wilt in this area, was only known to exi
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