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oak wilt
Ceratocystis fagacearum (T. W. Bretz) J. Hunt


Taxonomic Rank: Sordariomycetes > Microascales > Ceratocystidaceae > Ceratocystis
Taxonomic Synonym(s):
Chalara quercina B.W. Henry [Anamorph]
Endoconidiophora fagacearum T.W. Bretz
Category: Diseases: Vascular Wilts

172 Records
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0355038 Symptoms leaf symptoms
0725065 Symptoms

Ceratocystis fagacearum in red oak (probably northern pin oak Quercus ellipsoidalis) surrounding a new house in Minnesota. (It was probably the pruning of trees during the building of the house that allowed oak wilt to enter the stand.

0725090 Symptoms

Wilted branch on northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) in Minnesota.

0725091 Symptoms

Northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) killed by Ceratocystis fagacearum in Minnesota. The retention of some dead leaves is characteristic of the disease.

0725092 Symptoms

Xylem of red oak affected by Ceratocystis fagacearum showing diffuse stain (often there is less stain than this).

0725093 Fruiting Bodies

Sporulating mat on red oak killed by Ceratocystis fagacearum.

0758071 Symptoms

Group of dead Texas live oaks killed by oak wilt

0758073 Infestation

Oak killed by oak wilt.

0758074 Control

Group of Texas live oaks protected from spread of fungus via root grafts by trenching

0758075 Symptoms

Foliage in early stages of wilt by oak wilt disease.

0758076 Feature(s)

Root grafts on Texas live oak. These are the main means by which oak wilt spreads.

0758077 Research

Color infrared aerial photo taken from a U-2 showing patterns of forest vegetation and group of trees killed by oak wilt.

0758081 Research

Color infrared panoramic aerial photo taken from a U-2 showing distribution of forest vegetation and trees killed by oak wilt.

1301020 Symptoms Vertical cracks in bark caused by pressure pads.
1301033 Symptoms Oak wilt in a young group of pin oaks
1301040 Control Vibratory plow used for disruption of root grafts to control oak wilt.
1301059 Symptoms Oak wilt pocket in urban landscape
1406093 Symptoms
1458010 Control treating with Tordon
1458013 Symptoms bark cracking form pressure cushion
1473272 Symptoms one week after early symptoms had appeared. Rapid leaf fall is characteristic; 7/14/1953
1501034 Symptoms Oak wilt, vascular streak
1501035 Control Oak wilt, trenching at Whiskey Canyon Ranch to eliminate root grafts
1501036 Control Oak wilt, ditch-witch trench at the LBJ Ranch to eliminate root grafts
1501037 Control Oak wilt, trenching at Whiskey Canyon Ranch to eliminate root grafts
1501038 Control Oak wilt, trenching at Whiskey Canyon Ranch to eliminate root grafts
1501039 Sign Oak wilt, old (6 mos +) pressure pad on live oak
1501040 Feature(s) Oak wilt may move through root grafts between trees similar to this live oak root grafting
1501041 Symptoms Oak wilt, Texas red oak leaf symptoms
1501042 Symptoms Oak wilt, Texas red oak leaf symptoms
1501043 Symptoms Oak wilt, Texas red oak leaf symptoms
1501044 Symptoms Oak wilt, Live oak leaf symptoms
1501045 Symptoms Oak wilt, Live oak leaf symptoms
1501046 Symptoms Oak wilt, Live oak leaf symptoms
1501047 Symptoms Oak wilt, Live oak leaf symptoms
1501048 Symptoms Oak wilt, Live oak tree symptoms
1501050 Symptoms Oak wilt, Live oakbranch showing symptoms
1501051 Field Oak wilt, infra-red photo
1501053 Symptoms Oak wilt, V.A.Cemetary
1501054 Infestation Oak wilt center
1501055 Infestation Oak wilt center, Kerrville State Park
1501056 Symptoms Oak wilt kill in pasture, S. of Kerrville
1501057 Symptoms Oak wilt, live oak, Kerrville State Park
1501058 Symptoms Oak wilt, live oak, Kerrville State Park
1501059 Symptoms Oak wilt, live oak, Kerrville State Park
1509093 Symptoms Oak wilt
1509094 Symptoms Oak wilt
1509095 Symptoms Oak wilt
1509096 Symptoms Oak wilt
1509097 Symptoms Oak wilt
1509098 Symptoms Oak wilt
1509099 Symptoms Oak wilt
1509100 Infestation Oak wilt
1509101 Symptoms Oak wilt
1949011 Symptoms

Advanced stage of Ceratocystis fagacearum infection on oak: general view of wilted tree.

1949012 Symptoms

Foliar symptoms caused by Ceratocystis fagacearum on oak.

1949013 Symptoms

Foliar symptoms of Ceratocystis fagacearum on black oak (Quercus velutina) showing bronzing starting at the leaf apices and lobes, and a localized area of green tissue around the base of the midrib.

1949014 Fruiting Bodies

Mature mycelial mat of Ceratocystis fagacearum just under the bark of a wilted Quercus coccinea tree.

2252003 Symptoms infected sapling
2252004 Symptoms leaf symptoms
2252005 Symptoms vascular streaking
2252008 Symptoms bark crack over fungal mat
2252009 Sign fungal mat
2635026 Sign close-up view of fungal mat on peeled stem
2912093 Symptoms on leaf. Near San Antonio, Texas during Southern Forest Insect Work Conference Field Trip.
2912094 Equipment caterpillar pulling trench to disrupt root grafting, Southern Forest Insect Work Conference Field Trip, near Conly Ranch, Texas
2912095 Equipment bulldozer pulling subsoiler to break root grafts. taken during Southern Forest Insect Work Conference Field Trip near San Antonio, Texas USA
3036033 Infestation oak wilt at edge of woodland St. Paul, MN
3037015 Symptoms southern Missouri
3066036 Feature(s) transmission is mainly through root grafts
3226026 Symptoms veinal necrosis
3226027 Symptoms root graft
3226028 Feature(s) root grafts
3226029 Symptoms leaf symptoms
3226030 Symptoms early symptoms on foliage
3226031 Infestation infection centers - aerial view
3226034 Control bulldozer trenching to break root grafting between infected and noninfected trees
3226035 Control bulldozer trenching to break root grafting between infected and noninfected trees
3227017 Control trenching for severing root grafts between infected and uninfected trees
3227018 Feature(s) root grafts
3227019 Control trenching for severing root grafts between infected and uninfected trees
3227020 Equipment

trenching machineused to seperate infested areas

3227021 Control trenching for severing root grafts between infected and uninfected trees
4213097 Symptoms leaf symptoms
4213098 Symptoms leaf symptoms
4213100 Symptoms old fungal mats
4214001 Feature(s) close-up view of fungal mat on peeled stem
4214002 Symptoms center of dead/dying trees
4214003 Symptoms infection center
4214004 Symptoms infection center
4215058 Display or Sign billboard in Minnesota informing public
4215059 Infestation mortality center of oak stand
4215060 Symptoms rapidly wilting red oak
4215061 Symptoms white oaks wilt over many years and may recover
4215062 Symptoms vascular discoloration in red oak
4215063 Symptoms vascular discoloration in white oak
4215064 Sign spore mat which forms only in red oak group
4215065 Symptoms foliar symptoms on bur oak
4215066 Symptoms foliar symptoms on northern red oak
5005031 Management

Mauget Generation II microinjector; For injecting propiconizole fungicide for oak wilt prevention in central Texas

5005032 Symptoms
5005033 Symptoms interveinal necrosis
5005034 Symptoms veinal necrosis
5005035 Symptoms interveinal chlorosis
5005036 Symptoms interveinal chlorosis
5030068 Equipment Trenching machine used in establishing root graft disruption lines for oak wilt control. Exhibited during the forest pathology field trip of the American Phytopathological Society, 2003, near Shawano, WI.
5030069 Symptoms Spore mat and pressure pad under the bark of oak-wilt killed tree. Jenny Juzwik is the person in the picture.
5030070 Display or Sign Sign warning not to gather firewood, to prevent transfer of oak wilt, on Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
5030071 Control Control of oak wilt by uprooting stumps of oak killed by Ceratocystis fagacearum, to prevent root-root spread. Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
5030072 Control Oak wilt control by uprooting stumps of trees killed by oak wilt, to prevent root-root transmission. Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
5030073 Control Oak wilt control by uprooting stumps of trees killed by Ceratocystis fagacearum, to prevent root-root transmission of the pathogen. Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
5030075 Control Boulder-strewn terrain where oak wilt control using a vibratory plow is not an option. Root disruption by uprooting stumps may provide some control of root-root spread of the pathogen on such sites.
5030077 Control Uprooted stump of Quercus sp. to control spread of oak wilt through root systems. This may be a useful technique where vibratory plowing or trenching is impossible.
5030078 Control Uprooted stump with roots severed to prevent root-root transfer of the oak wilt pathogen in glacial till soils. Chequemegon-Nicolet National Forest.
5030079 Control An uprooted stump of a tree killed by oak wilt. Uprooting stumps and severing root connections may help to prevent spread of oak wil in situations where vibratory plowing or trenching is not feasible.
5030081 Control Stump of a tree killed by oak wilt, with all roots severed to prevent root-root transfer of the pathogen.
5030084 Display or Sign Oak wilt treatment site; Sign forbidding firewood gathering, to prevent spread of oak wilt.
5030086 Sexual Spore spore pad
5030087 Symptoms aerial photo
5032025 Symptoms
5032042 Symptoms

Vertical cracks in oak killed by oak wilt, indicating the presence of spore mats under the bark.

5034061 Equipment

Vibratory plow with a five foot blade, used for disrupting root graft connections for control of oak wilt.  Entomologist Jim Hanson on the Cat

5034085 People

Michigan DNR workshop on identifying and controlling oak wilt.

5034086 Display or Sign oak wilt billboard
5038013 Feature(s) Chalara anamorph
5038014 Culture
5038015 Symptoms staining in oak
5038074 Symptoms

Oak wilt crown symptoms.

5039061 Control oak wilt control trench with trencher
5039062 Control control trench
5039063 Symptoms crack in bark
5039064 Symptoms crown symptoms
5039065 Symptoms crown symptoms and leaf casting
5039070 Control oak wilt injection
5039071 People oak wilt investigation, Bob Heyd
5039073 Symptoms oak wilt killed trees behind house
5039074 Symptoms
5039079 Symptoms oat wilt pocket in woodlot
5039080 Symptoms leaf symptoms
5039081 Symptoms
5039083 Sexual Spore spore mat
5039084 Symptoms sprout symptoms
5039087 Control trench line
5039089 Symptoms wilting symptoms
5039095 Symptoms expanding oak wilt pocket
5039096 Symptoms aerial photo with highlighted pockets of oak wilt
5039097 Symptoms aerial photo- small pocket of wilt
5039098 Symptoms
5039099 Symptoms trees in July
5039100 Symptoms same trees in image number 5039099 one month later- August
5040002 Symptoms crown symptoms
5040010 Symptoms grafted roots
5040017 Survey
5040020 Equipment trencher
5040023 Control tree injection
5040024 Control tree injection
5040025 Control Alamo fungicide set up
5040027 Control herbicide application
5040028 Control chopping to check the cambium
5040033 Sign
5042040 Control vibratory plow line; low impact
5045006 Symptoms
5045080 Symptoms crown symptoms
5045081 Symptoms
5045082 Symptoms oak wilt pocket
5045083 Symptoms
5046003 Symptoms tree with close-up of leaves
5046017 Symptoms
5055016 Symptoms
5202057 Symptoms Active oak wilt pocket, early July, Eau Claire Co., WI
5262015 Symptoms
5265044 Symptoms


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