Source: Norm Dart1, Virginia State Plant Pathologist
Mary Ann Hansen1 and Elizabeth Bush1, Extension Plant Pathologists
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services1, Virginia Tech2, 11/11/11

Boxwood blight (also called “box blight” in Europe), caused by the fungal pathogen Cylindrocladium buxicola, was reported for the first time in the U.S. at two North Carolina production nurseries in October, 2011. Boxwoods originating from an infected block of plants at one of the North Carolina nurseries were planted in two production fields in Virginia.

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