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The war on boxwood blight enlists Oregon homeowners
Photo of potted plants infected with boxwood blight. Oregon is 1 of 9 states to detect the new fungal disease
Beware of boxwood blight. The invasive fungal plant disease is new to North America and has been detected in a couple of Oregon nurseries along with eight other states and a Canadian province. All eyes have been on other nurseries that potentially might harbor the disease, but there is a key role to be played by the public, especially those Oregonians who happen to have boxwood as part of their own yard's landscape...
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