Boxwood Blight

Researchers are attempting to understand the biology of Cylindrocladium buxicola, or boxwood blight.

Cylindrocladium buxicola (also known as C. pseudonaviculatum), commonly called box blight or boxwood leaf drop is a fungus that has been reported to occur on all Buxus species and cultivars.

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