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TCD Symptoms

Symptoms of thousand cankers disease resemble drought stress, which causes this disease to often go undetected. One of the first symptoms of this disease is flagging – one or more branches with yellow foliage. Other symptoms include wilting, clinging foliage, limb and/or canopy dieback, and profusion of epicormic shoots (i.e., water sprouts) near the base of the trunk.

Flagging or yellowing of leaves Canopy dieback Epicormic shoots, also called water sprouts

 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES RELATED TO TCD SYMPTOMS

Diagnosing Thousand Cankers Disease of Walnut

 

Thousand Cankers Disease - How to Identify It and What to Do If You Have A Suspect Tree

 

Thousand Cankers Disease Symptoms Checklist (from Tennessee Department of Agriculture)

Thousand Cankers Disease Links

Thousands Cankers Disease

 

TN Dept. of Agriculture - TCD

 

Colorado State University - TCD

 

Pennsylvania Dept. of Agriculture - TCD


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