If you have palms planted in your landscape, you’re going to want to read this article all the way through. We have a few relatively new diseases that affect palms, and one that has been around for a ...

There is an enormous mushroom-like growth at the base of a palm tree where I work. What is it? It sounds like your palm tree has acquired a Ganoderma butt rot caused by the fungus Ganoderma zonatum.

When driving around, it is common to see palms planted along roadsides, in parks and in home landscapes throughout the county. Some landscapes have a few palms and then there are those areas that are ...

GANODERMA boninense is the oil palm industry's Public Enemy No. 1 – quietly costing more than RM2bil a year. It doesn't shout ...

What: Caused by the fungus, Ganoderma zonatum. The lethal disease degrades or rots the lower trunk of palm trees. Symptoms: May include wilting or general decline. The disease is confirmed when a hard ...

A: The palms should stay healthy even while producing what are known as root initials. These roots emerge from cracks in the pseudo-bark at the base of the trunks. This is usually a function of age.

After the recent column about Ganoderma butt rot of palms, several folks wrote about rots of other trees. Cliff from Stuart asked, 'I read your article about Ganoderma with interest. A similar growth ...