RED BAND NEEDLE BLIGHT
Also known as Dothistroma needle blight.
This disease affects conifers, most commonly pine, with Corsican, lodge-pole and Scots pine all affected. It causes loss of needles, which year after year weakens or eventually kills the tree.
Symptoms:
- Infected needles develop yellow/tan spots and bands, which turn red. The ends of the needles turn red-brown while the base remains green.
- Infected needles are lost, leading to branches with a lion’s tail appearance, with only a tuft of the current year’s needles at the end.
Causes:
It is caused by the fungus Dothistroma
