PINE WILT A fatal disease of exotic pines in the Midwest

Summary. PINES HAVE EARNED A SECURE NICHE IN America’s urban landscape thanks to their diversity, adaptability, and beauty. Over the past 20 years, however, a disease called pine wilt has killed so many Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in the Midwest that extension specialists in several states no longer recommend planting this oncepopular species as a landscape tree. This bulletin explains how…