Symptoms of red crown rot, caused by the soilborne fungus Calonectria ilicicola, have begun to appear in our 2025 field trials at farms in Madison and Macoupin counties in Illinois that have a known history of the disease. Similar observations are being reported by colleagues in Kentucky and Indiana, indicating regional disease activity is underway.
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Boris X. Camiletti leads the Smart Plant Pathology lab at the University of Illinois-Department of Crop Sciences.





