brown root rot disease 褐根病

brown root rot disease
繁：褐根病
简：褐根病

康文署今日（8月29日）移除旺角聯運街休憩處近行車道花槽的一棵13米高榕樹，該樹名列《古樹名木冊》之上，但於去年5月確診感染褐根病，署方安排移除該樹，控制褐根病蔓延，並保障公眾安全。

康文署斬褐根病古樹名木（2017年8月29日）。經濟日報，取自 https://topick.hket.com/article/1892214

Brown root rot disease, a ­fungal infection often referred to as “tree cancer”, has no known cure and is one of the top tree killers in Hong Kong and tropical ­regions around the world.

Experts get to the root of Hong Kong tree disease problem. (2017, April 3). South China Morning Post. Retrieved from http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2084182/experts-get-root-hong-kong-tree-disease-problem