How to Use oak wilt in a Sentence

oak wilt

noun

• Do note that this is not the time of year to prune oaks because of oak wilt.
  — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 19 Mar. 2020
• Your arborist will know how to protect the trees against oak wilt.
  — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 24 Sep. 2020
• All the white oaks are less susceptible to oak wilt than live oak and the red oaks.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Oct. 2021
• The saving grace is that, left on its own, oak wilt spreads very slowly.
  — Greg Stanley, Star Tribune, 5 July 2021
• Just oaks, and only to prevent entry of the oak wilt fungus into the open wounds.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Mar. 2022
• Because of the small diameter of the stems, there is no danger from oak wilt.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 28 May 2020
• Banner is the toxic chemical that is often used to treat oak wilt in live oaks and red oaks.
  — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 6 Feb. 2020
• Cedar elm is a good replacement for oaks in areas where oak wilt is an issue.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Oct. 2021
• Paint any wounds on your oak trees immediately in order to protect the oak trees in the area from oak wilt.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Oct. 2021
• Ball moss is a cosmetic issue, but oak wilt is a real threat to the wellbeing of your live oak trees.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2018
• Prune oaks only between November and March, when the trees are dormant and oak wilt is less likely to spread.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 15 Aug. 2020
• Dube counted 40 oak trees around her home in Brainerd, less than 10 miles from where oak wilt was recently confirmed.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 8 July 2021
• This is driven by the oak wilt fungus that is so devastating to mature live oaks, red oaks and many other oaks as well.
  — Courtney Ortega, star-telegram, 9 Feb. 2018
• This an outstanding time, because the vectors that spread oak wilt fungus are inactive in the winter.
  — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 26 Nov. 2020
• For example, oaks should only be pruned in winter to prevent oak wilt, a deadly fungus spread by a kind of beetle.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 19 Dec. 2021
• Spring is taboo, as oak wilt fungal mats are active in infested trees, so that is the season of most active transmission.
  — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 26 Nov. 2020
• The main negatives with these trees are their susceptibility to oak wilt and arguably being overused.
  — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2021
• Plant pathologists and arborists alike tell us that all pruning of oaks should be done between mid-July and Valentine’s Day because that’s when the oak wilt fungus is inactive in our trees.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 11 July 2018
• According to Reichenbach, the biggest three threats to urban trees are oak wilt, the emerald ash borer and invasive plants such as common buckthorn.
  — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2017
• Then the final component of Garrett Juice came about after an arborist buddy of mine discovered that adding a pH-lowering acid to his fish and seaweed sprays helped make the ingredients more bio-available to plants in his oak wilt work.
  — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 18 June 2019
• Pathologists tell us that mid-summer, during the hottest weather, is another suitable time to prune. Hire a certified arborist with experience in oak wilt issues.
  — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 26 Nov. 2020
• Maintenance could include the removal of dead and dying trees, in some cases killed by ash borers or damaged by oak wilt, Sustainability Director Mike Foley said.
  — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland.com, 11 Sep. 2019
• White oaks are also able to efficiently plug the water-conducting, tubelike cells called vessels in their wood with tyloses, balloonlike structures that seal the vessels as a barrier against deadly fungal diseases such as oak wilt.
  — Andrew L. Hipp, Scientific American, 15 July 2020

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024