it is a fungus carried from elm to elm by small bark beetles. They slip through the meshes of the strictest quarantine. Spraying will kill them, and the Department is experimenting with DDT and ...

Dutch elm disease, also known simply as elm disease, is a fungal infection spread by a beetle that can rapidly wither and kill healthy trees. The council previously said an increase in the use of ...

"The beetles are hitchhiking their ... of diseased wood that will infect and kill more trees," he said. "If we can limit the movement of infected elm wood, we can give healthy elm populations ...