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Sudden Oak Death is a disease caused by Phytophthora ramorum, a fungus-like pathogen that has killed
tens of thousands of oak trees in California and is known to affect and kill
other nursery plants including Viburnum.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the presence of Sudden Oak
Death, a serious disease of oaks and many other plants, in plants from a number
of retail garden centres in the Vancouver area. The infected sites have been
placed under quarantine and the infected material is being destroyed.
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