Title: How to identify common nitidulid beetles associated with oak wilt mats in Minnesota

Author: Cervenka, Valerie J.; Skalbeck, Thomas C.; Kyhl, John F.; Blackford, Darren C.; Juzwik, Jennifer J.; Seybold, Steven J.

Year: 2001

Publication: HOW to HT-71. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station

Abstract: Oak wilt, caused by the fungus Ceratocystis fagacearum (Bretz) Hunt, is an important disease of oaks throughout the Eastern United States. Thousands of native oaks, particularly those in the red oak group succumb to the disease each year across the midwest.