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The polyphagous shothole borer is tiny – but a fungus it’s commonly associated with can be deadly for trees.
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A tiny beetle and its deadly fungus is threatening South Africa’s trees

The beetle and the fungus have devastated trees in California in the US as well as in Israel. Now they’re in South Africa

  • Wilhelm De Beer
5 min read