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Willow Oozing Alcohol-Smelling Froth

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From: Katie Desiato City: Huntley , IL
I have a Williow in my Yard . It has Pink /white froth comming out of the trunk that has a smell of wiskey to it . I had some last year , but much more this year. Froth has some "sawdust' in it . Can it be a boarer or something else? there isn't any external signs of a Willow Boarer , just this strange froth. Thank you for any help you can give .
	Extension Message From: Jay Hayek Extension Specialist, Forestry Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences jhayek@illinois.edu
Greetings Katie: Your willow likely has a bacterial disease called alcoholic flux. For more information on this disease, please read through the following articles: http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/diseases/series600/rpd656/index.html http://www.unce.unr.edu/publications/files/ho/2003/fs0333.pdf
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