Kauri dieback

        Kauri Dieback

What causes kauri dieback? Kauri dieback is caused by a microscopic organism which lives in the soil, known as Phytophthora agathidicida. The disease is specific to kauri trees and will make them die prematurely. What causes kauri dieback? Kauri dieback is caused by a microscopic organism which lives in the soil, known as Phytophthora agathidicida. The disease is specific to kauri trees and will make them die prematurely. Kauri dieback is a fungus-like disease specific to New Zealand kauri and can kill trees of all ages. Microscopic spores in the soil infect kauri roots and damage the tissues that carry nutrients within the tree. ... The disease produces both a soil-borne 'oospore' and water-borne 'zoospore' that can move on its own. There is no cure for kauri dieback disease, and the disease kills most if not all the kauri it infects. Kauri dieback can kill kauri of all ages. It's a disease caused by a microscopic fungus-like organism, called Phytophthora agathidicida (PA). It lives in the soil and infects kauri roots, damaging the tissues that carry nutrients and water within the tree, effectively starving it to death.