Spread of Fomes annosus root rot in thinned shortleaf pine plantations

Frederick H. Berry

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Spread of Fomes annosus root rot in thinned shortleaf pine plantations

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Authors:

Frederick H. Berry

Year:

1968

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-87. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.

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Abstract

Plots were established in thinned shortleaf pine plantations in Missouri to determine the rate of spread of Fomes annosus root rot over a 5-year period. On these plots mortality from F. annosus was about 5 trees per acre per year.

Citation

Berry, Frederick H. 1968. Spread of Fomes annosus root rot in thinned shortleaf pine plantations. Research Note NE-87. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.