Gnomonia canker, shoot blight, and leaf spot of yellow birch.

Kenneth J. Jr. Kessler

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Gnomonia canker, shoot blight, and leaf spot of yellow birch.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Kenneth J. Jr. Kessler

Year:

1978

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Paper NC-152. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Describes a canker, shoot blight, and leaf spot disease of yellow birch seedlings in the northern Great Lakes region and tells how and when trees become infected by the fungal causal agent, Gnomonia setacea.

Keywords

Betual alleghaniensis, yellow birch, Gnomonia setacea, Cylindrosporella microsperma, Diaporthe alleghaniensis

Citation

Kessler, Kenneth J. Jr. 1978. Gnomonia canker, shoot blight, and leaf spot of yellow birch. Research Paper NC-152. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station