Antibiotics Do Not Control Blister Rust in Eastern White Pine Seedlings

William R. Phelps; Ray Weber

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Antibiotics Do Not Control Blister Rust in Eastern White Pine Seedlings

Informally Refereed

Authors:

William R. Phelps, Ray Weber

Year:

1968

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NC-52. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

To prevent blister rust infections in Eastern white pine seedlings, the antibiotics, cycloheximide (acti-dione) and Phytoactin, were tested in root dips, root slurries, and foliar drenches before planting and after planting the trees. None of the methods and materials tested was effective.

Keywords

Blister Rust, antibiotics, white pine

Citation

Phelps, William R.; Weber, Ray. 1968. Antibiotics Do Not Control Blister Rust in Eastern White Pine Seedlings. Research Note NC-52. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station