A Technique for Trapping Fungal Spores

Michael E. Ostry; Thomas H. Nicholls

doi:10.2737/NC-RN-283

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A Technique for Trapping Fungal Spores

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Authors:

Michael E. Ostry, Thomas H. Nicholls

Year:

1982

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NC-RN-283

Source:

Research Note NC-283. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Describes a technique for using petroleum jelly-coated microscope slides to determine the spore dispersal patterns of fungi that cause diseases of nursery, plantation and forest trees

Keywords

Disease, pest management, infection, trees phenology, spore traps

Citation

Ostry, Michael E.; Nicholls, Thomas H. 1982. A Technique for Trapping Fungal Spores. Research Note NC-283. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station