Nematodes inhabit soils of forest and clear-cut areas

Alex L. Shigo; George Yelenosky

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Nematodes inhabit soils of forest and clear-cut areas

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Alex L. Shigo, George Yelenosky

Year:

1960

Type:

Forest Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Forest Research Note NE-101. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-4

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Abstract

Nematodes are present in all forest soils, but their effects on forest trees are not known. The known destructive nature of these worms on other woody crops suggests that they may also be involved in causing some of the unexplainable losses in vigor and mortality of forest trees.

Citation

Shigo, Alex L.; Yelenosky, George. 1960. Nematodes inhabit soils of forest and clear-cut areas. Forest Research Note NE-101. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 1-4