Influence of Procerum Root Disease on the Water Relations of Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus L.)

J.R. Butnor; J.R. Seiler; J.A. Gray

doi:10.1300/j091v10n01_11

Influence of Procerum Root Disease on the Water Relations of Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus L.)

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Authors:

J.R. Butnor, J.R. Seiler, J.A. Gray

Year:

2000

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1300/j091v10n01_11

Source:

Journal of Sustainable Forestry Vol. 10, No. l/2, 2000. pp. 95-105

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Abstract

Procerum root disease (PRD) is caused by the deuteromycete fungus Leptogruphium procerum (Kendr.) Wingf, formerly Verticic ladiella procera (Kendr.) and is most commonly isolated from Pinus sp. L., though the fungus has been isolated from other conifer species including Fraser fir (Abies fraseri [Pursh] Poir.), Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] France) and Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) (Alexander et al., 1988). During the last two decades PRD has been responsible for significant economic losses in eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) Christmas tree plantations and trees in the urban landscape throughout the eastern United States (Lackner and Alexander, 1984).

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Butnor, J.R.; Seiler, J.R.; Gray, J.A. 2000. Influence of Procerum Root Disease on the Water Relations of Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus L.). Journal of Sustainable Forestry Vol. 10, No. l/2, 2000. pp. 95-105