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Creator:: Hessburg, Paul F.
Abstract:: Verticicladiella wageneri Kendr. is a vascular wilt pathogen of Douglas-fir in the Pacific Northwest, The disease is characterized by black staining of colonized sapwood; crown symptoms are those typical of a wilting syndrome. Histopathological studies revealed that the pathogen is limited to the xylem but causes vascular dysfunction in both...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: wageneri in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Paul Francis Hessburg for

Creator:: Hennon, Paul Edward
Abstract:: Alaska-cedar (Chamaecvparis nootkatensIs (D. Don) Spach) is a valuable tree that is suffering from a serious decline and mortality of unknown cause throughout southeast Alaska. Epidemiological and pathological studies were initiated to determine if a pathogen is the primary cause of this problem. By examining old aerial photographs and by...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: mortality of Chamaecyparis nootkatensis in southeast Alaska AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Paul

Creator:: Winton, Loretta M.
Abstract:: A hierarchical series of studies, based mainly on molecular data, was conducted to elucidate the life history of the Douglas-fir Swiss needle cast pathogen Phaeocryptopus gaeumannii at macro- and micro-evolutionary scales. This information was then utilized to design and evaluate molecular diagnostic tools for use in studies on the epidemiology...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Special thanks Wendy Sutton, Paul Reeser, Jynene Black, Cristel Denis, and several student workers who

Creator:: Smith, Aaron Lee
Abstract:: The chlamydospore is a survival spore produced by 35 of the 75 described species of Phytophthora. Phytophthora ramorum Werres, de Cock & Man in't Veld, the causal agent of Sudden Oak Death (SOD), produces abundant chlamydospores in artificial culture and plant tissue. The chlamydospore is likely the most important survival...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , and excellent attitude. I would like to thank Paul Reeser for his countless consultations on

Creator:: Oh, Eunsung
Abstract:: Breeding Port-Orford-cedar for resistance to Phytophthora lateralis, a causal agent of root disease, begins by screening, through artificial inoculation, phenotypically resistant trees selected from natural stands. The successful program selected tolerant or resistant POC parent trees for the purpose of disease management. Candidate resistant POCs were used in my dissertation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in microscopic work. I would like to acknowledge and thank the support of Wendy Sutton, Paul

Creator:: Lewis, Katherine JoAnn
Abstract:: The root disease fungus Inonotus tomentosus, common in the old growth boreal forests of British Columbia, poses a threat to the health of second growth forests established on sites with a previous history of root disease. Colonized stumps occur in groups of 1 to 6; the groups are clumped within...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and Morawski, 1964; Davidson and Redmond, 1957; Loman and Paul, 1963; Thomas and Thomas, 1954). In

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