Root rot caused by Armillariella mellea creates roughly circular
disease centers of infected dead and dying trees in the younggrowth
ponderosa pine forest under study. Research objectives concerning
chemical control of the disease were: 1) to test the
effectiveness of certain chemicals in protecting living pines adjacent
to disease centers...
Published November 1992. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published October 1995. A More recent revision exists. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
This manual is intended for forest land owners and managers who want to understand and prevent unnecessary forest damage from insects. This manual covers only insects that infest living trees, not those that infest dead wood.
The manual is organized into chapters based on the part of the tree that...
Published October 1995. Reviewed September 2014. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published May 2005. Reviewed March 2016. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu
Discusses options for managing major insect pests and diseases of conifers in Oregon forests: bark beetles, wood borers, and ambrosia beetles; defoliators; aphids, adelgids, and scale insects; terminal and branch insects and pitch moths; root diseases; stem decays; foliage diseases; canker diseases and canker-causing rust diseases; and mistletoes. Extensive references...
Designed for forest owners and managers who want to prevent and manage insect damage in living trees (does not cover insects that infest dead wood). Six chapters discuss insects that affect tree foliage, shoots and twigs, trunks and large branches, and roots. Explains the effects of forest practices, such as...
A thorough introduction to disease pathogens, signs and symptoms, and management. Nine chapters cover root diseases (Armillaria, annosus, etc.); stem decays (Indian paint fungus, red ring rot, etc.); rust diseases (stem rusts, broom rusts, etc.); other fungal diseases; mistletoes; abiotic diseases; and effects of forest practices such as thinning on...