White pine plantations which were established in 1968 on 88 acres of the Palouse Ranger District, Clearwater
National Forest, were treated by pruning and canker excision to remove lethal white pine blister rust cankers.
The success rate 15 months after treatment was 98 percent for pruning and 81 percent for...
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Needlecast fungi were found on 95 percent of damage collections in a June survey of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) Christmas tree plantations in the Kalispell Basin western Montana. Western gall rust (Endocronartium harknessii) and pine bark aphids (Pineus sp.) were present on 6.6 and 2.5 percent of collections, respectively. Cylcaneusma...
Two thousand and thirty-nine trees on 213 plots are being monitored yearly for
root disease infection and mortality. Three compartments on the Fernan Ranger
District of the Idaho Panhandle National Forests are the site of the project.
Relationships between factors such as species, aspect, slope, elevation,
habitat type, stand appearance...