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Field classification of white pine blister rust stem-cankers on resistant western white pine in northern Idaho and determination of respective tissue damage through tree ring analysis

Creator:

Eckert, Amy I.

Abstract:

Western white pine historically dominated northern Idaho’s forested landscape and was the Inland Empire’s most economically important tree. White pine blister rust, caused by the exotic fungus Cronartium ribicola, played a principal role in the decline of western white pine. The pathogen causes branch and bole cankers, which usually girdle...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

Idaho. The extent to which outward stem canker appearance is related to internal tree tissue damage