Three hundred fifty Leach pine cells used to grow containerized conifer seedlings at the USDA Forest Service Nursery in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, were sampled for Fusarium and Trichoderma colonization. Cells were either sampled prior to or after cleaning. Cleaning reduced Fusarium colonization from 86 percent of the cells to about...
A total of 45 nondiseased containerized ponderosa pine seedlings from 10 seedlots were sampled at three different times during the growing season for root infection by Fusarium and Trichoderma at the USDA Forest Service Nursery in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. More than 90 percent of the seedlings had roots infected with...
Containerized western larch, Douglas-fir, grand fir, subalpine fir, and ponderosa pine seedlings which displayed disease symptoms were sampled for presence of Fusarium spp. Seedlings from 33 seedlots within the Northern Region were sampled. Major types of diseases included post-emergence damping-off, root disease (late damping-off), and cotyledon blight. Fusarium oxysporum was...