THE ROLE OF SHEARING IN THE TRANSMISSION OF DIPLODIA PINEA IN SCOTS PINE CHRISTMAS TREES IN KENTUCKY
Diplodia tip blight is an important disease of pines, especially Scots pine Christmas trees in Kentucky. The hypothesis for my thesis work was that D. pinea could be acquired and transmitted on the tools during annual shearing of the Christmas trees. Samples taken from tools after shearing on two...
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UKnowledge
2007
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