Chondrostereum purpureum as a biological control agent in forest vegetation management. I. Efficacy on speckled alder, red maple, and aspen in eastern Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 841-851

  Pitt, D G ^a   Dumas, M T ^b   Wall, R E ^b   Thompson, D G ^a   Lanteigne, L ^a   Hintz, W ^c   Sampson, G ^d   Wagner, R G ^e  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Hugh John Fleming Forestry Centre ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; TRICLOPYR;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGUS; WEED CONTROL;

(EAST); CANADA;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ALNUS INCANA; ALNUS RUGOSA; BETULACEAE; CATOSTOMIDAE; CHONDROSTEREUM PURPUREUM; FUNGI; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0033493509     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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