Insect-fungal complex associated with loblolly pine decline in central Alabama

Forest Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-92

  Eckhardt, Lori G ^a   Weber, Ann M ^b   Menard, Roger D ^c   Jones, John P ^b   Hess, Nolan J ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Forest decline; Leptographium; Root disease; Weevils

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FUNGI; INSECT CONTROL; SOILS;

BARK BEETLES; FOREST DECLINE; LEPTOGRAPHIUM; ROOT DISEASE; WEEVILS;

FORESTRY;

DISEASES; FUNGI; INSECTS; MORTALITY; PINUS; ROOTS; SOIL;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYLASTES SALEBROSUS; HYLASTES TENUIS; HYLOBIUS PALES; LEPTOGRAPHIUM; LEPTOGRAPHIUM PROCERUM; LEPTOGRAPHIUM TEREBRANTIS; PACHYLOBIUS PICIVORUS; PINUS TAEDA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 33847050824     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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