Urea treatment reduced Heterobasidion annosum s.l. root rot in Picea abies after 15 years

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2876-2882

  Oliva, J ^a,b   Samils, N ^b   Johansson, U ^c   Bendz Hellgren, M ^b   Stenlid, J ^b  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Tönnersjöhedens and Skarhult Experimental Forests ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Butt rot; Chemical control; Heterobasidion annosum; Norway spruce; Stump protection

Indexed keywords

UREA; WIND;

BUTT ROT; CHEMICAL CONTROL; HETEROBASIDION ANNOSUM; STUMP PROTECTION;

FORESTRY;

CHEMICAL CONTROL; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; EVERGREEN FOREST; GROWTH RATE; ROOT ROT; THINNING; UREA;

PICEA ABIES; UREA; WIND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; FUNGI; HETEROBASIDION ANNOSUM; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 41949094750     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.01.063     Document Type: Article

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