Effect of application time on the efficacy of Chondrostereum purpureum treatment against the sprouting of birch in Finland

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 731-739

  Vartiamäki, Henna ^a   Hantula, Jarkko ^a   Uotila, Antti ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETULA PENDULA; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; DECAY FUNGUS; FINLAND; FRUITING BODIES; GROWING SEASONS; PUBESCENS; RESPROUTING;

APPLICATIONS;

FRUITS;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FUNGUS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH REGULATOR; HEIGHT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; CHONDROSTEREUM PURPUREUM; FUNGI;

EID: 65349121177     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-009     Document Type: Article

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