The effect of Phlebiopsis gigantea and urea stump treatment against spore infection of Heterobasidion spp. on hybrid larch (Larix × eurolepis) in southern Sweden

Forest Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 420-428

  Wang, L Y ^a   Palsson H ^a   Ek, E ^a   Ronnberg J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISEASE TREATMENT; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; HYBRID; SPORE; UREA;

SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HETEROBASIDION; HETEROBASIDION ANNOSUM; HETEROBASIDION PARVIPORUM; LARIX; PHLEBIOPSIS GIGANTEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84867232620     PISSN: 14374781     EISSN: 14390329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2012.00777.x     Document Type: Article

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