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Department of Plant Pathology Plant Disease Fact Sheets
... the swollen, callused trunk, the tree is very susceptible to attack by wood decay fungi and then to wind breakage. The infected tree becomes a hazard ... ends of the canker at the junction between the diseased and healthy wood, a light-tan to cream-colored mat of fungus is observed. ... trees, use a sharp chisel to remove all of the cankered wood and fungal mat plus 1 to 1.5 inches of the surrounding ...
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Common Conifer Tree Diseases - Prevention and Control
... fungi cause canker diseases. Find out how to prevent and control canker tree disease of conifers. Root Disease: These are wood-decay diseases. They may get in through wounds in the lower part of the tree or penetrate roots directly. They involve the roots and in some cases the butt also. These fungi ...
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Slime Flux and Bacterial Wetwood
... ). These bacteria feed on substances in the wood, releasing fatty acids, methane and carbon dioxide ... wood decay, and infected wood is also very resistant to decay. It has been observed that elm stumps with wet wood, are protected from decay ... wood. It does cause die back of branches, but the raised pH prevents decay fungi from rotting out the centre of the tree. A hole may be drilled into a wet wood ...
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Hazard Trees: Why They Fall and How to Prevent More Damage
... to wind damage. The fungi present in decaying wood consume cellose. Cellulose is the major structural component of wood, and the substance which gives wood its enormous strength. Rotted wood becomes light, ... of infection for fungal decay. Wood rot fungi may gain entry to the tree through tears and breakages, leading to problems several years after the original storm. If fungi enter the heartwood, ...
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... decay causing fungi after wounding. Tree decay was the breakdown of the heartwood. Many different types of decay patterns and decay-causing fungi were identified. Wood product researchers took over the study of wood decay ...
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How to Care for Tree Wounds, HYG-3045-96
... tree care can, however, prevent decay or greatly limit the progress of decay in the tree. Decay is a condition that results from the digestion of wood by fungi and other microbes. Wounds through the bark start the processes that lead to decay. Wounds that expose the wood ...
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FAQ - Fungi and Mycorrhizae
... are the basis for identification and classifiacation of the fungi. Fungi are commonly recognized as the yeasts (single-celled thallus, Figure ... fungi are the decomposers and live on dead organic material. They play a major role in the re-cycling of nutrients. Decay by fungi is usually considered in a negative context as the rotting of wood products and textiles ...
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USING TREATED WOOD AROUND THE GARDEN
... , allowing the home gardener attractive borders without fear of decay. Wolmanized wood is the most commonly available treated wood. The wood is impregnated with a combination of chemicals known as CCA ... arsenate), which serve to protect the wood from attack from agents such as fungi, which can shorten the useful lifetime of the wood. However, protection against decay is not without its price ...
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APSnet Education Center - Introductory Topics - Plant Disease Management
... fruit are set (Figure 12) to protect the fruit from various pests including fruit decay fungi. Protection often involves some cultural practice that modifies the environment, such as tillage, drainage ... Peniophora gigantea to inoculate tree stumps to prevent infection of adjacent trees by the wood decay fungus Heterobasidion annosum, and the application of the nonpathogenic (i.e., non-tumor-producing ...
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Fruit Pathology - Disease Diagnostic Key
... 5) 5a. Phytophthora isolated from decay . CROWN ROT (Phytophthora cactorum and other Phytophthora spp.) 5b. Wood slimy in appearance. Margin of decay may or may not be distinct. Decay may be restricted ... . LEUCOSTOMA CANKER (Leucostoma cincta or L. persoonii) 9b. Cankers on wood in weak orchards. Several wood rot fungi may invade weakened tissues. WINTER INJURY 9c. Cankers originating from blighted ...
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