A study of heart-rot in western hemlock /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weir, James R. 1882-1943.
Corporate Author: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Other Authors: Hubert, Ernest E. 1887-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1918.
Series:Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture ; no. 722.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. pp. 1.
  • Present status of western hemlock in the trades. pp. 2.
  • Echinodontium tinctorium : The fungus and its hosts
  • Geographic distribution. pp. 3.
  • The disease caused by Ecinodontium tinctorium : Outward signs of the disease
  • General characteristics of the rot. pp. 6.
  • Areas studied and field methods used. pp. 11.
  • Methods used in presenting data. pp. 14.
  • Infection age. pp. 16.
  • Relation of decay to sigte and to age. pp. 18.
  • Relation of decay to vigor, crown tating, size, and volume. pp. 22.
  • Relation of decay to injury and to sporophores. pp. 24.
  • Theory of infection. pp. 30.
  • Discussion of results. pp. 51.
  • Methods of control. pp. 34.
  • Summary. pp. 36.