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United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Authors

Aaron D. Bergdahl, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Alison Hill, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, Arizona
Gerard C. Adams, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Rachel A. Allison, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
John A. Appel, Texas A & M University - College Station
John Ball, South Dakota State University
James T. Blodgett, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Health Protection
Kelly S. Burns, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, State and Private Forestry
Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University
Kelsey L. Dunnell, North Dakota State University--Fargo
Mark L. Gleason, Iowa State University
Mark O. Harrell, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Thomas C. Harrington, Iowa State University
Marcus B. Jackson, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Health Protection
William R. Jacobi, Colorado State University
Jennifer Juzwik, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, St. Paul, Minnesota
Megan M. Kennwlly, Kansas State University
Les Koch, Wyoming State Forestry Division
Jared M. LeBoldus, Oregon State University
Phillip A. Mason, United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Fort Collins, Colorado
Douglas L. McNew, Iowa State University
Judith O'Mara, Kansas State University
Hayley M. Nelson, Iowa State University
Nicole Opbroek, Kansas State Forest Service
Michael E. Ostry, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, St. Paul, Minnesota
Scott C. Redlin, United States Deparment of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine Center
Glen R. Stanosz, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Laurie J. Stepanek, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Ned Tisserat, Colorado State University
Timothy C. Todd, Kansas State University
James A. Walla, Northern Tree Specialties, Fargo, North Dakota
James J. Worrall, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, Forest Health Protection
Simeon Wright, Missouri Department of Conservation

Document Type

Report

Date of this Version

2016

Citation

General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-335

Fort Collins, Colorado: United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

229 pages

Comments

United States government work

Abstract

Hosts, distribution, symptoms and signs, disease cycle, and management strategies are described for 84 hardwood and 32 conifer diseases in 56 chapters. Color illustrations are provided to aid in accurate diagnosis. A glossary of technical terms and indexes to hosts and pathogens also are included.

Scope

The purpose of this handbook is to assist users in diagnosing tree diseases and reducing their impact. Included are the most damaging diseases, along with some that are the subject of frequent inquiry although of minor importance. The diseases included were those encountered primarily on trees in conservation plantings such as windbreaks, farmstead plantings, and living snow fences and in landscape plantings in recreational areas and near rights-of-way. Additionally, diseases affecting tree nurseries and Christmas tree farms in the Great Plains are included. By association, there is great overlap with the most common diseases encountered in native woodlands and urban plantings.

Diseases of fruit and nut trees are included when they are encountered on trees that are used in the above types of plantings. Information on nutrient deficiencies is not included, except in the chapter on chlorosis. There is no extensive coverage of damage by airborne pollutants except that caused by herbicides. The chapters are grouped as hardwood diseases and conifer diseases; within each of these categories they are classified as to the part of plant affected: foliage, branch and stem, vascular wilt, and root and soilborne. Most of the diseases are treated separately in the following standard format: “Hosts and Distribution,” “Symptoms and Signs,” “Disease Cycle,” “Damage,” “Management,” and “Selected References.” Select chapters cover several similar diseases affecting a particular host or similar types of pathogens, as in the chapter on stem decays (chapter 30). The emphasis of this tree disease guide is on disease situations in the Great Plains. Accordingly, no special effort has been made to include the total distribution of pathogens, or to list all of their hosts. Similarly, “Symptoms and Signs” and “Disease Cycles” are described primarily as observed in the Great Plains.

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