Trees in three Scots pine stands seriously infected by Heterobasidion annosum were classifi ed according to their crown condition into four classes, from healthy to dead trees. After cutting the stands, the classifi cation was compared with the symptoms of annosum root rot on stump surfaces (pitched area) and with the extension of decay in the roots of excavated stumps. When dead trees were inc...

Red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.) is the most abundant deciduous broadleaved tree species in coastal British Columbia. It is a source of products ranging from firewood to furniture, cabinets, and turned-wood novelties (Plank and Willits 1994). In addition, red alder seedlings are planted to restore roads and landings, to stabilize slides, and to reduce laminated root rot (Phellinus weirii) on infec...

A split-root technique was used to examine the interaction between Pratylenchus penetrans and the cortical root-rotting pathogen Rhizoctonia fragariae in strawberry black root rot. Plants inoculated with both pathogens on the same half of a split-root crown had greater levels of root rot than plants inoculated separately or with either pathogen alone. Isolation of R. fragariae from field-grown ...