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Neonectria fuckeliniana cankers field guide
Scion is the leading provider of forest-related knowledge in New Zealand
Formerly known as the Forest Research Institute, Scion has been a leader in research relating to forest health for over 50 years. The Rotorua-based Crown Research Institute continues to provide science that will protect all forests from damage caused by insect pests, pathogens and weeds. The information presented below arises from these research activities.
From Forest Health News 191, January 2009.
The Forest Health Research Collaborative has funded Scion Forest Protection to produce a pocket field guide on Nectria flute cankers, based on the electronic guide provided to Collaborative members in 2007.
The objective of the field guide is to assist in the identification and classification of Nectria flute canker symptoms with particular reference to trees being assessed for pruning or for disease incidence. The guide also shows characteristics of internal stem damage and fungal fruiting bodies.
It is anticipated that the guide will facilitate the field diagnosis of disease occurrence and severity both within known infested stands and in stands outside the known infested area. Recognition of symptom severity by age class and silvicultural treatment will assist forest managers in disease incidence assessment and tree selection, as well as disease detection.
The guide is available for download (PDF 5.4MB).
Copies of the field guide are available from the Scion Knowledge Centre for $15 + GST. Contact publications@scionresearch.com
Margaret Dick
This information is intended for general interest only. It is not intended to be a substitute for specific specialist advice on any matter and should not be relied on for that purpose. Scion will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, loss of profits, or any other intangible losses that result from using the information provided on this site.
(Scion is the trading name of the New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited.)
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