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Black Stain Root Disease PDF print email
Hosts:
  • Douglas Firs
  • Ponderosa Pines
  • Mountain Hemlock
  • Western Hemlock
  • Lodgepole Pine
  • Sugar pine
  • Western White Pine

Infestation Characteristics:

What does it cause?

  • Growth reduction
  • Foliage Yellowing
  • Distressed Cone Crops
  • Basal Resinoses
  • Rapid Decline
  • Death

What does it look like?

  • Dark brown to purple black stain
  • Root crowns
  • Lower stems are diagnostic

Control:

  • Remove infected trees and have a 50 ft. buffer
  • Trees may be planted one year after infected trees are removed
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 April 2010 20:13