Open AccessA Needle Blight of Austrian Pine
Author(s) -
Robert L. Hulbary
Publication year - 1941
Publication title -
illinois natural history survey bulletin/bulletin - illinois natural history survey
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2644-0687
pISSN - 0073-4918
DOI - 10.21900/j.inhs.v21.264
Subject(s) - evergreen , ornamental plant , blight , fungus , botany , horticulture , geography , biology
Over a period of years, blighted needles of ornamental pines have constituted an important part of the diseased evergreen samples received by our laboratory for diagnosis. A method of wintering the infected material was devised, so that the needles could be examined periodically and the development of the fungus studied in detail.