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Title: | Use of water by Eastern Hemlock: Implications for systemic insecticide application |
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Author(s): | Ford, Chelcy R.; Vose, James M.; Daley, Michael; Phillips, Nathan |
Date: | 2007 |
Source: | Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 33(6): November 2007 |
Description: | The hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA; Adelges tsugae Annand) is causing widespread decline and mortality of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr.) throughout most of the range of eastern hemlock. Stem injection of insecticide is widely used as a chemical control measure, but the effectiveness of this method depends on the hydraulic characteristics of individual trees. We present data quantifying the distribution of water flux within the stems and the seasonal variability of daily water use of eastern hemlock trees growing in New England, U.S. and the southern Appalachians. |
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