pests and diseases project

[nuggsy]

i have been asked for control measures for the following heterobasidion annosum, merpiulus giganteus, phytophthora ramorum, laetiporus sulphurous, ganoderma adspersum and ophiostoma ulmi.

 

there are quite a few of us doing this project at the moment but struggling with the control measures, if anyone can point us in the rite direction or have any info would be much appreciated.

also we are looking for life cycles of meripulus giganteus, laetiporus sulphurous and ganoderma adspersum

 

any help will be very much appreciated

 

Allan

[lumberjack2]

i think i might have done an assignment simular to this, ill see if i can dig it up

[Amelanchier]

Diagnosis of Ill Health in Trees by Strouts & Winter has the control measures for all of those.

[David Humphries]

Diagnosis of Ill Health in Trees by Strouts & Winter has the control measures for all of those.

 

 

 

Guess the main reason I ended up on the long trek towards getting to grips with the basics of Tree Health & Tree Safety management, is that I was always in search of the Short term answer, and not the Long Term knowledge.

 

 

Tony's advice is not meant to be specific, Allan.

Bury your head in the books, learn to savour the smell of both; old mouldy tomes and the addictive stench of virginal print and get reading.

 

 

 

 

.

[Marcus B-T]

My advice would be start by looking up the term IPM (Integrated Pest Management) basically start of with the biology of the tree; what promotes trees growth, physiological strength etc and also understand what is negative to this. Then understand how the fungus enters the tree, and what stimulates its growth within the tree and conversely what counteracts it. Also think about what is acceptable damage; even in fruit production there is a certain amount of acceptable damage that can be withstood. Be careful though a great deal of information about fungal lifecycles is not necessarily correct and a great deal of the information about how fungi move through wood does not take into account the effects of stress or wood drying processes. Think about prevention rather than 'cure', most 'cures' are not economically or environmentally sustainable.