Christmas Tree Diseases, Insects & Disorders in the Pacific Northwest


Book Description

Includes integrated pest management principles; seasonal monitoring activities for disease and insect pests; diseases and disorders (root rots; cankers and galls; needle diseases of Douglas-Fir, Pine, Spruce, and True Firs); insect and mite pests (scales, adelgids and true aphids, moths, beetles, flies, mites, predators and parasites); environmental stresses (drought, heat, flooding); chemical and mechanical damage (atrazine, tire damage); soil related problems (nutrient imbalances, fertilizer burn), and vertebrate pests (birds, voles and mice, gophers). Numerous color photos. Graphs and charts.

























Christmas Tree Pest Manual (Third Edition)


Book Description

The newest edition is published by the U.S. Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry. This edition includes a number of new pests, many of them found on fir Christmas trees. The original manual had a strong emphasis on Scotch pine. Most of the original pest descriptions remain in the manual; however, given that Christmas tree growers are growing more fir and other species, new pest problems needed to be addressed.