Nursery practices and management of fungal diseases in forest nurseries in Finland. A review.
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Lilja, Arja; Kurkela, Timo; Lilja, Sakari; Rikala., Risto
- Source
- Silva Fennica, Vol 31, Iss 1 (1997)
- Subject
- Forestry
SD1-669.5
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2242-4075
The purpose of this article was to collate the literature on fungal diseases that occur on seedlings in forest nurseries. It describes the symptoms of the diseases, the infection pattern of each fungus and the possibilities of controlling the diseases. As background a short introduction is given on forests and nursery practices in Finland.