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Interactions Between Copper-Coated Containers and Fusarium Root Disease: A Preliminary Report

Using new copperblock and styroblock containers, three crops of Douglas-fir seedlings were grown at the University of Idaho Research Nursery, Moscow, After each growing season, healthy seedling and container colonization by Fusarium and Cylindrocarpon spp. was determined. Results indicated that copper treatment of containers reduced healthy seedling infection and colonization by F. proliferatum, but did not affect infection by other Fusarium spp. and Cylindrocarpon spp.


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Author(s): USDA Forest Service