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Damage to Pine Seedlings by Santomerse SX

Severe stunting and needle distortion of slash, loblolly, and shortleaf pine seedlings were observed in experimental plots sprayed regularly and somewhat heavily with ferbam3 and Santomerse SX4 in the spring of 1960. Unsprayed seedlings in adjacent plots showed no damage. Most of the seedlings recovered after spraying was stopped but they were smaller and had more branches than nonsprayed plants.


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Author(s): Glenn A. Snow, Robert M. Allen

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 45 (1961)