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Home → Publications → Tree Planters' Notes → Tree Planters' Notes Volume 38, Number 2 (1987) → Damage and Mortality to Pecan (Carya illinoensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch) Seedlings by Subterranean Termites (Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar)) in an Oklahoma Forest Nursery

Damage and Mortality to Pecan (Carya illinoensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch) Seedlings by Subterranean Termites (Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar)) in an Oklahoma Forest Nursery

Termite injury to pecan (Carya illinoensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch) was characterized by yellow, necrotic foliage. Tap roots of infested seedlings exhibited one or more small round or oval holes 4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3 inches) below the soil surface-- some were tunneled so badly that only a thin shell remained. Sampling revealed that 47.5 percent of the seedlings showed foliar symptoms and 2.5 percent of the seedlings were dead. Tree Planters' Notes 38(2):28-30; 1987.


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Author(s): Charles E. Affeltranger, James D. Solomon, M. P. Vorwerk

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 38, Number 2 (1987)

Volume: 38

Number: 2