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Pelleting Conifer Seeds for Control of Damping-Off

The control of damping-off is one of the_. troublesome problems confronting the superintendent of a forest-tree nursery. Various methods have been used, depending on local nursery conditions. A fast and inexpensive method of damping-off control is needed, and pelleting of seed with a fungicide may be the solution at some nurseries. Pelleting is intended to coat the seed prior to sowing with a fungicide which will sterilize the soil in the immediate vicinity of the seed when it is planted, to sterilize the soil through which the germinating seed passes, and to protect the seedling after emergence by reason of the small quantity of fungicides which would be released from the seed coat to sterilize the stem until the seedling passed the critical stage or as long as the seed coat remained attached to the seedling.


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Author(s): L. H. Kahler

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 21 (1955)