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A study of root-feeding insects as potential vectors of the oak wilt fungus Ceratocystis figaceurum (T. W. Bretz) J. Hunt in live oaks, revealed root galls induced by the cynipid gall wasp Odontocynips nebulosa Kieffer. The incidence of the wasp on roots of four oak species and natural live oak…
Keywords: host-parasite relationships, Odontocynips nebulosa, Quercus fusiformis, Quercus virginiana, cynipid gall wasps, Ceratocystis fagaceurum, oak wilt fungus
Source: Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 102(2), 2000, pp. 360-373
Year: 2000
Physical and chemical barriers to root penetration and root grafting across trenches were evaluated for their effectiveness in improving trenches as barriers to root transmission of the oak wilt fungus in live oaks. Four trench insert materials were tested, including water-permeable Typar…
Keywords: Ceratocystis fagacearum, cultural control, propiconazole, Quercus fusiformis, Quercus virginiana, tritluralin herbicide
Source: Plant Disease 86:1067-1074. October 2002
Year: 2002
Climate change is of increasing concern in coastal forests where rising sea levels could lead to dramatic shifts in ecosystem composition. To investigate how inundation may impact coastal ecosystems, we examined the sensitivity of Quercus virginiana Mill., a dominant tree in the southeastern U.S.,…
Keywords: chlorophyll fluorescence, freeze tolerance, Quercus virginiana, salt tolerance
Source: Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. 140(2): 145-156.
Year: 2013
Live oak trees, Quercus virginiana, have long been considered to be the symbol of the Old South. Part of the attraction of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts is the stately live oaks. These majestic live oaks have weathered many hurricanes in their >200 yr life span. Most recently, on 29 August 2005…
Keywords: Quercus virginiana
Source: SNA Research Conference - Volume 51
Year: 2006