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Investigations on the relationsships between Sirococcus- shoot blight, tree nutrition and growth of Norway spruce
- Project Leader
- Sterba Hubert, Project Leader
- Duration:
- 28.05.2001-03.06.2007
- Type of Research
- Applied Research
- Staff
- Halmschlager Erhard, Sub Projectleader
- Katzensteiner Klaus, Sub Projectleader
- Sieghardt Monika, Sub Projectleader
- Jaskulski Alexander, Project Staff (bis 31.03.2005)
- BOKU Research Units
- Institute of Forest Ecology
- Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection
- Institute of Forest Growth
- Funded by
- Austrian Forest Agency, Purkersdorf, Austria, Pummergasse 10 – 12 , 3002 Purkersdorf, Austria
- Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management , Stubenring 1, A-1012 Wien, Austria
- Abstract
- Within this study a field plot will be established in order to investigate the impact of tree nutrition upon severity of Sirococcus shoot blight. Furthermore, measurements of increment will be carried out to examine the impact of fertilisation on Sirococcus damaged and unaffected mature Norway spruce trees. In contrast to previous investigations, where the impact of different types of fertilisers was evaluated on ¿old¿ (already established) diagnostic fertilisation plots with an insufficient number of replications, a randomised design will be applied in the current project. In order to characterise the current nutritional and health status of trees and to derive treatments, soil analyses and needle analyses as well as an evaluation of disease severity will be carried out. Element concentrations will be determined for the current year and 3-year-old needles collected from 72 mature trees (36 Sirococcus diseased and 36 unaffected trees) randomly distributed in the investigated stand prior to fertilisation and 3 years after fertilisation. Disease severity of individual trees (n = 144) will be evaluated by hemiview photographs and by using a pair of binoculars and will be classified into 4 damage classes. Growth reaction due to treatment and tree health status will be evaluated by dendrometer measurements, carried out in monthly intervals. Investigation are intended to be continued within a research project that will be applied for at the Austrian Science Foundation.
- Keywords
- forest ecology; forest protection; forestry; forest pathology;
- tree nutrition; Picea abies; Sirococcus conigenus; shoot blight; growth reaction;
- Publications
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Huber, M., Halmschlager, E. and Sterba, H. (2009): The Effects of Sirococcus Shoot Blight and Vitality Fertilization on Growth of Mature Norway Spruce. . [Poster]
, Faculty of Forestry Journal, Proceedings of the Conference of IUFRO Working Party 7.02.02. Egirdir, Turkey , Special Issue, Ser.A, 65-70; ISSN 1302- 7085
[IUFRO WP 7.02.02 Meeting 2009 - Foliage, shoot and stem diseases of forest trees, Egirdir, Turkey, 11.05.2009 - 16.05.2009] -
Halmschlager, E; Anglberger, H; Katzensteiner, K; Sterba H (2007): The effect of fertilisation on the severity of Sirococcus shoot blight in a mature Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) stand.
Acta Silvatica and Lignaria Hungarica, special edition, 101-110; ISSN 1786-691X FullText -
** Konrad, H; Stauffer, C; Kirisits, T; Halmschlager, E Phylogeographic variation among isolates of the Sirococcus conigenus P group.
FOREST PATHOL. 2007; 37(1): 22-39. WoS FullText FullText_BOKU -
Anglberger, H; Jandl, R; Reh, M; Halmschlager, E (2003): Düngung - eine geeignete Maßnahme gegen das Fichten-Triebsterben?.
Österr. Forstztg., 114, 6-7 -
** Anglberger, H., Sieghardt, M., Katzensteiner, K., Halmschlager, E. Needle nutrient status of Sirococcus shoot blight-diseased and healthy Norway spruces..
For. Path., 33, 21-29; ISSN 1437-4781 WoS FullText -
Halmschlager, E., Katzensteiner, K., Sieghardt, M., Sterba, H. (2003): Versuch zur Frage des Zusammenhangs zwischen Sirococcus-Triebsterben, Ernährung und Zuwachs von Fichten..
Endbericht, bm:lfuw , 47 S -
Anglberger, H., Sieghardt, M., Katzensteiner, K., Halmschlager, E. (2002): Nutritional status of mature Norway spruce related to infection by Sirococcus shoot blight..
In: Uotila, A., Ahola, V. (Eds.), IUFRO Working Party , June 17-22, 2001, Hyytiälä, Finland ; Research Papers , 158-162, Hyytiälä, Finland
[IUFRO Working Party 7.02.02 2001 - Shoot and Foliage Diseases, Hyytiälä, Finland, 17.06.2001 - 22.06.2001]
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