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Hello,
I have not noticed any responses to this question so will take a =
crack at it. From the expression of symptoms; a slow transmission from =
affected trees to nearby healthy trees one can rule out=20
1) insects; they surely would advance more rapidly:=20
2) most forms of canker (based on my limited experience there is one =
that can infect & kill all Poplar in a 1/4 acre patch within one growing =
season and another that causes a very gradual girdling of scattered =
trees over a decade or more.) or other fungal diseases that spread by =
means of spores.
Just as a pure guess, having perhaps eliminated the above, it sounds =
like a bacterial or fungal infection that spreads by root grafting and =
plugs the xylem.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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----- Original Message -----=20
From: klantz@ns.sympatico.ca=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2014 10:46 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Aspen die off
Several years ago a few of the Aspen trees on my property died =
followed by a few more the next spring. This year several more close to =
the earlier affected trees have started to put out leaves but appear to =
be dying. Half the stand is now gone as the die-off advances through =
them several trees at a time. As the bark falls away from the affected =
trees I can see tracks left in the sapwood by some sort of borer. This =
could be something that moved in after the trees died but is more likely =
the source of the problem.=20
I have linked some photos showing the tracks left behind in the =
surface wood of the dead trees. Any ideas on what is causing this.=20
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sq6n4z2mk37noh8/IMG_2419.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/w3esnuaptbyfpy3/IMG_2418.jpg
No virus found in this message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
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06/19/14
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<DIV>Hello,</DIV>
<DIV> I have not noticed any responses to this =
question so=20
will take a crack at it. From the expression of symptoms; a slow =
transmission=20
from affected trees to nearby healthy trees one can rule out </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>1) insects; they surely would advance more rapidly: </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>2) most forms of canker (based on my limited experience there is =
one that=20
can infect & kill all Poplar in a 1/4 acre patch within one growing =
season=20
and another that causes a very gradual girdling of scattered trees over =
a decade=20
or more.) or other fungal diseases that spread by means of spores.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Just as a pure guess, having perhaps eliminated =
the=20
above, it sounds like a bacterial or fungal infection that spreads by =
root=20
grafting and plugs the xylem.</DIV>
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<DIV>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</DIV>
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<A title=3Dklantz@ns.sympatico.ca=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 22, 2014 =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Aspen die =
off</DIV>
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face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Several years =
ago a few=20
of the Aspen trees on my property died followed by a few more the next =
spring.=20
This year several more close to the earlier affected trees have =
started to put=20
out leaves but appear to be dying. Half the stand is now gone as the =
die-off=20
advances through them several trees at a time. As the bark falls away =
from the=20
affected trees I can see tracks left in the sapwood by some sort of =
borer.=20
This could be something that moved in after the trees died but is more =
likely=20
the source of the problem. </FONT></FONT></P>
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face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I have linked =
some photos=20
showing the tracks left behind in the surface wood of the dead trees. =
Any=20
ideas on what is causing this. </FONT></FONT></P>
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Database: 3972/7708 - Relea