Reaction to release treatments and distinctive attributes of butternut that promote resistance to the canker caused by Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum

This research examines the impact of light and tree attributes of butternuts, including bark phenotype, on their health. Some butternuts were released by thinning the crowns of neighbouring trees in two locations in Québec, while others were not. Various butternut characteristics related to their he...

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Main Authors: Pierre DesRochers, Nicolas Nadeau-Thibodeau, Louis Bernier, Danny Rioux
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Language:English
Published: Canadian Institute of Forestry 2020-07-01
Series:The Forestry Chronicle
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Online Access:https://pubs.cif-ifc.org/doi/10.5558/tfc2020-018
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description This research examines the impact of light and tree attributes of butternuts, including bark phenotype, on their health. Some butternuts were released by thinning the crowns of neighbouring trees in two locations in Québec, while others were not. Various butternut characteristics related to their health that had been collected by a partner in the Montérégie region are also analysed. The release treatment did not have any significant impact on any health variables. However, their location, the diameter increments before releasing trees and twig collection on some butternuts had a significant impact on some of these variables. For the butternuts of the Montérégie region, their position in the canopy had a significant impact on main stem damage and on the putative resistance to the canker caused by Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum; trees from the upper storey were healthier. Dieback of dark and deep furrowed bark phenotype butternuts was significantly lower than that of the light, shallow furrowed bark ones. Butternuts with a greater annual increase in basal area had better vigour. This was greater in the upper canopy and among the deep furrowed bark butternuts.
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spelling doaj-art-b5a268c7b37e447fa095e455aa246df12025-08-20T03:39:28ZengCanadian Institute of ForestryThe Forestry Chronicle0015-75461499-93152020-07-01960213014010.5558/tfc2020-018Reaction to release treatments and distinctive attributes of butternut that promote resistance to the canker caused by Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearumPierre DesRochers0Nicolas Nadeau-Thibodeau1Louis Bernier2Danny Rioux3Laurentian Forestry Center, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Sainte-Foy Stn., Quebec, QC G1V 4C7Centre for Forest Research, Faculty of Forestry, Geography and Geomatics, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, CanadaCentre for Forest Research, Faculty of Forestry, Geography and Geomatics, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, CanadaLaurentian Forestry Center, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Sainte-Foy Stn., Quebec, QC G1V 4C7This research examines the impact of light and tree attributes of butternuts, including bark phenotype, on their health. Some butternuts were released by thinning the crowns of neighbouring trees in two locations in Québec, while others were not. Various butternut characteristics related to their health that had been collected by a partner in the Montérégie region are also analysed. The release treatment did not have any significant impact on any health variables. However, their location, the diameter increments before releasing trees and twig collection on some butternuts had a significant impact on some of these variables. For the butternuts of the Montérégie region, their position in the canopy had a significant impact on main stem damage and on the putative resistance to the canker caused by Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum; trees from the upper storey were healthier. Dieback of dark and deep furrowed bark phenotype butternuts was significantly lower than that of the light, shallow furrowed bark ones. Butternuts with a greater annual increase in basal area had better vigour. This was greater in the upper canopy and among the deep furrowed bark butternuts.https://pubs.cif-ifc.org/doi/10.5558/tfc2020-018butternutOphiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearumreleasecankerresistancedieback
spellingShingle Pierre DesRochers
Nicolas Nadeau-Thibodeau
Louis Bernier
Danny Rioux
Reaction to release treatments and distinctive attributes of butternut that promote resistance to the canker caused by Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum
The Forestry Chronicle
butternut
Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum
release
canker
resistance
dieback
title Reaction to release treatments and distinctive attributes of butternut that promote resistance to the canker caused by Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum
title_full Reaction to release treatments and distinctive attributes of butternut that promote resistance to the canker caused by Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum
title_fullStr Reaction to release treatments and distinctive attributes of butternut that promote resistance to the canker caused by Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum
title_full_unstemmed Reaction to release treatments and distinctive attributes of butternut that promote resistance to the canker caused by Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum
title_short Reaction to release treatments and distinctive attributes of butternut that promote resistance to the canker caused by Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum
title_sort reaction to release treatments and distinctive attributes of butternut that promote resistance to the canker caused by ophiognomonia clavigignenti juglandacearum
topic butternut
Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum
release
canker
resistance
dieback
url https://pubs.cif-ifc.org/doi/10.5558/tfc2020-018
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