Incidence of slime flux in deciduous trees of Southern Ontario

Wetwood is caused by the bacterial infection of the heartwood of deciduous trees which creates a build-up of pressure within the tree and causes fluid to be exuded. The phenomenon of wetwood exudates forming streaks down the bark is known as slime flux. While wetwood is a well-studied subject becaus...

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Main Authors: Hunter Roberts, Tom Hsiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Institute of Forestry 2018-04-01
Series:The Forestry Chronicle
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Online Access:https://pubs.cif-ifc.org/doi/10.5558/tfc2018-023
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