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Project Leader: Paul A. Weston, Senior Research Associate, Department of Entomology, Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY
Type of grant:
Pest-resistant crops; allelopaths
Project location:
Eastern U.S.
Abstract:
Test plots containing 40-42 specimens of various species of hemlock
were established in Lasdon Park Arboretum near Somers, NY. A total of
three plots were established in distinctly different microhabitats within
the arboretum, and half of each plot was fertilized shortly after planting
in order to measure growth response of the test species to fertilizer
and the impact of fertilization on susceptibility to the hemlock woolly
adelgid. Trees will be artificially infested with adelgids in mid spring,
and the first data will be collected in the fall.
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