Publication Date:
1977-09-01
Description:
Electrical resistance (ER) measurements of the xylem–cambium area were affected by time of year, air temperature, tree diameter, species, bark blemishes, callus tissue, decay, and measurement techniques. Our results indicate that in urban sugar maples there was no statistically significant correlation between ER and tree response to physiologic stress, as measured by visual crown classification (based on the severity of decline symptoms) and by increment core data. Trees in a non-urban, campus setting showed a significant correlation between electrical resistance and visual crown symptoms (r = 0.61). Trees with intermediate crown-condition ratings had the highest average ER, and on the basis of ER, individual trees could not be placed into stress-response categories because of large variations in ER within each crown-condition class. No significant correlation was found between ER and applied physiologic stresses in nursery-grown sugar maples.
Print ISSN:
0045-5067
Electronic ISSN:
1208-6037
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
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