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Potential of Alternative Tsuga spp. as Landscape Replacements for T. canadensis: Longer-Term Evaluation and Propagation of T. chinensis.

Richard W. Harper and Paul A. Weston
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) September 2016, 42 (5) 346-354; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2016.030
Richard W. Harper
Richard W. Harper (corresponding author), Department of Environmental Conservation, 320 Holdsworth Hall, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9285, U.S.,
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Paul A. Weston, Ph.D., School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences and EH Graham, Centre, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia,
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Keywords

  • Elongate hemlock scale
  • hemlock
  • hemlock woolly adelgid
  • host resistance
  • Tsuga canadensis
  • Tsuga caroliniana
  • Tsuga chinensis
  • Tsuga diversifolia
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  • Tsuga mertensiana
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