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Incidence of Internal Decay in American Elms (Ulmus americana) Under Regular Fungicide Injection to Manage Dutch Elm Disease

Nicholas J. Brazee and Robert E. Marra
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) January 2020, 46 (1) 1-11; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2020.001
Nicholas J. Brazee
Nicholas J. Brazee (corresponding author), Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA,
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Robert E. Marra, Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT, USA,
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