RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
JF Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
JO JOA
FD International Society of Arboriculture
SP 215
OP 215
DO 10.48044/joa.1978.4.9.215
VO 4
IS 9
YR 1978
UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/4/9/215.abstract
AB Shurtleff, M.C. 1978. Pruning for disease control. Grounds Maintenance 13(1): 30-32, 37.Pruning of trees and shrubs is done principally to preserve and improve their health and appearance and to prevent damage to property and human life. Anything that can be done to make woody plants more vigorous and eliminate environmental stresses aids in controlling a variety of diseases and insects. Future pest and other problems of trees and shrubs can often be eliminated by proper planting, watering, fertilizing, and pruning. Much corrective pruning of older plants could be eliminated if trees and shrubs are properly planted, watered, and fertilized. Broken, split, diseased, dead and seriously insect-infested branches should be removed whenever found. This helps prevent entrance of canker, dieback, gall, wit-ches’-broom, wilt and wood-decay fungi and bacteria.