PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Santamour, Frank S.
TI  - Wound Compartmentalization Potential and Borer Damage in Green Ash
AID  - 10.48044/jauf.1987.028
DP  - 1987 May 01
TA  - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
PG  - 131--134
VI  - 13
IP  - 5
4099  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/13/5/131.short
4100  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/13/5/131.full
SO  - JOA1987 May 01; 13
AB  - Green ash trees that exhibited strong Wall 2 compartmentalization of chisel wounds made in the trunk had less wood discoloration associated with ash borer activity than did weak compartmentalizing trees. The wood of weak compartmentalizers was extensively colonized by microorganisms (bacteria and stain fungi) and many such trees were declining. Despite the fact that both strong and weak trees were attacked by borers with equal frequency, strong compartmentalizing trees could withstand the attacks and continue to grow normally. The use of vegetatively propagated cultivars, all of which are strong compartmentalizers, is recommended.