scholarly journals Chemical thinning in blue spruce (Picea pungens Engelm.) stands and its effects on cambioxylophagous fauna

2010 ◽  
Vol 56 (No. 5) ◽  
pp. 225-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pop ◽  
E. Kula ◽  
P. Maňas ◽  
R. Kajfosz
Keyword(s):  
Insect Species ◽  
Partial Mortality ◽  
Pityogenes Chalcographus ◽  
Blue Spruce ◽  
Picea Pungens ◽  
Full Strength ◽  
Hylurgops Palliatus ◽  
Significant Mortality

Chemical thinning was applied in blue spruce (Picea pungens Engelm.) stands by the application of Roundup Klasik and Garlon 4 EC. The thinning efficacy of Garlon 4 EC was negligible, while that of Roundup Klasik reached nearly 100% when the full strength concentration was applied in quantities of 1 ml per 10 cm of stem girth using the method of drilling holes for the arboricide injection. Treated blue spruce trees died within 6 month after application. No difference was found in the response of silver and green varieties of blue spruce to the application of arboricides. Several species of cambioxylophages colonizing blue spruce were killed by Roundup. The economically insignificant Hylurgops palliatus (Gyll) was the most abundant negatively affected insect species found on the stem, followed by significant pests such as Ips amitinus (Eichh.) and Pityogenes chalcographus (L.). In these species, partial mortality of larvae was probably caused by the lowered quality of phloem. A significant mortality of Cryphalus abietis (Ratz.) was noted on branches.

scholarly journals Development of cambioxylophagous insect fauna on blue spruce after chemical thinning

Beskydy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-126
Author(s):  
E. Kula ◽  
R. Kajfosz ◽  
J. Polívka
Keyword(s):  
Larval Stage ◽  
High Abundance ◽  
Insect Fauna ◽  
Pityogenes Chalcographus ◽  
Blue Spruce ◽  
Picea Pungens ◽  
Pest Outbreaks ◽  
Hylurgops Palliatus

Chemical thinning performed in stands of blue spruce (Picea pungens) in air-polluted areas of the Ore Mountains does not pose a significant threat of sub-bark pest outbreaks. Application of the herbicide Roundup in autumn and in spring caused dieback of the treated trees where mainly Hylurgops palliatus became active and completed its development. Pests Ips amitinus and Pityogenes chalcographus died mostly at larval stage, despite their high abundance. Cryphalus abietis completed its development only on thicker branches and was not able to occupy tops of trees due to fast dieback of phloem. Quality of phloem was strongly affected by the speed of defoliation.

scholarly journals Comparison of the impact of blue spruce and reed Calamagrostis villosa on forest soil chemical properties

2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (No. 5) ◽  
pp. 208-214
Author(s):  
O. Špulák ◽  
D. Dušek
Keyword(s):  
Dry Matter ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Soil Conditions ◽  
Forest Site ◽  
Weed Species ◽  
Blue Spruce ◽  
Picea Pungens ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Humus Horizons

The impact of blue spruce (<I>Picea pungens</I>) and reed <I>Calamagrostis villosa</I>) cover on quantity and quality of upper soil layers was investigated. The research was conducted in the Jizerské hory Mts., Czech Republic (altitude 880 m, acidic spruce forest site type – 8K). Mean weight of dry matter of holorganic horizons was similar under both variants. Totally, there were accumulated 153 t/ha of dry matter of humus horizons in blue spruce and 174 t/ha in reed. Soil pH (KCl) varied from 3.7 to 3.2 under blue spruce stand and from 3.6 to 3.3 under reed. The differences of concentrations of nutrients (P, K, Ca, Mg) were not found significant either. Only L horizon showed significant differences: there were higher values of cation exchangeable capacity (T) and higher content of exchangeable bases (S) under reed. We found very similar forest-floor humus properties under both species. Therefore we can not state worsening of the soil conditions under blue spruce compared to areas covered with tested forest weed species.

scholarly journals Attractiveness of Picea pungens to the bark beetle species Ips amitinus (Eichh.) and Pityogenes chalcographus (L.)

2013 ◽  
Vol 59 (No. 12) ◽  
pp. 493-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Kula ◽  
R. Kajfosz ◽  
J. Polívka
Keyword(s):  
Picea Abies ◽  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Bark Beetle ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Pityogenes Chalcographus ◽  
Blue Spruce ◽  
Picea Pungens

Only two cambioxylophagous species (Ips amitinus and Pityogenes chalcographus) were found on sections of Picea pungens and Picea abies that belong to economically important pests of Norway spruce. Representatives of the Isarthron sp. (Cerambycidae) were developed on the examined sections of both P. abies and P. pungens. The monitoring of attractiveness of the spruce species P. pungens and P. abies to cambioxylophages revealed that P. pungens was more intensively attacked by I. amitinus while P. chalcographus was more abundant on P. abies. Both bark beetle species preferred shaded parts of tree trunks, although their development was more successful on the sun-exposed side. On P. pungens, abundance of P. chalcographus decreased and abundance of I. amitinus increased with increasing trunk volume. Blue spruce was more attractive to Isarthron sp. compared to Norway spruce.

Lignocellulose degradation by Fusarium species

1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 1194-1198 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Sutherland ◽  
Anthony L. Pometto III ◽  
Don L. Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Wheat Straw ◽  
Degradation Products ◽  
Fusarium Species ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Lignocellulose Degradation ◽  
Blue Spruce ◽  
Picea Pungens ◽  
Weight Losses ◽  
Aromatic Degradation ◽  
Different Strains

Eighteen strains of fungi in the genus Fusarium, including varieties of F. episphaeria, F. lateritium, F. moniliforme, F. nivale, F. oxysporum, F. rigidiusculum, F. roseum, F. solani, and F. tricinctum, slowly degraded lignocelluloses from blue spruce (Picea pungens) and wheat (Triticum aestivum). When grown with [lignin-14C]lignocellulose from blue spruce, 15 of the Fusarium strains converted 2.2 to 4.3% of the [14C]lignin in 60 days to 14CO2 and 3.9 to 8.4% to labeled water-soluble products. When grown with unlabeled lignocellulose from wheat straw, the strains caused total weight losses in 60 days of 7 to 25%, acid-insoluble (Klason) lignin losses of 2 to 17%, and carbohydrate losses of 3 to 33%. Crude protein contents of degraded wheat-straw lignocellulose samples were 3.2 to 5.1%. Among the aromatic degradation products from wheat-straw lignocellulose degraded by different strains, as shown by gas chromatography, were p-coumaric acid, vanillic acid, vanillin, syringaldehyde, and p-hydroxybenzaldehyde.

scholarly journals Bud blight (Gemmamyces piceae) in the eastern part of the Krušné hory Mountains

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (No. 8) ◽  
pp. 309-317
Author(s):  
Jiri Sefl ◽  
Veronika Mottlová ◽  
Iva Schořálková
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Blue Spruce ◽  
Picea Pungens ◽  
Host Trees ◽  
Sprouting Ability ◽  
Trend Assessment ◽  
Krušné Hory Mountains

A survey was carried out in 2013–2019 on the life cycle of the bud blight Gemmamyces piceae (Borthw.) Casagrande and the trend assessment in the infestation of the Colorado blue spruce Picea pungens Engelm. stands. Four ecologically different plots were chosen in the Fláje region in the Eastern part of the Krušné hory Mountains. The pycnidia were formed at the beginning of June on buds infested the previous year. Later, in the second half of June, they formed on the spring attack buds. Conidia occurred in the first week of July on the buds of the old infestation, or later in the case of the spring attack buds, in the middle of July. The production of conidia lasted till the end of September. Ascospores occurred in the middle of July and were produced until the end of September. The ability of host trees to sprout became continually weaker, along with the defoliation progress. A distinct decline in the sprouting ability was noticed on stands with a dense crown canopy and on stands with competition of broad-leaved trees – with an admixture of birch.

The role of reactive oxygen species in pollen germination in Picea pungens (blue spruce)

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikita Maksimov ◽  
Anastasia Evmenyeva ◽  
Maria Breygina ◽  
Igor Yermakov
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Oxygen Species ◽  
Pollen Germination ◽  
Reactive Oxygen ◽  
Oxygen Species ◽  
Blue Spruce ◽  
Picea Pungens

ALBINISM AND NATURAL SELFING IN Picea pungens

1983 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 1097-1098
Author(s):  
W. H. CRAM
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Recessive Gene ◽  
Blue Spruce ◽  
Picea Pungens ◽  
Self Pollination

Albino seedlings from self-pollinated seed were attributed to a simple and lethal recessive gene, which was utilized to estimate the occurrence of 0–18% natural self-pollination in blue spruce (Picea pungens Engelm.).Key words: Albinism, natural selfing, Picea pungens

A new hybrid between blue spruce and white spruce

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (11) ◽  
pp. 1693-1700 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Hanover ◽  
Ronald C. Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Picea Glauca ◽  
Interspecific Hybrids ◽  
Growth Form ◽  
Female Parent ◽  
White Spruce ◽  
Early Growth ◽  
Hybrid Seed ◽  
Blue Spruce ◽  
Picea Pungens ◽  
Biochemical Analyses

Controlled pollinations were made within and between blue spruce (Picea pungens Engelm.) and white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) in 1967 and 1968. Interspecific hybrids were obtained and verified by comparative measurements of several traits. The cross was successful when either species was used as the female parent. Hybrid seed germinated more rapidly than that of either species and hybrid seedlings showed some heterosis for early growth. Also, hybrid seedlings had needles intermediate between, and significantly different from, the parental seedlings. Growth form of the hybrid was quite variable compared with that of either species. Further evidence for the successful crossing of blue spruce and white spruce was provided by biochemical analyses of monoterpene compounds in the parents and progeny.

Seasonal variation of the terpenes of the leaves, buds, and twigs of blue spruce (Picea pungens)

1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (24) ◽  
pp. 2978-2982 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. von Rudloff
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Variation ◽  
White Spruce ◽  
Bornyl Acetate ◽  
Bud Burst ◽  
Blue Spruce ◽  
Picea Pungens ◽  
Young Leaves ◽  
Winter Buds ◽  
Diterpene Alcohol

The variation in the relative amounts of the terpenes of the mature and young leaves, buds, and twigs of blue spruce was investigated during a full year. As with the spruces that were investigated previously, large changes were recorded only in the buds and in the young leaves after bud burst. The variations that were recorded in the latter for santene, tricyclene, camphene, camphor, bornyl acetate, and limonene were similar to those that were found in white spruce, but those of car-β-ene, α-pinene, and β-pinene differed. Several quantitative differences in the oil of the winter buds were also recorded. The variation of β-pinene correlated negatively with that of sabinene, γ-terpinene, and terpinolene. A transient diterpene alcohol of the geranylgeraniol type was found in the buds and young twigs during spring. The seasonal variation of the terpenes of the twig oil was smaller than the twig-to-twig variation within a tree. The implications for chemosystematic studies are discussed.

Atmospheric change alters foliar quality of host trees and performance of two outbreak insect species

Oecologia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 168 (3) ◽  
pp. 863-876 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Couture ◽  
Timothy D. Meehan ◽  
Richard L. Lindroth
Keyword(s):  
Insect Species ◽  
Atmospheric Change ◽  
Host Trees ◽  
And Performance
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