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Beech Bark Disease — is a disease that causes mortality and defects in beech trees in the eastern United States and Europe.Houston, David R., and James T. O Brien. Beech Bark Disease. Forest Insect and Disease Leaflet 75(1998) 1 7. 17 Mar 2008 .] Tainter, Frank H.,… … Wikipedia
maple bark disease — maple bark stripper s disease a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis affecting logging and sawmill workers, caused by inhalation of the spores of the mold Cryptostroma corticale, which grows under the bark of maple logs … Medical dictionary
beech bark disease — noun : a disease of beech especially destructive in eastern Canada and northern United States that is due to the combined activities of the beech scale (Cryptococcus fagi) and a fungus (Nectria coccinea faginata) and causes destruction of living… … Useful english dictionary
rough-bark disease — noun see rough bark … Useful english dictionary
chestnut-bark disease — noun a disease of American chestnut trees • Syn: ↑chestnut blight, ↑chestnut canker • Hypernyms: ↑blight * * * noun see chestnut blight … Useful english dictionary
Bark — Bark, also known as periderm, is the outermost layer of stems and roots of woody plants such as trees. It overlays the wood and consists of three layers, the cork or phellem, the phelloderm and the cork cambium or phellogen. Products used by… … Wikipedia
Bark-binding — is a disease in trees, cured by slitting the bark, or cutting it along the grain of the tree.References#1728 [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi bin/HistSciTech/HistSciTech idx?type=turn entity=HistSciTech000900240232 isize=L] #Crabb, George.… … Wikipedia
bark beetle — any of numerous small, cylindrical beetles of the family Scolytidae that nest under the bark of hardwood trees, leaving intricate tracings on the wood. Also called ambrosia beetle, engraver beetle. [1860 65] * * * Any member of the beetle family… … Universalium
Bark beetle — The unrelated sawyer beetles (Monochamus) and some other wood boring beetle taxa (especially Cucujoidea) are sometimes called bark beetles too. Bark beetles Mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae … Wikipedia
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
