Article
To prune or not to prune; pruning induced decay in tropical sandalwood
2018-12-01
Abstract excerpt
Heartwood rot (a fungal disease) has the potential to significantly reduce the sandalwood oil production of Santalum album. With new plantations being established with sandalwood oil as the major product, it is imperative to know the consequences of routine form-pruning in tropical areas. Examining pruning wound responses in 1 and 5-year-old trees at the end of the dry and wet seasons, it was possible to ascertain...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 29055d89-41c7-5aef-b7cb-f42a3b19c304
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.08.009
