Excerpt from Blister Rust Control in the Management of Western White Pine Control of white pine blister rust is a major timber management problem in all white pine forests. In the exten sive stands of western white pine it is a problem of partie ular concern because of host and climatic factors that favor rapid and serious disease invasion. Although timber manage ment practices alone cannot be expected to control the dis ease, they can materially aid (or impede) this work through their influence on ribes establishment and development. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.