Diseased white pine sample, blister rust
notes: label: Description
content: This is trunk section of a diseased white pine tree donated by the USDA Bureau of Plant Industry in 1922. It displays the aecial (spring) stage of blister rust infection, a non-native disease that five species of pine, including white pine, are susceptible to. Because this is a non-native disease, pines often have lack resistance and die once infected.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Forestry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: USDA Bureau of Plant Industry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.22FP16.03B
label: catalog number
content: 22FP16.03B
label: catalog number
content: W1551
label: accession number
content: 068654
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Wood Sample
label: Object Name
content: diseased white pine sample
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 52.07 cm x 10.795 cm