History of Dutch Elm Disease in Minnesota
David W. French

Table of Contents

• First Arrivals
  
• Early Opportunities Ignored
  
• Later Opportunities Missed
  
• Finally Legislation
  

• Rural Counties Also Hit
  
• Pitchouts and Infection
  
• Downside of the Epidemic
  

• Too late? Yes and No!
  
• A Federal Demonstration Program
  

• Rural Data Rare, Disease Impact Extensive
  

• No Magic Bullets
  
• Systemic Treatments
  

• Other Proposals
  

• Why Not Resistant Trees?
  

Author

David W. French, retired, was a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota.

Acknowledgements

Development of this publication has been supported by the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Editing, design and development of this publication for the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station is by Larry A. Etkin, experiment station editor, Educational Development System, University of Minnesota.

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