DIAGNOSTICS OF ROT DISEASES IN SPRUCE FORESTS OF BELARUS

UDC 630*443.3

Sazonov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich – Head of the Forest Pathology Department, the First Minsk Forest Inventory Expedition. Forest Inventory Republican Unitary Enterprise “Belgosles” (27/1 Zheleznodorozhnaya str., 220089, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: lesopatolog@rambler.ru

Nestyuk Antonina Mikhailovna – PhD student, the Department of Forest Protection and Wood Science. Belarusian State Technological University (13a Sverdlova str., 220006, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: antonina.nestyuk95@gmail.com

Babuľ Dmitry Aleksandrovich – leading appraiser engineer, the First Minsk Forest Inventory Expedition. Forest Inventory Republican Unitary Enterprise “Belgosles” (27/1 Zheleznodorozhnaya str., 220089, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: babuld@bk.ru

Bogachenko Petr Aleksandrovich – Deputy Head of the Department of Design and Control of Forest Pests and Diseases. State Institution for Forest Protection and Monitoring “Bellesozashchita” (26a Parkovaya str., 223031, agrotown Zhdanovichi, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: bogachenkopa@mail.ru Zhdanovich Sergey Anatolyevich – director. State Institution for Forest Protection and Monitoring “Bellesozashchita” (26a Parkovaya str., 223031, agrotown Zhdanovichi, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: zhsa82@mail.ru

Zur Alexander Sergeevich – Head of the Department of Design and Control of Forest Pests and Diseases. State Institution for Forest Protection and Monitoring “Bellesozashchita” (26a Parkovaya str., 223031, agrotown Zhdanovichi, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: alexander76zur@gmail.com

Patsukevich Pavel Viktorovich – appraiser engineer of the 2nd category, the First Minsk Forest Inventory Expedition. Forest Inventory Republican Unitary Enterprise “Belgosles” (27/1 Zheleznodorozhnaya str., 220089, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: pavel_photo@inbox.ru

DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.52065/2519-402X-2025-288-5.

Key words: Heterobasidion parviporum, Picea abies, diagnostics, root rot.

For citation: Sazonov A. A., Nestyuk A. M., Babul’ D. A., Bogachenko P. A., Zhdanovich S. A., Zur A. S., Patsukevich P. V. Diagnostics of rot diseases in spruce forests of Belarus. Proceedings of BSTU, issue 1, Forestry. Nature Management. Processing of Renewable Resources, 2025, no. 1 (288), pp. 48–58 (In Russian). DOI: 10.52065/2519-402X-2025-288-5.

Abstract

Based on literature data, production experience, research on the infestation of spruce plantations by rot diseases on trial plots using various methods, as well as diagnostic felling of spruce stands, methods for diagnosing rot diseases in spruce forests, available under production conditions, have been proposed. External signs of tree rot damage were analyzed and those that most likely indicate the presence of rot in the trunk were identified – dry bogs with rot, frosty cracks in the trunk and fruiting bodies of mushrooms. The remaining signs are not reliable and should not be used to diagnose rot diseases in spruce forests. Of the instrumental methods, the most accurate results are obtained by using an age drill, Based on literature data, production experience, research on the infestation of spruce plantations by rot diseases on trial plots using various methods, as well as diagnostic felling of spruce stands, methods for diagnosing rot diseases in spruce forests, available under production conditions, have been proposed. External signs of tree rot damage were analyzed and those that most likely indicate the presence of rot in the trunk were identified – dry bogs with rot, frosty cracks in the trunk and fruiting bodies of mushrooms. The remaining signs are not reliable and should not be used to diagnose rot diseases in spruce forests. Of the instrumental methods, the most accurate results are obtained by using an age drill,

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