TY - JOUR AU - N. OCarroll AU - N. Ó Muirgheata PY - 1963/11/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The estimation of heart rot in standing crops: A note. JF - Irish Forestry JA - IF VL - IS - SE - Notes DO - UR - https://journal.societyofirishforesters.ie/index.php/forestry/article/view/8993 AB - About an acre and half of 56 year old Sitka Spruce in Avondale Forest, Co. Wicklow, carrying 168 trees and believed to be heavily affected by Fomes annosus heart rot was scheduled for clear felling. Thirty-six of these trees, forming a random sample of the whole, was investigated in detail. The investigation suggests that the presence of markedly swollen butts is not related to the presence of heart rot... ER -