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Damage by road-deicing salts | deutsch

Symptoms    Broadleaved trees: damage resembling those by drought stress – necroses on the leaf-border, rolling up of the leaf-border, red discoloration, premature leaf shedding; conifers: needles yellow or red, premature needle drop; direct effects (spraying) can also lead to burning damage on the needle surface. Since the salts commonly diffuse rather slowly into the soil, damage can appear years after the last immission.
Impact    General physiological weakening, drought damage, predisposition to secondary damaging agents
Control    Soil change, fertilisation, watering
Hosts   Maple; All tree species; Apple; Birch; Pear; Beech; Boxelder; Douglas fir; European mountain ash; Edible chestnut; English ivy; Yew; Oak; Wild service tree; Alder; Ash; Ex-Robinia; Serviceberry; Spruce; Lilac; Forsythia ; Framire; Ginkgo; Tree-of-heaven; European Hornbeam; Dogwood; Hazel; Hemlock; Elder; Hophornbeam; Pine; Cherry; Buckthorn; Larch; Thuja; Privet; Linden, Lime; Magnolia; Redwood; Giant sequoia; Mulberry; Common whitebeam; Common medlar; Cotoneaster; Olive tree; Poplar; Bladdernut; Plane; Rhododendron; Leyland cypress; Rose; Horse chestnut; False Cypress; Japanese Pagoda tree; Spindle; Holly; Fir; Southern Catalpa; Elm; Juniper; Walnut; Willow; Common grape wine; Hawthorne; Cedar; Hackberry;
Affected plant parts    Leaf; Needle;


Spruce: red needles
Maple: discoloration of the border


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