A powdered borate fungicide being sprinkled on a freshly cut stump of a conifer to prevent infection and spread of Heterobasidion root disease, Heterobasidion annosum.

A powdered borate fungicide being sprinkled on a freshly cut stump of a conifer. Credit: Robert L. Anderson, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org<br />Licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License</a>
Credit: Robert L. Anderson, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License