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Alsike is an unincorporated place in central Alberta in Leduc County, located on Highway 39, Highway 22. It is west of Leduc. The first general store opened in 1938. Alsike is notable for its horse farms and dude ranches.〔(Equine Now website ). Accessed January 11, 2010.〕 〔(Horse farm listings at Cowboy.com website ) and (Equine 101 Seminar Listing at Cowboy.com ). Accessed January 11, 2010.〕 The Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Facility has an affiliated Alsike Camp.〔Correctional Services Division, "Guide to Sentencing Resources," May 2007, found at (Alberta Assembly official website ). Accessed January 11, 2010.〕 The Alsike area has been studied for its fungus outbreaks, first ''Ambrosiella'' and ''Raffaelea'' in certain trees, spread by symbiotic host beetles.〔 Richard A. Roepell and John R. J. French, ''Ambrosia Fungi of the Western United States and Canada - Beetle Associations (Coleoptera Scolytidae) Tree Hosts, and Distributions'', found at (Vet Med website ). Accessed January 11, 2010.〕 In 1983, the area's clover (which is a major part of horses' diet) was struck by a fungus epidemic of ''Olpidium brassicae'' and ''Ligniera'' species, previously not seen in Canada.〔J. P. Tewari and P. Bains, ''Fungi associated with the roots of clover in Alberta. I. Olpidium brassicae and Ligniera sp.'' Canadian Plant Disease Survey 63:2, 1983 35, found at (CPS-SCP of Canada website ). Accessed January 11, 2010.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alsike, Alberta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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