Resistance breeding: Emerging tool protects future forests against pests, pathogens
This fog chamber is used to inoculate seedlings with blister rust spores for resistance screening of five-needle pines. USDA Forest Service photo by Carrie Pike.
MARYLAND—Scientists with the USDA Forest Service and their state counterparts in Forest Health Protection are integrating…
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Invasive Forest Pathogens
Sudden Oak Death in China Camp State Park near San Rafael, CA. (USDA Forest Service photo by Bruce Moltzan)
Preventing or reducing undesirable impacts of invasive forest diseases are a difficult challenge facing all land managers. Invasive forest diseases such as Sudden Oak Death, Laurel Wilt, White Pine Blister Rust, Chestnut Blight, Dutch Elm Disease, and Butternut Canker, continue to have…