Auburn University

Advisory Meeting FY10
 
 

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Agenda
 Agenda (pdf)

 

Parking

Campus map with parking location (No permit required)

 

Work Plan

Work Plan (pdf)

 

Presentations (PowerPoint / pdf)

Students (Graduate and Undergraduate)

James Zanzot Thinning and fertilization: Effects on bark beetle abundance in a loblolly pine plantation
Yuan Zeng Bark beetle populations related to silviculture disturbances
Jarrod Zelko Effects of blue-stain fungi isolated from Pinus oocarpa in Nicaragua on southern pines
Jacob Thompson Bark beetle populations related to biomass removal and standard silvicultural practices
George Matusick Pathogenicity of Leptographium species to southern pines
David Walker Host response to several root pathogenic fungi
Lori Eckhardt Other Project Updates
Nancy Loewenstein Invasive Species Update

 

Guest Speakers

Mary Anne Sword Pine decline from a physiology perspective
Stephen Enloe Cogongrass ecology and control in the Southeast
Don Grosman A history of emamectin bensoate tree injection research and status of TREE-age registration

 

Conference Link
 http://vcg.acesag.auburn.edu/sfws/?page=2#archive  (Use your FHC logon and password to access recorded conference)

 

Handouts

Southern pine root disease diagnostic key

Distribution of pine decline associated with Leptographium root disease map
Distribution of pine decline associated with Leptographium root disease map (by Pinus species)

Pine Decline distribution by State and County

 

 

Research Projects Underway

1. Delineating loblolly pine decline in the Southeast using county survey and FHM/FIA data

2. Hylastes population dynamics and forest health evaluation in association with thinning and harvesting

3. Resistance of Pinus taeda families under artificial inoculations with native and non-native Leptographium spp involved in premature mortality

 

Minutes

Minutes (pdf)

 

Attendees

Attendee List (pdf)