Auburn University

Advisory Meeting FY11
 
 

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Agenda
 Agenda (pdf)

 

Parking

Campus map with parking location (No permit required)

 

Documents

FY2010 Accomplishments (pdf)
FY11 Work Plan (pdf)

FY2010 Annual Report (pdf)

 

Presentations (PowerPoint / pdf)

Students (Graduate and Undergraduate) and Other

Lori Eckhardt Thinning and fertilization: effects on bark beetle abundance in a loblolly pine plantation
Yuan Zeng Bark beetle populations related to silviculture disturbances - eighteen month update
Jacob Thompson Bark beetle diversity and forest health measures in decline and healthy stands
Ben Brunson Cogongrass: Does it affect root-feeding beetle populations and pine decline susceptibility
Roger Menard Update of possible invasive ophiostomatoid fungi from Nicaragua
Jarrod Zelko Virulence of three ophiostomatoid fungi isolated from Nicaragua on slash, loblolly and longleaf pine seedlings
Lori Eckhardt Other Project Updates
Nancy Loewenstein Invasive Species Update

 

Guest Speakers

Terry Fischer Timber Dogs and Pine Decline
Henry Brandhorst Pine Beetles and the use of a UAV
Jason Hoeksema Genetic variation in pines influencing ectomycorrhizal symbiosis: Potential implications for genotype selection in southern forestry

 

Handouts

Amended Nutrition Study Plan

 

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)