Expertise offered by Unit
Research interests of Unit officeholders
- technical assistance and training on nursery pest management in the southern USA
- evaluating alternative to methyl bromide and management of nematodes in nurseries
- technical assistance and training on forest root diseases and other forest disease problems
- root pathogens, endophytes and mycorrhizas in forest nurseries and afforestations
- their roles in vitality and growth, in particular following outplanting on high risk sites
- functional diversity of microorganisms in tree seedling rhizosphaere
- disease diagnostic in nursery stock using molecular methods
- population biology of tree pathogens in forest nurseries
- root pathogens, endophytes and mycorrhizas in forest nurseries and afforestations
- their roles in vitality and growth, in particular following outplanting on high risk sites
- functional diversity of microorganisms in tree seedling rhizosphaere
- disease diagnostic in nursery stock using molecular methods
- population biology of tree pathogens in forest nurseries
Research interests of Unit
- Nursery diseases
- Nursery insects
- Seed disease