Expertise offered by Unit
Research interests of Unit officeholders
- mechanisms of tree resistance to wood borers
- resource allocation patterns of trees
- environmental affects on expression of resistance
- forest entomology
- vigour and pest resistance of boreal conifers
- resource allocation of growth and defense in conifers
- genetic variation in host tree resistances
- breeding approaches for pest and disease resistance
- deployment strategies of genetically improved resistant material at stand and landscape levels