In the Genome of Loblolly Pine Lies Hope for Better Resistance to a Damaging...
Genetically improved loblolly pine stand in North Carolina at 30 years. Photo by Steve McKeand. U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) scientists co-authored the article published today in...
View ArticleFusiform Rust Never Sleeps
Multiple branch cankers such as those pictured here are symptomatic of fusiform rust disease. Photo by Robert L. Anderson, U.S. Forest Service, courtesy of Bugwood.org. Fusiform rust, a fungal disease...
View ArticleGenetics to Support Healthier Pine Forests in the South
Closeup of telia on oak leaf. The fungus that causes fusiform rust requires an alternation of hosts to complete its life cycle. Part of the cycle is spent in pines, the rest in green leaves of several...
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