Research
HTIRC continues working to advance the science of hardwood trees.
Purdue University and HTIRC’s Douglass Jacobs and Kasten Dumroese, USDA Forest Service, led a team of 19 co-authors in presenting their findings. Many at-risk forest tree species will probably need biotechnology.
Meet the Virginia pine, a story by Wendy Mayer featuring HTIRC’s Lenny Farlee. The Virginia pine features clusters of two needles approximately two inches long which are often twisted. Click on the title link to read more.
British Ecological Society brings us a study by Brady S. Hardiman relating observations from one scale to phenomena at another scale is a long-standing focus of ecological research.
Published in the Royal Entomological Society, Matt Ginzel studies Thousand Cankers Disease (TCD) which is a pest complex that threatens the health and productivity of eastern black walnut.