USDA Forest Service researchers at the Southern Institute of Forest Genetics (SIFG) in Saucier, MS are mapping genes in the pathogen that causes fusiform rust to provide future forest managers with ...
It’s that time of year where pines and other flowering plants are dusting the world with tons of yellow pollen, but if you see orange dust on a pine tree, that could be the sign of a damaging ...
A: Your pine is showing early stages of Fusiform rust, a fungal disease. As the spots grow larger and swell, which they will, cankers can girdle and kill the tree. An interesting note, rusts like this ...
The researchers demonstrated that NIR spectroscopy, when paired with advanced chemometric modeling, can classify resistant and susceptible trees with up to 69% accuracy—even before symptoms appear. In ...