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 ...

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 ...

Expressions of anatomical resistance to Southern fusiform rust occur as resistance-zones in certain resistant slash pine progenies. Although initial reaction to rust infection in primary resistant and ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The disease attacks both hardwoods and softwoods and can kill shrubs, vines, ...