Forest Protection & Integrated Pest Management

Catalog description

Overview of factors affecting the health of trees in forest and urban environments. Major topics include forest disease, insects, and invasive vegetation. Diseases covered include those caused by biotic pathogens and abiotic stressors, including root rots, wilts, cankers, rusts, and decays. Particular attention is paid to insect activity that is directly related to tree health and subsequent loss of wood fiber and/or quality. Topics include spongy moth, hemlock wooly adelgid, scale, wood boring insects, and defoliating insects, along with a host of bacterial and fungal impacts on wood fiber. Forest management discussion includes silvicultural treatments, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), fire, and how these tools are utilized to maintain forest health and productivity. Fall Only.