With spring in the air, today was a good day for a grafting workshop. Forest pathology students used grafting techniques at the SFRC Plant Growth Complex, with quaking 
aspen rootstock and scions collected in Texas.
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NPR story on laurel wilt in the Everglades
Here is a short version story with an interview I did last week on NPR regarding laurel wilt in the Everglades.
– Jason
The real scoop on Torreya taxifolia
Our work with Florida torreya continues, but many questions remain.
Laurel wilt and Native American Culture
Here is a nice article and editorial written by the Seminole chairman, Jim Billie in the Seminole Tribune about laurel wilt. Our research efforts are mentioned in the article.
http://www.semtribe.com/SeminoleTribune/Archive/2014/SeminoleTribune_February%2028_2014v2.pdf
New paper out on role of Diplodia corticola and oak decline.
Our lab has been working on Diplodia cankers of oak caused by D. corticola and D. quercivora. Here is a new paper on the role of D. corticola in decline of Holm oak (Quercus ilex) in Europe.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/enhanced/doi/10.1111/efp.12081/
Interesting new story on Chernobyl and forest health…
Check out this story..
Photo credits: T.A.Mousseau & A.P. Møller for Smithsonian.com
Jason