Area(s) of Expertise

Christmas Tree Genetics and Breeding

Education

B.S. University of Georgia (1978)
M.S. University of Florida (1980)
Ph.D. North Carolina State University (1984)

Research Interests

Christmas tree genetics, genetic conservation of Fraser fir; propagation and use of clones in forest tree species, host-pathogen interactions in forest diseases.

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Courses

FOR 491 – Special Topics–Christmas Tree Production
FOR 601/801 – Forestry Seminar

Publications

• A fast, flexible and inexpensive protocol for DNA and RNA extraction for forest trees (2020)
• AssessingMegastigmus specularis(Hymenoptera: Megastigmidae) infestations in a Fraser fir (Abies fraseri(Pursh) Poir.) clonal seed orchard of the southern Appalachians (2020)
• Cloning by cuttings in Nordmann fir, Abies nordmanniana: hormonal characteristics in relation crown position, rooting competence, and orthotropism as ramets (2019)
• Current Advances in Seed Orchard Layouts: Two Case Studies in Conifers (2019)
• Presence of Phytophthora species in Swedish Christmas tree plantations (2019)
• Resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi in American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) Backcross Populations that Descended from Two Chinese Chestnut (Castanea mollissima) Sources of Resistance (2019)
• Ortet Age and Clonal Effects on Growth and Market Value of Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) Grafts as Christmas Trees (2018)
• Pathogenicity of Neonectria fuckeliana on Norway Spruce Clones in Sweden and Potential Management Strategies (2018)
• genetic variation for resistance to phytophthora root rot in eastern white pine seedlings (2018)
• Effect of different headspace concentrations of bornyl acetate on fecundity ofgreen peach aphid and balsam woolly adelgid (2017)

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