Our Mission
Research Work Unit NRS-04
Our Mission- to provide basic and applied knowledge about and develop methods for protecting and sustaining landscapes disturbed by invasive species and other agents.
Our Research Areas
We work on developing knowledge and methods to address the effects of invasive species and surface mining on forested and urban landscapes in the Northeast and Midwest. Our approaches include development of microbial controls and field methods for use against invasive insects; generation of hardwood trees with resistance/tolerance to invasive pathogens or insects through genetics; development of methods to use pathogen and insect resistant/tolerant hardwood tree strains to restore tree species and/or landscapes; development of controls and management methods to address invasive weeds within the urban landscape; and generation of methods to facilitate reforestation of reclaimed mine lands.
Our research and development focus areas include:
Recent Publications
- Hiremath, Shiv T.; Balasubramanian, Sujata; Zheng, Jun; Podila, Gopi K. 2012. Symbiosis-regulated expression of an acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase gene in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor. Canadian Journal of Botany. 84: 1405-1416.
- Bauman, Jenise M.; Keiffer, Carolyn H.; Hiremath, Shiv. 2012. Facilitation of American chestnut (Castanea dentata) seedling establishment by Pinus virginiana in mine restoration. International Journal of Ecology. 2012: Article ID 257326. 12 p. doi:10.1155/2012/2573
- Whitehill, Justin G.A.; Opiyo, Stephen O.; Koch, Jennifer L.; Herms, Daniel A.; Cipollini, Donald F.; Bonello, Pierluigi. 2012. Interspecific comparison of constitutive ash phloem phenolic chemistry reveals compounds unique to Manchurian ash, a species resistant to emerald ash borer. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 38: 499-511.
- Ferris, Gavin; D'Amico, Vincent; Williams, Christopher K. 2012. Determining effective riparian buffer width for nonnative plant exclusion and habitat enhancement. International Journal of Ecology. 7 p. doi:10.1155/2012/170931
- Slavicek, James M. 2012. Baculovirus enhancins and their role in viral pathogenicity. Chapter 9. In: Adoga, Moses, ed. Molecular virology. Rijeka, Croatia: InTech: 147-168.
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