This webinar will provide a brief overview of insect and disease pests affecting conifer species in Pennsylvania with some recommendations for management.
Issues in focus will include those that affect Eastern Hemlock (Hemlock woolly adelgid, Elongate hemlock scale, Sirococcus tip blight, Rosellinia needle blight, Fabrella needle blight), Eastern White Pine (White Pine Needle Disease complex, Caliciopsis canker, Pine bark adelgid, White Pine weevil, Pine shoot borer, White Pine Blister Rust & several root rots), and ornamentals like spruce and fir (Balsam woolly adelgid, various fungal pathogens including Rhizosphaera needle cast, Cytospora canker, Swiss needle cast, and scale insects).
Presented by Sarah Johnson; Forest Health Program Specialist, PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry Division of Health
James C. Finley Center for Private Forests
Address
416 Forest Resources BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802
- Email PrivateForests@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0401
- Fax 814-865-6275
James C. Finley Center for Private Forests
Address
416 Forest Resources BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802
- Email PrivateForests@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-0401
- Fax 814-865-6275
