1 - Characterize Biotic and Abiotic Factors Driving Emergence in Brown Spot Needle Blight on Loblolly Pine

Thursday, September 19, 2024

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM MST

Location: Embassy Suites, River Birch A

Speaker(s)

Jane E. Stewart, PhD (she/her/hers)

Colorado State University, Colorado, United States

Co-author(s)

OK

Olga Kozhar

Colorado State University
RO

Rabiu Olatinwo, PhD

Researcher
US Forest Service

This project focuses on characterizing the causal agents of BSNB and their potential interactions with other microorganisms in needles and rhizosphere soil.

Learning Objectives:

1. Define how microbial communities change in diseased pine needles compared to health trees.
2. List interactions between disease trees and soils communities