Tom A. Alberg and Judith Beck Endowed Chair of Native Plant Regeneration University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho, United States
Poster will present the importance and propagation of Mountain huckleberry seedlings for forest restoration. It will provide results from a study examining simulated root herbivory that can reduce seedling quality. Results show the species is sensitive to any root damage and that control is critical for meeting restoration targets.
Learning Objectives:
understand the importance of Mountain huckleberry for humans, wildlife, and forest ecosystem productivity, as well as causes of decline of the species over the 20th and 21st Centuries.
better understand methods container seedling production and the importance of integrated pest management for control of root herbivores to avoid declining seedling quality and thus ability to restore declining and lost huckleberry patches.
understand how results from this research can be used to inform native plant nurseries in their ability to produce huckleberry seedlings to increases their chance of survival in the field.
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