Publications
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Jan 2008
Quambalaria species, including Q. coyrecup sp. nov., implicated in canker and shoot blight diseases causing decline of Corymbia species in the southwest of Western Australia
Paap T, Burgess TI, McComb JA, Shearer BL et al.
Mycological Research
A severe canker disease has been causing decline and death of Corymbia calophylla in the southwest of Western Australia (WA) for...
Feb 2008
Assessing the role of bark- and wood-boring insects in the decline of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) in the Swiss Rhone valley
Wermelinger B, Rigling A, Mathis DS, Dobbertin M
Ecological Entomology
1. In several dry inner Alpine valleys higher mortality levels of pine have been observed in recent years. This paper evaluates...
Oct 2008
Parasitism and dispersal potential of Sirex noctilio: implications for biological control
Villacide JM, Corley JC
Agricultural and Forest Entomology
1 Sirex noctilio F. (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) is a wood-boring wasp that attacks many pine species, including commercial trees...
2008
Forest health surveillance in Victoria
Smith D, Smith I, Collett N, Elms S
Australian Forestry
Forest health Surveillance (FHS) has been undertaken in Victorian native forests and plantations on an ad hoc basis since the...
2008
Forest health surveillance in Western Australia: a summary of major activities from 1997 to 2006
Robinson R
Australian Forestry
In Western Australia (WA), no formal forest health surveillance program is in place, but individual programs within the...
2008
Forest health surveillance in South Australia
Phillips CL
Australian Forestry
South Australia has about 124000 ha of softwood (Pinus radiata) and 48 000 ha of hardwood (Eucalyptus globulus) in plantations....
2008
Use of sequential sampling to evaluate the efficiency of Deladenus (Beddingia) siricidicola (Nematoda : Neotylenchidae) parasitism on Sirex noctilio adults (Hymenoptera : Siricidae)
Penteado SDC, de Oliveira EB, Lede ET
Ciencia Florestal
The nematode Deladenus (Beddingia) siricidicola (Nematoda: Neotylenchidae) is the main control agent of the woodwasp Sirex...
2008
Determining the optimal spatial resolution of remotely sensed data for the detection of Sirex noctilio infestations in pine plantations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Ismail R, Mutanga O, Kumar L, Bob U
South African Geographical Journal
Sirex noctilio is causing considerable mortality in commercial pine plantations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The ability to...
2008
Discriminating Sirex noctilio attack in pine forest plantations in South Africa using high spectral resolution data
Ismail R, Mutanga O, Ahmed F, Kalacska M et al.
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Tropical and Sub-Tropical Forests