Pests and Diseases of Conifers in Pennsylvania

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This Pennsylvania Forest Seminar on Pests and Diseases of Conifers in Pennsylvania 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 (including hemlock woolly adelgid, elongate hemlock scale, Sirococcus tip blight, Rosellinia needle blight, Fabrella needle blight), Eastern white pine (including 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 (including balsam woolly adelgid, Rhizosphaera needle cast, Cytospora canker, Swiss needle cast, and scale insects).

Presenter: Dr. Sarah Johnson, Forest Health Specialist for north central Pennsylvania with the PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry Division of Forest Health.

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