William Otrosina
Former Employee
Plant Pathologist
Treesearch Publications
- David Coyle, Brittany Barnes, Kier D. Klepzig, Frank H. H. Koch, Lawrence Morris, John Nowak, William Otrosina, William Smith, Kamal K. Gandhi. 2020. Abiotic and biotic factors affecting loblolly pine health in the southeastern United States
- D. E. Marias, F. C. Meinzer, D. R. Woodruff, D. C. Shaw, S. L. Voelker, Steven W. Oak, William Otrosina, William D. Smith, Kamal J.K. Gandhi. 2014. Impacts of dwarf mistletoe on the physiology of host Tsuga heterophylla trees as recorded in tree-ring C and O stable isotopes
- Rabiu Olatinwo, Qinfeng Guo, Songlin Fei, William Otrosina, Kier D. Klepzig, Douglas Streett. 2014. Climate-induced changes in vulnerability to biological threats in the southern United States
- James D. McIver, Scott L. Stephens, James K. Agee, Jamie Barbour, Ralph E. J. Boerner, Carl B. Edminster, Karen L. Erickson, Kerry L. Farris, Christopher J. Fettig, Carl E. Fiedler, Sally M. Haase, Stephen C. Hart, Jon E. Keeley, Eric E. Knapp, John F. Lehmkuhl, Jason J. Moghaddas, William Otrosina, Kenneth Outcalt, Dylan W. Schwilk, Carl N. Skinner, Tom Waldrop, C. Phillip Weatherspoon, Daniel Yaussy, Andrew Youngblood, Steve Zack. 2012. Ecological effects of alternative fuel-reduction treatments: highlights of the National Fire and Fire Surrogate study (FFS)
- William Otrosina, Stanley J. Zarnoch. 2012. Response of different white fir geographic provenances to Trichosporium symbioticum inoculation in California
- Christopher J. Fettig, Stephen McKelvey, Daniel Cluck, Smith Sheri, William Otrosina. 2010. Effects of prescribed fire and season of burn on direct and indirect levels of tree mortality in Ponderosa and Jeffrey Pine Forests in California, USA.
- William Otrosina, Matteo Garbelotto. 2010. Heterobasidion occidentale sp. nov. and Heterobasidion irregulare nom. nov.: a disposition of North American Heterobasidion biological species
- William Otrosina, J. T. Kliejunas, Shi-Jean Susana Sung, S. Smith, D. R. Cluck. 2008. Studies on black stain root disease in ponderosa pine. pp. 236-240. M. Garbelotto & P. Gonthier (Editors). Proceedings 12th International Conference on Root and Butt Rots of Forest Trees.
- Pauline Spaine, William Otrosina, Stanley J. Zarnoch, Sharon Lumpkin. 2008. Microclimate environmental parameters indexed for Sudden Oak death in Georgia and South Carolina
- John Kliejunas, William Otrosina, James Allison. 2006. Efficacy of treating live vs
- John T. Kliejunas, William Otrosina, James R. Allison. 2005. Uprooting and trenching to control annosus root disease in a developed recreation site: 12- year results
- Wolfgang Schweigkofler, William Otrosina, Sheri L. Smith, Daniel R. Cluck, Kevin Maeda, Kabir G. Peay, Matteo Garbelotto. 2005. Detection and quantification of Leptographium wageneri, the cause of black-stain root disease, from bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in North California using regular and real-time PCR
- Dan D. Wilson, Theodor D. Leininger, William Otrosina, L. David Dwinell, Nathan Schiff. 2004. The impact and control of major southern forest diseases
- Shi-Jean Susana Sung, William Otrosina, Stanley J. Zarnoch. 2004. Seasonal Sucrose Metabolism in Longleaf Pine Tree Stem Cambial Tissues
- Matteo Garbelotto, Paolo Gonthier, Rachel Linzer, Giovanni Nicolotti, William Otrosina. 2004. A shift in nuclear state as the result of natural interspecific hybridization between two North American taxa of the basidiomycete complex Heterobasidion
- Brian Sullivan, Christopher J. Fettig, William Otrosina, Mark J. Dalusky, C. Wayne Berisford. 2003. Association between severity of prescribed burns and subsequent activity of conifer-infesting beetles in stands of longleaf pine
- William Otrosina. 2003. Exotic ecosystems: where root disease is not a beneficial component of temperate conifer forests
- William Otrosina, Shi-Jean Susana Sung, Stan Zarnoch, Brian Sullivan, Charles H. Walkinshaw. 2002. Root disease and other unforeseen variables that confound restoration efforts
- William Otrosina, Charles H. Walkinshaw, Stanley J. Zarnoch, Shi-Jean Susana Sung, Brian Sullivan. 2002. Root Disease, Longleaf Pine Mortality, and Prescribed Burning
- Charles H. Walkinshaw, William Otrosina. 2002. Food Reserves In Mountain Longleaf Pine Roots During Shoot Elongation
- Nolan J. Hess, William Otrosina, Emily Carter, Jim R. Steinman, John P. Jones, Lori G. Eckhardt, Ann M. Weber, Charles H. Walkinshaw. 2002. Assessment of Loblolly Pine Decline in Central Alabama
- M.M. Garbelotto, William Otrosina, I.H. Chapela, P. Gonthier. 2001. Studies on the ecology and genetics of hybridization in Heterobasdion
- William Otrosina, Diane Bannwart, Ronald W. Roncadori. 1999. Root-infecting fungi associated with a decline of longleaf pine in the southeastern United States
- M. Garbelotto, F.W. Cobb, T.D. Bruns, William Otrosina, Tina Popenuck, Garey Slaughter. 1999. Genetic structure of Heterbasidion annosum in white fir mortality centers in California
- Matteo Garbelotto, William Otrosina, Fields W. Cobb, Thomas D Bruns. 1998. The European S and F intersterility groups of Heterobasidion annosum may represent sympatric protospecies
- William Otrosina. 1998. Diseases of Forest Trees: Consequences of Exotic Ecosystems?
- Douglas D. Piirto, John R. Parmeter, Fields W. Cobb, Kevin L. Piper, Amy C. Workinger, William Otrosina. 1998. Biological and Management Implications of Fire-Pathogen Interactions in the Giant Sequoia Ecosystem
- William Otrosina, Nolan J. Hess, Stanley J. Zarnoch, Thelma J. Perry, John P. Jones. 1997. Blue-stain Fungi Associated with Roots of Southern Pine Trees Attacked by the Southern Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis
- John T. Kliejunas, William Otrosina. 1997. Progress report: effects of subsoiling study, Milford Ranger District, Plumas National Forest
- William Otrosina, George T. Ferrell. 1995. Root diseases: primary agents and secondary consequences of disturbance
- William Otrosina, Fields W. Cobb Jr. 1989. Biology, Ecology, and Epidemiology of Heterobasidion annosum
- William Otrosina, Robert F. Scharpf. 1989. Proceedings of the symposium on research and management of annosus root disease (Heterobasidion annosum) in western North America; April 18-21, 1989; Monterey, CA.
Last updated March 10, 2026