Molecular genetics and the effort to conserve southern hemlocks decimated by the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

Kevin M. Potter; Robert M. Jetton; Lia Campbell; John M. Hastings; Sedley A. Josserand; Valerie Hipkins; C. Dana Nelson; William S. Dvorak

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Molecular genetics and the effort to conserve southern hemlocks decimated by the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Kevin M. Potter, Robert M. Jetton, Lia Campbell, John M. Hastings, Sedley A. Josserand, Valerie Hipkins, C. Dana Nelson, William S. Dvorak

Year:

2019

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

35th Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference

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Abstract

An exotic insect is decimating populations of the two hemlock species native to the eastern United States, eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), a widespread and ecologically impo1iant tree species, and Carolina hemlock (T. caroliniana), a rare species endemic to the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

Citation

Potter, Kevin M.; Jetton, Robert M.; Campbell, Lia; Hastings, John M.; Josserand, Sedley A.; Hipkens, Valerie D.; Nelson, C. Dana; Dvorak, William S. 2019. Molecular genetics and the effort to conserve southern hemlocks decimated by the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. Absract 35th Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference. 1 p.