Diversity of Arthropods On Dogwoods In Forest and Nursery Environments
Neitch DS. 1995. Diversity of Arthropods On Dogwoods In Forest and Nursery Environments. University of Tennessee
ABSTRACT: ...Little information is available about environmental conditions that may predispose a tree to conidia of D. destructiva, which is believed to be dispersed by wind or rain. Researchers have suggested that insect species also may play an important role in the epidemiology of dogwood anthracnose. Unfortunately, little information is available on the insect communities associated with dogwoods in forest and nursery environments. Because of concern about the possible loss of dogwoods from the forest ecosystem and the lack of information on insects on dogwoods, a two-year research project was initated to: 1) identify insect taxa associated with anthracnose-infected (diseased) and non-infected (healthy) dogwoods in natural and nursery I ornamental settings, 2) monitor the seasonality of selected insects, 3) compare insect densities on anthracnose-infected and non-infected dogwoods, and 4) compare insect densities among dogwood cultivars....
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Neitch, David
- Date of Issue
- 1995-05
- Publisher
- University of Tennessee
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- anthracnose, APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, arthopods, biodiversity, Cades Cove, Coleoptera, Cornus, Diptera, Dogwood, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, Homoptera, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Mt. Sterling, Rich Mountain, SER, Southeast Region, thesis