Our mission: To provide the basic biological and ecological knowledge and innovative management strategies required for management and control of native and non-native insect pests, disease pathogens and invasive plants in changing forest ecosystems.
Welcome to the Southern Research Station’s Insects, Diseases, and Invasive Plants Research Work Unit website. Our mission is to provide the basic biological and ecological knowledge and innovative management strategies required for management and control of native and non-native insect pests, disease pathogens and invasive plants in changing forest ecosystems. Learn more about us →
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New Species Named After SRS Research Entomologist
Twenty-five years ago, Brian Sullivan saw a fungus growing in bark alongside the small southern pine engraver (Ips avulsus). The beetle is native to the U.S. and commonly kills stressed pine trees.
Latest Publications
- A field-portable diagnostic approach confirms Laurel Wilt Disease diagnosis in minutes instead of days
Hamilton, Jeffrey; Fraedrich, Stephen; Nairn, Campbell; Mayfield, Albert; Villari, Caterina. - A Unique Academic–Government Collaboration Yields First Report of Detailed Habitat Description for Haemaphysalis longicornis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in Madison County, KY
Vogt, J T; Allen, B D; Paulsen, D; Trout Fryxell, R T. - Asian needle ant: an invasive stinging ant
Vogt, J.T. - Laurel wilt: Current and potential impacts and possibilities for prevention and management
Olatinwo, Rabiu O.; Fraedrich, Stephen W.; Mayfield III, Albert E. - Sound production in bark and ambrosia beetles
Bedoya, Carol L.; Hofstetter, Richard W.; Nelson, Ximena J.; Hayes, Michael; Miller, Daniel R.; Brockerhoff, Eckehard G.