Forest Pests: Insects, Diseases & Other Damage Agents

Management Strategies for Reducing Losses Caused by Fusiform Rust, Annosus Root Rot, and Littleleaf Disease

Robert L. Anderson - Supervisory Pathologist, USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Area, State and Private Forestry, Forest Pest Management, Ashville, N.C., and
Paul A. Mistretta - Supervisory Pathologist, USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Area, State and Private Forestry, Forest Pest Management, Pineville, La.

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Cooperative State Research Service, Agriculture Handbook No. 597, October 1982.

In 1980, the Forest Service and the Cooperative State Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture initiated the Integrated Pest Management Research, Development, and Applications Program for Bark Beetles of Southern Pines. This research / applications effort concentrates on pine bark beetles and associated tree diseases in the South. This is one in a series of Integrated Pest Management handbooks.

This handbook includes information on diseases that was not developed as a result of Integrated Pest Management Program funding.

Littleleaf Disease Management Practices

• Forest Stands
• Nurseries or Seed Orchards
• All Other Areas

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