Projects
DISEASES
Eastern Threat Center researchers work with other scientists nationally as well as with a variety of Federal, State, and local government agencies, universities, and non-governmental partners to address forest threats.
Select the titles on this page to learn more about the Eastern Threat Center's projects and collaborations related to diseases. View a staff resource guide to learn more about researchers studying this topic.
National-scale risk mapping and modeling for invasive forest pests
Completed projects:
Development of regulatory treatments for thousand cankers disease
Economic assessment of oak wilt management in U.S. communities, 2009-2019
Predicting forest succession in the wake of invasive species establishment
The live plant forest pest invasion pathway: economic impacts and benefits of US live plant imports
Pictured: Crown thinning and dieback associated with end stage thousand cankers disease - Photo by Curtis Utley, CSUE, Bugwood.org