I/UCRC: Seedling Production and Forest Health in the Southeastern United States

提议的I/UCRC先进林业系统（CAFS）新址位于奥本大学，旨在通过在森林昆虫学和森林病理学研究以及美国南部森林生态系统中森林害虫管理领域提供额外的专业知识和研究，扩大CAFS的努力。奥本大学联合的CAFS项目将通过在整个美国南部的森林人工林中进行造林、疾病和昆虫抗性以及入侵物种研究，扩大和补充目前在虫害管理广泛领域的CAFS项目。奥本大学特别提出了一些合作项目，发展疾病和昆虫管理和基因型筛选计划，以提高美国南部针叶树的存活率。奥本大学CAFS网站有潜力增加更广泛的中心影响的广度和范围。这些主要影响包括：提高林产品工业和森林土地所有者的竞争力，提高成员对影响林分生产力的病虫害的了解，加强中心科学家与工业成员之间的技术转让，通过同行评议的出版物和专题介绍扩大科学知识，扩大对具有独特跨学科技能的研究生的培训，从代表性不足的群体招聘研究生，本科生的参与可能会促进更多的研究生入学。

The proposed new site of the I/UCRC for Advanced Forestry Systems (CAFS) at Auburn University intends to expand CAFS efforts by providing additional and specialized expertise and research in areas specifically within the forest entomology and forest pathology research and the management of forest pests in the southern US forest ecosystems. The Auburn University associated CAFS projects will augment and complement current CAFS projects in the broad areas of insect and disease management, through silviculture, disease and insect resistance and invasive species research in forest plantations throughout the southern US. Auburn University specifically proposes a number of collaborative projects on developing disease and insect management and genotype screening programs for enhancing southern US conifer planting stock survival.The Auburn University CAFS site has the potential to increase the breadth and reach of broader center impacts. These key impacts include: increased competitiveness of forest products industries and forest landowners, improved knowledge of members with respect to insect and disease pests that affect stand productivity and enhanced technology transfer between Center scientists and industrial members, expanded scientific knowledge through peer reviewed publications and presentations, expanded training of graduate students with unique interdisciplinary skill sets, recruitment of graduate students from underrepresented groups, and undergraduate involvement that may promote more graduate enrollment.