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

奥本大学高级林业系统I/UCRC(CAFS)的拟议新址旨在通过在美国南部森林生态系统的森林昆虫学和森林病理学研究以及森林病虫害管理领域提供更多的专门知识和研究，扩大CAFS的工作。与奥本大学相关的CAFS项目将通过整个美国南部森林种植园的森林培育、抗病和抗虫性以及入侵物种研究，加强和补充目前CAFS在昆虫和疾病管理广泛领域的项目。奥本大学特别提出了一些合作项目，旨在开发病虫害管理和基因筛选计划，以提高美国南部针叶树种植种群的存活率。奥本大学CAFS网站有可能扩大更广泛的中心影响的广度和覆盖范围。这些主要影响包括：提高森林产品产业和林地所有者的竞争力，增进成员对影响林分生产力的病虫害的知识，加强中心科学家和行业成员之间的技术转让，通过同行评审的出版物和演讲扩大科学知识，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中招收研究生，以及可能促进更多研究生入学的本科生参与。

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.