Forest Service

Southern Region
Forest Health Protection

Protection Report
R8-PR 30
October 1997

MONITORING INCIDENCE
OF FUSIFORM RUST
IN THE SOUTH
AND CHANGE OVER TIME

Table of Contents

• Fusiform Rust in the South
• Collection and Reliability of Rust Data
• Using Forest Inventory and Analysis Data to Track Rust
• Current Status of Rust in the South
• Monitoring Change in Rust Incidence Over Time
• Long-Term Changes in Rust Incidence
• Rust Hazard Mapping
• Conclusions
• Literature Cited
• Appendix (tables)

Dale A. Starkey
Plant Pathologist
USDA Forest Service, Southern Region
Pineville, LA

Robert L. Anderson
Forest Health Protection Unit Leader
USDA Forest Service, Southern Region
Atlanta, GA

Carol H. Young
Resistance Screening Center Manager
USDA Forest Service, Southern Region
Asheville, NC

Noel D. Cost
Project Leader
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
Asheville, NC

John S. Vissage
Research Forester
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
Starkville, MS

Dennis M. May
Research Forester
USDA Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station
St. Paul, MN
(former address: Southern Forest Experiment Station, Starkville, MS)

Edwin K. Yockey
Biological Scientist
USDA Forest Service, Southern Region
Asheville, NC

October 1997

Modified for Internet March 1999

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Southern Region
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