University of Montana Professor Diana Six is one of 12 authors of a new report that addresses the potential for biotechnology to provide solutions for protecting forest trees from insect and pathogen outbreaks, which are increasing because of climate change and expanded global trade.
University of Montana Professor Diana Six is one of 12 authors of a new report that addresses the potential for biotechnology to provide solutions for protecting forest trees from insect and pathogen outbreaks, which are increasing because of climate change and expanded global trade.
The report, titled “Forest Health and Biotechnology: Possibilities and Considerations,” was released Jan. 8 by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
A range of strategies can be used to respond to forest health threats, including invasive species prevention strategies, site management practices, biological control agents, natural genetic resistance or biotechnological modifications used to confer resistance to a species.
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Image: UM Professor Diana Six works in the field. CREDIT: University of Montana
