Endophytes to Reduce Blister Rust Severity in Whitebark Pine at Crater Lake National Park, OR
Project ID: J8W07090004
Federal Agency: National Park Service
Partner Institution: University of Idaho
Fiscal Year: 2009
Initial Funding: $5,000
Total Funding: $17,500
Project Type: Research
Project Disciplines: Biological
National Park: Crater Lake National Park
Principal Investigator: Newcombe, George
Agreement Technical Representative: Hudson, Laura
Abstract: To determine whether endophytes can increase resistance of whitebark pine to blister rust. This new technology could reduce the impact of white pine blister rust and, potentially, climate change on these high-elevation whitebark pine communities. CRLA NP whitebark pine stock will be used to propogate seedlings that will be replanted in the park. Endophye-inoculated seedlings will be compared directly to control seedlings with respect to survival, growth, endophyte communities, blister rust severity and severity of other diseases & herbivores. Results would have wide-range implications for whitebark pine communities.
Deliverables:
- North American Fungi (Journal Article)