Walter Shortle
Senior Research Plant Pathologist
Degree: Ph.D. 1974 North Carolina University, Raleigh
Website: nrs.fs.fed.us/people/wshortle…
Research Topic:
Biological and environmental influences on forest health and productivity
Biological and environmental influences on forest health and productivity
Research Program:
My research is focused on three areas:
- wood-destroying diseases initiated by wounds and tree response to limit the spread of wood-destroying infections following wounding
- the use of dendrochemical markers to detect and date major changes in root-zone chemistry related to acid deposition and other environmental perturbations
- the role of wood-destroying fungi in the biogeochemical cycling of calcium, a key element for regulating stability of the forest ecosystem