Research projects

Insects and diseases

General information

• Bark and terminal weevils of the genus Pissodes
• Biodiversity and taxonomy of pathogenic fungi
• Chemical ecology, behaviour and management of Dendroctonus spp.
• Cytochemical characterization of infection and resistance mechanisms in various host-pest relationships
• Epidemiology of pathogenic fungi
• Genomic-enabled forest pathogen detection
• Help to improve Canada’s evaluation of the phytosanitary risks related to sudden oak death
• Hymenopterous wasps, especially the braconidae
• Insect biodiversity and identification
• Management of the hemlock looper (HL) in a changing environment
• Microbial control agents project
• Preventive biological control of Heterobasidion annosum
• Screening spruce for white pine weevil resistance
• Silvicultural control of diseases
• White pine weevil management