A large bristlecone pine in the blister rust inoculation chamber. Above it are infected Ribes leaves. Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
Photo by: Richard Sniezko
Date: September 15, 2005
Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, Umpqua National Forest, Dorena Genetic Resource Center.
Source: DRGC digital photo collection; courtesy Richard Sniezko, Cottage Grove, Oregon.
Dorena Genetic Resource Center (DGRC) is the USDA Forest Service's regional service center for genetics in the Pacific Northwest Region. Dorena houses disease resistance breeding programs for five-needled pines and Port-Orford-cedar, a native plant development program, and the National Tree Climbing Program. For additional photos of the DGRC program, see:
www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/landmanagement/resourcemanageme... Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection:
www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
