Projects
Resistance phenotyping and genotyping of needle blight
A new systemic insecticide for pine tip moth suppression
Effects of micronutrients on pine tree defenses
Rapid resistance phenotyping and risk modeling of fusiform rust
Interactions between environmental conditions and Ips beetles
Effects of loblolly genetics on pine tip moth infestations rates
Elucidating needlecast disease in southern pines
Nanopore diagnostic tool for needle diseases








Papers
Technical Papers
McCarty, E. 2021. Loblolly pine susceptibility to Nantucket pine tip moth: Do tree genetics play a role? The Southern Pine Health Research Cooperative (SPHRC), Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia. SPHRC Technical Report #1-2021.
Meinecke, C.D., McCarty, E., and Villari 2022. A next-generation survey of fungi associated with needle disease outbreaks on loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) in the southeastern Unites States. The Southern Pine Health Research Cooperative (SPHRC), Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia. SPHRC Technical Report #2-2022.
Lim-Hing, S., Gandhi, K.J.K., Barnes, B.F., Sullivan, B.T., McCarty, E.P., and Villari, C. 2023. Effects of Manganese availability on the defense and physiology of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda). Southern Pine Health Research Cooperative, University of Georgia. Technical Report #3-2023, 20 pp.
Lim-Hing, S., Walker, T.D., Shalizi, N.M., Gandhi, K.J.K., McCarty, E.P., Montes, C.R., and Villari, C. 2023. Enhanced fusiform rust hazard maps: incorporating genotype and climate to predict disease. Southern Pine Health Research Cooperative, University of Georgia. Technical Report #4-2023, 11 pp.
Lim-Hing, S., Conrad, A.O., Montes, C.R., Gandhi, K.J.K., McCarty, E.P., Payn, K.G., Walker, T.D., and Villari, C. 2023. Identifying fusiform rust resistance in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) through vibrational spectroscopy. Southern Pine Health Research Cooperative, University of Georgia. Technical Report #5-2023, 14 pp.
Outreach Papers
- Gandhi, K.J.K., Klepzig, K.D., Gochnour, B., Barnes, B.F., Sheehan, T.N., McCarty, E., Villari, C., and Vogt, J.T. 2019. Bark and woodboring beetles in wind-damaged pine stands in the southern United States. Joint publication of the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and the Jones Center at Ichauway, WSFNR-19-38.
- McCarty, E., Cassidy, V., Gandhi, K.J.K., and Villari, C. 2019. Nantucket pine tip moth: an insect pest of young pine stands. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Entomology Outreach Series, WSFNR-19-34.
Peer-reviewed Papers
McCarty, E., Clabo, D., Dickens, D., Waldrop, C., Gandhi, K.J.K., and Villari, C. 2023. Loblolly pine susceptibility to Nantucket pine tip moth: do tree genetics play a role? Forest Science, https://doi.org/10.1093/forsci/fxad025.