Silver-Leaf Disease: An Epidemic in Northern Birch
A brief history of silver-leaf disease and its role in birch dieback in North America.
Edson Setliff
BS - North Carolina State College, Raleigh, NC
MF - Yale University, School of Forestry, New Haven Connecticut; Peace Corps, Tanganyika V, Forest Pathologist stationed at the Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania
Ph.D - College of Forestry at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY with RL Gilbertson, JL Lowe & PD Manion.
Work experience: Post doctorate with Robert Patton, University of Wisconsin-Madison: 1970-73; Forest Pathologist at the Cary Arboretum of the New York Botanical Garden, 1973-78; Research associate with CJK Wang & P. Manion, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY & with R. Marton, ESPRI (biopulping), 1978-80; Forintek Canada Corp., Vancouver, BC, 1980-85; Associate Professor of Forest Pathology, Lakehead University, School of Forestry, Thunder Bay, Ontario, 1985-2001.