The forest industry 

 established the Southern 

 Forest Disease and Insect 

 Research Council. 

 Administered by a 

 committee, working under 

 the Southern Pulpwood 

 Conservation Association, 

 the Council grants awards 

 generated by industry 

 contributions to southern 

 universities for research 

 aimed at developing 

 methods of combating the 

 diseases and insects that 

 attack southern forests. In 

 the typical year of 1 968, 

 grants for disease projects 

 went to Duke University, 

 the University of Georgia, 

 and North Carolina State 

 University. Duke, Mississippi 

 State University, and Texas 

 A&M University received 

 1 968 grants for forest insect 

 studies (Oden 1973). 



Another example of industry 

 involvement in providing 

 input and support for 

 publicly funded forest 

 research programs is the 

 Southern Industrial Forestry 

 Research Council. It was 

 established in 1978 by the 

 joint actions of the two 

 southern divisions of the 

 American Pulpwood 

 Association. In 1981 the 

 Southern Forest Products 

 Association joined in the 

 effort. 



The council serves as a 

 vehicle for determining its 



member companies' most 

 pressing research needs 

 and evaluating the ongoing 

 research being conducted 

 at the 1 6 universities with 

 forestry schools and the 20 

 Forest Service laboratories 

 in the South. 



The council maintains an 

 active liaison with the 

 Hardwood Research 

 Council. It also participates 

 with the Forest Service and 

 the National Association of 

 Professional Forestry 

 Schools and Colleges in 

 their southern region forest 

 research planning groups' 

 planning process as part of 

 the Renewable Resources 

 Planning Act. 



In 1983 the council agreed 

 to serve as representatives 

 of the southern region on 

 the newly formed National 

 Forest Products 

 Association's forest 

 resource research 

 committee. 



In recent years, vegetative 

 propagation has been an 

 active area of investigation 

 by several companies 

 working independently. 

 Reports of results are not 

 being widely dispersed, but 

 this is an area of significant 

 importance in its possible 

 impact on future pine 

 growing. Mass production 

 of selected material through 

 vegetative propagation 



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