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Susan E Bentz
Floral and Nursery Plants Research
Horticulturist

Phone: (240) 832-9412
Fax: (202) 245-4579

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Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Tsuga ‘Traveler’ and ‘Crossroad’ – the first adelgid-resistant interspecific hemlock hybrids Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Bentz, S.E., Gouker, F.E., Olsen, R.T., Pooler, M.R. 2023. Tsuga ‘Traveler’ and ‘Crossroad’ – the first adelgid-resistant interspecific hemlock hybrids. HortScience. 58(3):289–290. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI16918-22.
‘Traveler’ Hemlock - (Review Article)
Bentz, S.E. 2023. ‘Traveler’ Hemlock. American Conifer Society Bulletin. 40(1):11-12.
American Elm clones of importance in DED tolerance studies - (Proceedings)
Haugen, L.M., Bentz, S.E. 2017. American Elm clones of importance in DED tolerance studies. Forest Service Meeting. https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GR-P-174.
Challenge inoculations to test for Dutch elm disease tolerance: a summary of Methods used by various researchers - (Proceedings)
Haugen, L.M., Beier, G.L., Bentz, S.E., Guries, R.P., Slavicek, J.M. 2017. Challenge inoculations to test for Dutch elm disease tolerance: a summary of Methods used by various researchers. Forest Service Meeting. https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GR-P-174.
Evaluation of Hemlock (Tsuga)Species and Hybrids for Resistance to Adelges tsugae (Hemiptera:Adelgidae) Using Artificial Infestation - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Montgomery, M.E., Bentz, S.E., Olsen, R.T. 2009. Evaluation of hemlock (Tsuga) species and hybrids for resistance to Adelges tsugae (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) using artificial inoculation. Journal of Economic Entomology. 102:1247-1254.
Resistance of Hemlock species and hybrids to Hemlock woolly Adelgid - (Abstract Only)
Bentz, S.E., Montgomery, M.E., Olsen, R.T. 2008. Resistance of hemlock species and hybrids to hemlock woolly adelgid. Fouth Symposium on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in the Eastern United States, 12-14 February 2008.
TSUGA CHINENSIS AS A SOURCE OF HOST RESISTANCE TO THE HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID - (Abstract Only)
Bentz, S.E., Griesbach, R.J., Pooler, M.R. and Townsend A.M. 2006. Tsuga chinensis as a source of host resistance to the hemlock woolly adelgid. 17th Annual USDA Interagency Research Forum on Gypsy Moth and Other Invasive Species.
EVALUATION OF 19 AMERICAN ELM CLONES FOR TOLERANCE TO DUTCH ELM DISEASE - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Townsend, A.M., Bentz, S.E., Douglass, L.W. 2005. Evaluation of 19 American elm clones for tolerance to Dutch elm disease. J. Environ. Hort. 23:21-24.
MOLECULAR MARKERS USED TO VERIFY INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION BETWEEN HEMLOCK (TSUGA) SPECIES - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Molecular genetic diversity among twelve clones of lagerstroemia fauriei revealed by AFLP and RAPD markers
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