Researcher using dogs in battle against pine tree disease
Published 12:00am Tuesday, July 5, 2011

AUBURN UNIVERSITY – The mystery surrounding a disease that is killing Southern pine trees could possibly be solved by Auburn University detector dogs. Lori Eckhardt, associate research professor in Auburn’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, is using dogs from the school's EcoDogs program to detect deadly fungus in pine tree roots.

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