Production

General Information

• Considerations for Starting a Choose and Cut Christmas Tree Farm

Genetics and Propagation

• Genetic Improvement of Christmas Trees
• Genetic Improvement of Virginia Pine
• Rooting Virginia Pine
• Clonal Christmas Trees

Christmas Tree Species

• Christmas Tree Species for Eastern North Carolina – Eastern NC Christmas Tree Association
• Leyland Cypress CTN 021
• Tree Seedling Sales – NC Department of Forest Resources

Pest Management

Insect Management

• Asiatic Garden Beetle  – University of Massachusetts
• Bagworms
• Black Vine Weevil
• Cinara Aphids
• Japanese Beetle
• Nantucket Pine Tip Moth (NPTM) – USFS Insect Leaflet
• Controlling NPTM Infestations – University of Georgia
• Pine Bark Adelgid – Virginia Tech
• Pine Tortoise Scale CTN 031
• Red Fire Ant
• White Pine Weevil – Penn State
• Root Aphids – Woolly Ash Aphid IPM – University of Oregon
• Yellow Jackets

Disease Management

• Draft for Managing Passalora Needle Blight — from Georgia
• Leyland Cypress Disease and Insect Pests — Clemson
• Needle Cast Diseases in Christmas Trees CTN 033