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Colin Dyer

Colin Dyer
ICFR

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Qualifications

  • PhD (Plant Systematics) - University of the Witwatersrand

Expertise

  • Research management
  • Tree Systematics

Key Responsibilities

  • Overall responsibility for the management and functioning of the ICFR
  • Direct industry-level forest research initiatives e.g. Chair of the South African Sirex Control Programme
  • Represent South African forestry research on international forums (e.g. South African representative on the IUFRO International Council)

Research Interests

  • The development and implementation of integrated research strategies for plantation forestry in southern Africa
  • The development and implementation of integrated pest and disease management strategies for South African plantation forestry

Publications

Title Authors Source Year
The inoculation success of Deladenus siricidicola, biological control agent for Sirex noctilio, in KwaZulu-Natal Brett P Hurley, Bernard Slippers,Philip K Croft, Hardus J Hatting, Colin Dyer & Mike J Wingfield ICFR Bulletin Series 03-2008 2008
Forestry faces big issues to remain sustainable - a role for forestry research Colin Dyer Southern Hemisphere Forestry Journal 69: iii-iv 2007
Challenges and Strategies facing Forest Research and Education for the 21st Century: A case study from South Africa. Colin Dyer and Michael J Wingfield Proceedings: IUFRO Conference: Challenges and Strategies facing Forest Research and Education for the 21st Century. Seoul, Korea 2004
Some issues associated with commercial implementation of weed management recommendations Keith M Little and Colin Dyer Southern African Forestry Journal 195: 23-32 2002
Forestry Research in SA Colin Dyer South African Forestry Handbook Vol II: 669-673 2000
Staining roots to determine root growth potential of Pinus taeda Janusz Zwolinski, CM Peterson, and Colin Dyer Southern African Forestry Journal 188:3-5 2000
Population genetics of the invasive Australian shrub Hakea sericea (Proteace) in South Africa Colin Dyer and David M Richardson South African Journal of Botany 58(2): 117-124 1992
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