Disease Losses in North Carolina Forests: III. Rationale and Recommendations for Future Cooperative Survey Efforts. W. R. Jacobi, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27650. E. B. Cowling, Associate Dean, School of Forest Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27650; and N. D. Cost, Resource Analyst, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Asheville, NC 28802. Plant Dis. 64:579-581. This article is in the public domain and not copyrightable. It may be freely reprinted with customary crediting of the source. The American Phytopathological Society, 1980. DOI: 10.1094/PD-64-579.

A cooperative effort by university, state, federal, and Renewable Resources Evaluation (RRE) personne provided the first objective estimates of damage to North Carolina forests since 1952. The advantages and limitations of using RRE data for estimates of disease losses are described, and recommendations are made for a regionwide cooperative program to improve disease loss assessments in the southeastern United States.