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Department of Forest Science


Joe B. Zaerr
Joe B. Zaerr

Professor Emeritus
Forest Tree Physiology

301M Richardson Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
  • Office: 301M Richardson Hall
  • Phone: 541-737-6075
  • Fax: 541-737-1393
  • B.S., 1954, University of California, Berkeley
  • Ph.D., 1964, University of California, Berkeley
Forest tree physiology including plant growth regulators; water relations; root growth dynamics; and reforestation.
  1. Baker, F.A., K. Kavanagh, and J. Zaerr. 1993. Root disease reduces hydraulic conductivity of mature Douglas-fir and grand fir roots. Proc., 8th Int. Conf. on Root and Butt Rots of Trees. Upsalla, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland, Aug. 8-16.
  2. Zaerr, J.B., and H. Schill. 1991. Early detection of effects of acid deposition and automobile exhaust on young spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] trees. Evr. J. For. Path. 21:301-307.
  3. Vance, N.C. and J.B. Zaerr. 1991. Influence of drought stress and low irradiance on plant water relations and structural constituents in needles of Pinus ponderosa seedlings. Tree Physiol. 8:175-184.
  4. Morris, J.W., P. Doumas, R.O. Morris, and J.B. Zaerr. 1990. Cytokinins in vegetative and reproductive buds of Pseudotsuga menziesii. Plant Physiol. 93:67-71.
  5. Wilson, B.F., C-T. Chien, and J.B. Zaerr. 1989. Distribution of endogenous indole-3-acetic acid and compression in wood formation in reoriented branches of Douglas-fir. Plant Physiol. 91:338-344.