Jaime San Martín, Director of CMM and members of the Laboratory of Forestry gathered with Jorge Serón, General Manager of BosquesArauco and Osvaldo Ramírez, Manager of Controladora de Plagas Forestales.
The visit held on Thursday, April 17, had the objective to share a common interest on the study of the modeling of forestry plagues in Chile.
“The successful experience in the modeling of the “pine shoot moth” plague, developed in the 90s, and the new scenarios of damage emerged today in the south of Chile, has led us to discuss new proposals for a joint study,” explained the forest engineer and researcher at the forest lab, Prof. Patricio Corvalán.
| The forest lab at CMM
The team provided models for predicting the future quality of wood inside a pine tree, mainly related to deformations caused by the pine shoot moth. This enables the early detection of deformations that will still be present at the time of harvest (typically 20 years later). The models are included as a toolbox on deformations, in the software INSIGNE developed by Fundación Chile. This software is the main tool that our big forestry companies use in their planning. One of our most important achievements has been the successful patenting of a metallic instrument we invented for making field measurements of trees. |
