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Selected References

California Oak Mortality Task Force. http://nature.berkeley.edu/comtf

Davidson J.M., S. Werres, M. Garbelotto, E.M. Hansen, and D.M. Rizzo. 2003. Sudden oak death and associated diseases caused by Phytophthora ramorum. Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2003-0707-01-DG.

Davidson J.M., A.C. Wickland, H.A. Patterson, K.R. Falk, and D.M. Rizzo. 2005. Transmission of Phytophthora ramorum in mixed-evergreen forest of California. Phytopathology 95:587-596.

Erwin, D.C., and O.K. Ribeiro. 1996. Phytophthora Diseases Worldwide. American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.

Fichtner, E.J., S.C. Lynch, and D.M. Rizzo. 2007. Detection, distribution, sporulation, and survival of Phytophthora ramorum in a California redwood-tanoak forest soil. Phytopathology 97:1366-1375.

Goheen, E.M., E. Hansen, A. Kanaskie, N. Osterbauer, J. Parke, J. Pscheidt, and G. Chastagner. 2006. Sudden Oak Death and Phytophthora ramorum: a guide for forest managers, Christmas tree growers, and forest-tree nursery operators in Oregon and Washington. Extension Publication EM 8877, Oregon State University. 16 pages.

Grünwald, N.J., E.M. Goss, M.M. Larsen, C.M. Press, and V.T. McDonald. 2008. First report of the European lineage of Phytophthora ramorum on Viburnum and Osmanthus spp. in a California nursery. Plant Disease 92:314.

North Central IPM Center. USDA Phytophthora ramorum Educate to Detect Program. http://www.ncipmc.org/sod/pred.cfm

Parke, J.L., and C. Lewis. 2007. Root and stem infection of rhododendron from potting medium infested with Phytophthora ramorum. Plant Disease 91:1265-1270.

Parke, J.L., E. Oh, S. Voelker, E.M. Hansen, G. Buckles, and B. Lachenbruch. 2007. Phytophthora ramorum colonizes tanoak xylem and is associated with reduced stem water transport. Phytopathology 97:1558-1567.

Rizzo, D.M., M. Garbelotto, and E.M. Hansen. 2005. Phytophthora ramorum: integrative research and management of an emerging pathogen in California and Oregon forests. Annual Review of Phytopathology 43:309-335.

Rizzo, D.M., M. Garbelotto, J.M. Davidson, G.W. Slaughter, and S.T. Koike. 2002. Phytophthora ramorum as the cause of extensive mortality of Quercus spp. and Lithocarpus densiflorus in California. Plant Disease 86:205-214.

Tjosvold, S.A., K.R. Buermeyer, C. Blomquist, and S. Frankel. 2005. Nursery guide for diseases caused by Phytophthora ramorum on ornamentals: diagnosis and management. University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Publication 8156. 20 pages.

Tooley, P.W., and K.L. Kyde, 2007. Susceptibility of some eastern forest species to Phytophthora ramorum. Plant Disease 91:435-438.

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Phytophthora ramorum and sudden oak death. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/plant_pest_info/pram/index.shtml

Venette, R.C., and S.D. Cohen. 2006. Potential climatic suitability for establishment of Phytophthora ramorum within the contiguous United States. Forest Ecology and Management 231:18-26.

Werres, S., R. Marwitz, W.A. Man in’t Veld, A.W.A.M. de Cock, P.J.M. Bonants, M. de Weerdt, K. Themann, E. Ilieva, and R.P. Baayen. 2001. Phytophthora ramorum sp. nov., a new pathogen on Rhododendron and Viburnum. Mycological Research 105:1155-1165.

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