Online Resources

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/ispm/sod/
Current federal regulations and frequently asked questions regarding Phytophthora ramorum, the pathogen responsible for Sudden Oak Death. Web site also lists links to other related sites of interest.

California Oak Mortality Task Force
http://www.suddenoakdeath.org/
"Created in August 2000, the California Oak Mortality Task Force (COMTF) is a non-profit organization, under the California Forest Pest Council, that brings together public agencies, other non-profit organizations and private interests to address the issue of elevated levels of oak mortality. The Task Force will implement a comprehensive and unified approach for research, management, education and public policy" (introduction on web site). 
A good source of publications on Sudden Oak Death, news on recent research findings, advertises upcoming meetings and lists links to other related web sites of interest.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom/2001/
20010330e.shtml
This web site lists the Interim policy established by Canada for regulated articles associated with Sudden Oak Death.

European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization
http://www.eppo.org/QUARANTINE/Alert_List/Fungi/
oak_death.html
Pest alert describing the Sudden Oak Death pathogen and information known in Europe. Other web sites of interest are listed.

Oaks in California's Changing Landscape, Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodlands October 22-25, 2001
http://danr.ucop.edu/ihrmp/proceedings.html
Background information on oak woodlands in California is available at this site. A number of US Forest Service technical reports on Sudden Oak Death covering the current knowledge as of 2001 are located on this web site. Molecular identification, epidemiology, host range, control options, and aerial survey efforts are a few of the disease topics covered in the technical reports.

Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium, December 15-18, 2002
http://danr.ucop.edu/ihrmp/sodsymposium.html
The latest research findings on Sudden Oak Death are published on the Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium web site. Oral and poster abstracts on detection, biology, epidemiology, transmission, survey, and management are featured.

United Kingdom - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (http://www.defra.gov.uk).
This web site contains the Sudden Oak Death pest risk assessment for the United Kingdom (http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pra/sudd.pdf) and other plant health issues.

US Forest Service, North Eastern Region, Sudden Oak Death Pest Alert
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/pest_al/sodeast/sodeast.htm
This pest alert describes and illustrates the disease symptoms of Phytophthora ramorum on oak and discusses how the symptoms differ from other oak problems such as wilt, decline and red oak borer in the eastern United States.