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Index of Presentations
This online meeting will provide background scientific information and facilitate discussion on issues regarding Phytophthora ramorum, the pathogen responsible for Sudden Oak Death disease, its causes, consequences, and concerns. Join us beginning April 21, 2003 to read the presentations.
Symposium Sessions
Session I. What are the worldwide forest ecosystem impacts of Phytophthora species?
Sue Cohen, session leader
Disease caused by Phytophthora in Australia and its impact on native forests, woodlands and heathlands.
Gretna Weste, University of Melbourne, Australia
Phytophthoras in European forests: Their rising significance.
Clive Brasier, Forestry Commission, UK
Phytophthora in North American forests.
Everett Hansen, Oregon State University, USA
Molecular diagnostics of Phytophthora ramorum, causal agent of Sudden Oak Death.
Matteo Garbelotto, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Laboratory diagnosis of Phytophthora ramorum from field samples.
Cheryl Blomquist, California Department of Food and Agriculture, USA and Tom Kubisiak, USDA Forest Service, USA
Nursery detection.
Sabine Werres and Thomas Schröder, Federal Biological Research for Agriculture and Forestry, Germany
Detecting, surveying, and monitoring Phytophthora ramorum in forest ecosystems.
Ellen Michaels Goheen, USDA Forest Service, USA
Session III. How do various ecosystems and plant hosts differ in their potential to develop, intensify, and spread
the disease?
Paul Tooley, session leader
Forest and other ecosystems and plant hosts in Europe.
Sabine Werres, Federal Biological Research for Agriculture and Forestry, USA
Risk analysis of Phytophthora ramorum establishment in the Mediterranean area.
Eduardo Moralejoand Enrique Descals, Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados, IMEDEA, Spain
Sudden Oak Death: Host plants in forest ecosystems in California and Oregon.
David Rizzo, University of California, Davis, USA
Plant hosts in the nursery industry - PLANTS MOVE! - How might the movement of plants in the nursery industry contribute to the spread of Phytophthora ramorum to new areas?
Larry Englander, University of Rhode Island, USA and Paul Tooley, USDA ARS, USA
Session IV. Can Sudden Oak Death be controlled? - Perspectives from Ornamental Crop Pathologists
Steve Jeffers, session leader
Can Phytophthora ramorum be controlled in our nurseries? - An overview.
Sharon L. von Broembsen, Oklahoma State University, USA
Cultural practices and host resistance: Two IPM strategies for control of Phytophthora ramorum in nurseries.
Michael Benson, North Carolina State University, USA
Biological control options for Phytophthora species.
Bob Linderman, USDA ARS, USA
Fungicides for managing
Phytophthora species in nurseries.
Steve Jeffers,
Clemson University, USA
Sudden Oak Death's impact on urban forestry and arboriculture.
Susan J. Frankel, USDA Forest Service, USA
Sudden Oak Death - U.S. nursery trade impacts.
Craig Regelbrugge, Sr., American Nursery and Landscape Association, Washington DC, USA
The impact of Phytophthora ramorum on Canada.
Eric Allen and Brenda Callan, Canadian Forest Service, British Columbia, Canada, and Lesley Cree, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ontario, Canada and Shane Sela, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, British Columbia, Canada
Sudden Oak Death in Marin County, A case study of community impacts.
Stacy Carlsen, Agricultural Commissioner, Marin County, California, USA
Session VI. How can we slow the spread of the disease and prevent new introductions?
Lesley Cree, session leader
Pathways of movement for Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of Sudden Oak Death.
Terry Shaw, USDA Forest Service, USA and
Jenny Davidson, UC Davis, USA
Sudden Oak Death:
Science, management, and regulatory challenges.
Sue Cohen, USDA APHIS, Minnesota, USA and
Jonathan Jones, USDA APHIS, Maryland, USA
Risk Assessment - A tool for decision-making.
Lesley Cree, CFIA, Canada
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