PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM
A MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH UPDATE
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration 8:30 Meeting Commences - Welcome Wildland and Regulatory Updates
Moderator: Eric Lauritzen, Monterey County Agricultural
Commissioner 8:30 – 8:50 Phytophthora ramorum in California
Mark Stanley, COMTF Chairman 8:50 – 9:10 P. ramorum in Oregon
Alan Kanaskie, Oregon Department of Forestry
Ellen Goheen, USDA Forest Service: Programmatic Environmental Assessment 9:10 – 9:20 P. ramorum in Washington
Brad White, Washington State Department of Agriculture
9:20 – 9:45 P. ramorum in Europe and European Regulations
Stephen Hunter, DEFRA, UK 9:45 – 10:05 Federal Regulations
Jonathan Jones, USDA APHIS PPQ 10:05 – 10:25 BREAK Regulatory Management Tools
Moderator: Karen Suslow, Hines Horticulture Production Manager 10:25 – 10:40
Development of recommended Best Management Practices (rBMPs) for control of Phytophthora ramorum
Marc Teffeau, American Nursery and Landscape Association 10:40 – 10:55 Real-Time PCR/Diagnostics Protocol
Phil Berger, USDA APHIS CPHST Big Sur Management Panel
Moderator: Jeff Kwasny, Big Sur Ecosystem Manager, Los Padres National Forest 10:55 – 11:15 Ecology of Big Sur and P. ramorum Concerns
Caroline Christian, Nature Conservancy 11:15 – 11:30 Assessment of Oak Mortality and Host Distribution in Big Sur
Ross Meentemeyer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
11:30 – 11:45 Big Sur Ecosystem Adaptive Mgmt. Research Project
Dave Rizzo, UC Davis 11:45 – 12:45 LUNCH PROVIDED
Organizational Conservation Committee Meeting for Interested Parties
Management Overview
Moderator: Jack Marshall, CDF Pest Management Forest Pathologist 12:45 – 1:05 Southern Humboldt County Management Effort
Yana Valachovic, UCCE Humboldt/Del Norte
1:05 – 1:25 Kashia Cultural Practices/Treatment Project
Bradley Marshall, Environmental Director Kashia Band of Pomo
Indians
Ted Swiecki, Phytosphere Research 1:25 – 1:40 SODBusters – What was Learned
John Shelly, UC Berkeley Forest Products Laboratory 1:40 – 1:55 P. ramorum Genetics and Resistance: A White Paper
Richard Sniezko, USDA Forest Service Research
Moderator: Susan Frankel, USDA FS PSW P. ramorum Research Program Manager 1:55 – 2:15 Recovery of Phytophthoras (including ramorum) from Watercourses
Everett Hansen, Oregon State University 2:15 – 2:35 P. ramorum movement and infection in simulated nursery conditions
Steve Tjosvold, UCCE Santa Cruz/Monterey 2:35 – 2:50 BREAK 2:50 – 3:15 Spread of P. ramorum infection within plants
Jennifer Parke, Oregon State University 3:15 – 3:30 –Microsatellite Analysis Garbelotto Lab Findings
Matteo Garbelotto, UC Berkeley 3:30 – 3:45 –Microsatellite Analysis Hansen Lab Findings
Everett Hansen, Oregon State University
3:45 – 4:05 Root Infections and Other Findings
Nina Shishkoff, USDA Agricultural Research Service: The Soil Phase of P. ramorum
G. C. Colburn, USDA Agricultural Research Service: Survivability and infectivity of Phytophthora ramorum chlamydospores in soil 4:05 – 4:25 P. ramorum Water Baiting in the UK/P. kernoviae on Ornamentals and Heathland Susceptibility
Paul Beales, Central Science Laboratory 4:25 – 4:40 Containment and Eradication of P. kernoviae in the UK
Karen Pugh, DEFRA, UK
4:40 – 4:55 Distribution and Survival of Soilborne Inoculum
Elizabeth Fichtner, UC Davis COMTF Business
4:55 – 5:10 Review of Work Plan and Operating Guidelines
Mark Stanley, COMTF Chairman 5:10 MEETING ADJOURNED | 
