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| Book
of Abstracts (PDF) |
| Final
list of participants (PDF) |
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| MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009 |
| 8:00 - 12 noon |
USDA PPQ/CPHST P. ramorum Program Technical
Review |
| 1:00 – 5:00 |
Field Trip (agenda) |
| 6:00 – 8:00 |
Welcome Reception |
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| TUESDAY, JUNE 16,
2009 |
| 8:30 |
Welcome – Susan Frankel, USDA FS
Pacific Southwest Research Station |
| 8:40 – 10:10 |
Sudden Oak Death: A Global
Update
Moderator: Susan Frankel, USDA FS PSW
(audio) |
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Phytophthora ramorum
in California: Nine Years to the Day - David Rizzo, UC Davis (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Detection and Eradication
of Phytophthora ramorum from Oregon Forests - Alan Kanaskie,
Oregon Department of Forestry, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Phytophthora ramorum
and P. kernoviae: An Update on Distribution, Policy, and
Management in Europe - Joan Webber and Sandra Denman, Forest Research,
UK, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Phytophthora ramorum
and P. kernoviae in England & Wales - Public consultation
and new programme - Keith Walters, Food & Environment Research
Agency, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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An Update on North American
Nurseries - Shane Sela, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (slideshow)
(audio) |
| 10:30 – 12:20 |
Phytophthora Concerns
Moderator: Kerry Britton, USDA FS Research |
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Forest Biosecurity,
Phytophthora Diversity, and Trade: Exploring the Risks
- Clive Brasier, UK Forestry Commission (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Some challenges of recognizing
invasive Phytophthoras and finding their origins - Everett
Hansen, Oregon State University (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Why regulation of P.
ramorum by lineage is essential to California - Matteo Garbelotto,
UC Berkeley
(slideshow)
(audio) |
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Spread of P. ramorum
from Nurseries into Waterways – Implication for Pathogen Establishment
in New Areas - Gary Chastagner, WSU Puyallup, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
| 1:20 – 2:25 |
Emerging Phytophthora
Species and Related Issues
Moderator: Bruce Moltzan, USDA FS, Forest
Health Protection, Washington, DC |
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Distribution and Severity
of Alder Phytophthora in Alaska - Gerry Adams, Michigan
State University, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Detection of Possible
Phytophthora pinifolia Infection in Pinus radiata
Green Sawn Timber Produced in Chile - Rodrigo Ahumada, Bioforest
S.A., Concepción, Chile, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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GSOB =? SOD: Tree mortality
from the goldspotted oak borer in oak woodlands of southern California
- Tom W. Coleman, USDA FS Forest Health Protection, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
| 2:25– 2:55 |
Nurseries
Moderator - Jonathan Jones, USDA Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service |
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A systems approach
for detecting sources of Phytophthora contamination in
nurseries - Jennifer Parke, Oregon State University, and others
(slideshow)
(audio) |
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Detection of Phytophthora
ramorum at retail nurseries in the southeastern United States
- Steven N. Jeffers, Clemson University, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
| 3:15 – 4:00 |
Nurseries, cont.
Moderator – Russ Bulluck, USDA Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service |
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Within-field spread of
Phytophthora ramorum on rhododendron in nursery settings
- Kurt Heungens, Institute for Agriculture & Fisheries, Belgium,
and others
(slideshow)
(audio) |
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Importance of rainfall
and sprinkler irrigation in supporting sporulation, spread of inoculum
in runoff-water, and new infections of Phytophthora ramorum
under field conditions – Steve Tjosvold, UCCE, Watsonville,
and others
(slideshow)
(audio) |
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A Test System to Quantify
Inoculum in Runoff from Phytophthora ramorum-infected Plant
Roots – Nina Shishkoff, USDA Agricultural Research Service
(slideshow)
(audio) |
| 4:00– 5:15 |
Biology I |
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Persistence of Phytophthora
ramorum and Phytophthora kernoviae in UK natural
areas and implications for North American forests - Elizabeth
Fichtner, UC Davis, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Tanoak resistance: can
it be used to sustain populations?
Katherine J. Hayden and Matteo Garbelotto, UC Berkeley, and others
(slideshow)
(audio) |
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Effects of Phytophthora
ramorum infection on the hydraulic conductivity and tylosis
formation in tanoak sapwood – Jennifer Parke, OSU, and others
(slideshow)
(audio) |
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Virulence, sporulation
and elicitin production in three clonal lineages of Phytophthora
ramorum – Daniel Manter, USDA Agricultural Research Service,
and others
(slideshow)
(audio) |
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Factors influencing infection
of California Bay Laurel (Umbellularia californica) by
Phytophthora ramorum – Steven Johnston, Sonoma State
University, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
| 6:30 – 8:30 |
Poster Session |
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| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17,
2009 |
| 8:30 |
Welcome |
| 8:40 – 9:50 |
Diagnostics and Mycology
Moderator: Cheryl Blomquist, California
Department of Food and Agriculture |
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Regulatory diagnostics:
solving the puzzle one sample at a time - Mary Palm, USDA Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service (slideshow)
(audio) |
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ELISA and an ImmunoStrip®
for detection of Phytophthora ramorum and other Phytophthora
species - Francisco Avila, Agdia, Inc., and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Mating of Phytophthora
ramorum: Functionality and Consequences - Xavier Boutet, Walloon
Agricultural Research Centre, Belgium, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Unstable aneuploid progenies of Phytophthora ramorum
- Annelies Vercauteren, Institute for Agriculture & Fisheries,
Belgium, and others (Please contact kurt.heungens@ilvo.vlaanderen.be
for Information.) |
| 10:10 – 11:30 |
Genetics
Moderator: Charles G. Shaw, USDA FS, Pacific
Northwest Research Station |
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Understanding spread patterns
of the SOD pathogen through population genetics analysis - Matteo
Garbelotto, UC Berkeley, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Tracking Populations and
New Infections of Phytophthora ramorum in Southern Oregon
Forests - Jennifer Britt, Oregon State University, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Genetic diversity of Phytophthora
ramorum in Belgium - Annelies Vercauteren, Inst. Ag. &
Fish., Belgium, and others (Please contact kurt.heungens@ilvo.vlaanderen.be
for Information.) |
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Understanding the Mechanisms
behind Detections of Phytophthora ramorum in Washington
State Nurseries and Streams Utilizing Microsatellite Genotype Information
– Katie Coats, WSU Puyallup, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Population genetic analysis
reveals ancient evolution and recent migration of P. ramorum
- Erica Goss and Niklaus J. Grünwald, USDA Agricultural Research
Service, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
| 11:30 – 12:15 |
Predicting Risk
Moderator: Kurt Gottschalk, USDA Forest
Service |
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Predicting the spread
of sudden oak death in California (2010-2030): epidemic outcomes
under no control – Ross Meentemeyer, UNC Charlotte, and others
(slideshow)
(audio) |
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Strategies for control
of Sudden Oak Death in Humboldt County – informed guidance
based on a parameterized epidemiological model - Joao A. N. Filipe,
Cambridge, UK, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Mapping the risk of sudden
oak death in Oregon: prioritizing locations for early detection
and eradication – Tomas Vaclavik, UNC Charlotte (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Optional Lunch Discussion
(12:30 – 1:00)
Inoculation techniques – Are standards needed?
(slideshow)
(audio)
|
| 1:15 – 2:00 |
Predicting Risk, cont.
Moderator: Faith Campbell, The Nature
Conservancy |
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Regulatory considerations
in assessing the potential for Phytophthora ramorum to
cause environmental impact to ecozones outside the west coast “fog
belt” in North America - John McDonald, Canadian Food Inspection
Agency, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Development of a Pest
Risk Analysis (PRA) for Phytophthora ramorum for the European
Union; the key Deliverable from the EU-funded Project RAPRA - Claire
Sansford, Central Science Laboratory, UK, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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The SOD Facts of Life:
Property Value Losses from Sudden Oak Death in Marin County - Kent
Kovacs, University of NV, Reno, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
| 2:00 – 2:50 |
Genetics/Resistance
Moderator: Phil Cannon, USDA FS, Forest
Health Protection |
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Spatial genetic structure
of tanoak provides information for management - Richard Dodd, UC
Berkeley, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Relationship between resistance
to Phytophthora ramorum and constitutive phenolic chemistry
in coast live oaks and northern red oaks - Annemarie M. Nagle, Ohio
State University, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
| 2:55– 3:55 |
Biology II
Moderator: Steve Oak, USDA Forest Service |
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Symptoms associated with
inoculation of stems on living Douglas-fir and grand fir trees with
Phytophthora ramorum
Gary Chastagner, WSU Puyallup, and others
(slideshow)
(audio) |
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Variation in density and
diversity of species of Phytophthora in two forest stream
networks – Jaesoon Hwang, Clemson University, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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2008 project: Bio Security
Protocols for heritage gardens - Ian Wright, The National Trust,
UK, and others
(slideshow)
(audio) |
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Susceptibility of Australian
Plant Species to Phytophthora ramorum - Kylie Ireland,
Murdoch University, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
| 3:55 – 4:55 |
Ecological Impacts
Moderator: Maggi Kelly, UC Berkeley |
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Long-term trends in coast
live oak and tanoak stands affected by Phytophthora ramorum
canker (sudden oak death) – Tedmund J. Swiecki, Phytosphere
Research, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Impacts of Phytophthora
ramorum on oaks and tanoaks in Marin County, California, forests
since 2000 - Brice McPherson, UC Berkeley, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Tanoak Decline in Redwood
Forests: An Analysis of the Structural and Compositional Effects
of Sudden Oak Death – Benjamin Ramage, UC Berkeley, and others
(slideshow)
(audio) |
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Community and individual
affects on tanoak susceptibility to Sudden Oak Death in California
redwood forests: implications for stand level disease management
- Richard Cobb, UC Davis, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
| 5:15 – 6:45 |
USDA APHIS National Quality Assurance
and Program and Planning P. ramorum Quality Assurance Program
Review: Industry Focus Discussion |
| 7:00 – 9:00 |
Nursery Committee Meeting |
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| THURSDAY, JUNE 18,
2009 COMTF MEETING |
| 8:30 |
Welcome – Mark Stanley,
COMTF Chairman (audio) |
| 8:40 – 10:10 |
Management/Treatment
Moderator: Mark Stanley, COMTF Chairman |
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Efficacy of commercial
algaecides to manage species of Phytophthora in suburban
waterways – G. Curtis Colburn, Clemson University, and others
(slideshow)
(audio) |
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Efficacy of Phosphonate
Treatments for SOD over Time - Doug Schmidt, UC Berkeley, and others
(slideshow) (audio) |
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Aerial application of
AgriFos to Prevent SOD in Oregon Tanoak Forests - Alan Kanaskie,
ODF, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Eradication Effectiveness
Monitoring in Oregon Tanoak Forests - Ellen Michaels Goheen, USDA
Forest Service, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Assessing methods to protect
susceptible oak and tanoak stands from sudden oak death - Tedmund
J. Swiecki, Phytosphere Research, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Forest Treatment Strategies
for Phytophthora ramorum - Yana Valachovic, UCCE, Eureka,
and others
(slideshow)
(audio) |
| 10:30 – 11:30 |
Sudden Oak Death and Fire
Moderator: Jack Marshall, California Department
of Forestry and Fire Protection |
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Crown fire potential of
Tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus) affected by Sudden Oak
Death: implications for fire management - Howard Kuljian, Humboldt
State University, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Interacting disturbances:
did Sudden Oak Death mortality in Big Sur worsen the impacts of
the 2008 Basin Complex wildfire? – Margaret Metz, UC Davis,
and others
(slideshow)
(audio) |
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Understanding the Long-Term
Fire Risks in Forests Affected by Sudden Oak Death - Yana Valachovic,
UCCE, Eureka, and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
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Sudden Oak Death Mortality
and Fire: Lessons from the Basin Complex - Chris Lee, UCCE, Eureka,
and others (slideshow)
(audio) |
| 11:30 – 12:00 |
Social Impacts of Sudden
Oak Death - A Panel Discussion
Moderators: Janice Alexander and Chris Lee,
UCCE (slideshow)
(audio) |
| 12 noon |
Closing remarks (audio) |
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