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May 24, 2013
 
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  • Smart phone users can now detect tree-killing disease. sfgate.com, 4/25/13, Original Article - Archived Article

  • Sudden Oak Death Blitz: Native oaks need our help. Napa Valley Register, 4/19/13, Original Article - Archived Article

  • Citizen-scientists to help map Sudden Oak Death fungus. San Jose Mercury News, 4/12/13, Original Article - Info-graphic - Archived Article

  • Citizen-scientists to help map Sudden Oak Death fungus. Oakland Tribune, 4/12/13, Original Article - Archived Article

  • Citizen-scientists to help map Sudden Oak Death fungus. Marin Independent Journal, 4/12/13, Original Article - Archived Article

  • Counteroffensive launched against Sudden Oak Death. Ten times more dead than a year ago. Carmel Pine Cone, Page 1A, 10/19/12, Article PDF

  • Oak tree death increases across California. Daily Californian, Page 1, 10/15/12, Article at dailycal.org - Archived Article

  • Sudden Oak Death: Tree Disease Has Reached 'Epidemic' Proportions in Some Areas. Davis Patch, 10/14/12, Article at davis.patch.com - Archived Article

  • Sudden oak death disease nearly 430,000 trees dead. World News Network - North America Chinese news, 10/14/12, Article at worldjournal.com - Archived Article

  • Sudden oak death 'here to stay'. Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 10/13/12, Article at pressdemocrat.com - Archived Article

  • Sudden Oak Death: Tree Disease Has Reached 'Epidemic' Proportions in Some Areas. Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 10/11/12, Article at pressdemocrat.com - Archived Article

  • Explosive growth in sudden oak death. San Francisco Chronicle, 10/9/12, Page 1A, above the fold. Article at sfgate.com - Archived Article

  • Sudden Oak Death 2012 blitz results. Napa Valley Register, 10/5/12, Article at napavalleyregister.com - Archived Article

  • Project tracks tiny germ that's killing mighty oaks. San Francisco Chronicle, 6/21/12, Front Page. Article at sfgate.com - Archived Article

  • History is Key Factor in Plant Disease Virulence Where disease-causing microbes have been makes a difference. National Science Foundation, 4/18/12, Press Release 12-074. Article

  • Silent Killer. The ongoing fight to save California's oaks. California Magazine, Spring 2012, vol. 123, no. 1, pg. 16-17. Article

  • Blitzers Search for SOD. On the front lines of oak research. Bay Nature Magazine, 3/8/12 Article

  • Oak killing mold spreads in East Bay. The tiny culprit behind a deadly oak disease has spread in the East Bay. Contra Costa Times, 11/3/11 Article

  • Oak killing mold spreads in East Bay. SOD appears to have crept closer to residential areas in parts of Oakland and Berkeley. San Jose Mercury News, 10/31/11 Article

  • Tree-Killing Fungus Traced Back To Bay Area. It took some DNA detective work to discover that a fungus killing cypress trees in Europe had origins in the Golden State. CBS San Francisco, 10/31/11 Video

  • Fungal Killer of Cypresses Originated in California. Scientists have been on the trail of a fungus that has caused a deadly epidemic in the world's forests. New York Times, 10/27/11 Article

  • Deadly disease hitting Woodside and Portola Valley's oak trees harder than most, study shows. A significantly higher percentage of oak trees in Woodside and Portola Valley have been infected. San Jose Mercury News, 10/22/11 Article

  • Sudden Oak Death Cases 'Worse Than Expected' In Bay Area. Huffington Post, 10/18/11 Article

  • Wet spring caused jump in sudden oak disease: Survey results show Skyline area hit hard by forest pathogen. San Jose Mercury News, 10/17/11 Article

  • Global cypress epidemic traced to CA. Massive die-offs of Italian cypresses from Portugal to Greece have been linked to California's Monterey cypresses. Frontiers in Ecology - Dispatches, 10/14/11 Article

  • Spring rains blamed for sudden oak death increase. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 10/10/11 Article

  • Sudden oak death disease spreading in Napa County. Napa Valley Register, 10/7/11 Article

  • Sudden oak death cases jump, spread in Bay Area. Citizens' data show dramatic rise in sudden oak death infections. San Francisco Chronicle - Front Page 10/02/11 Article

  • Tree-killing pathogen traced back to California. California Agriculture October 2011 Article

  • Knock on wood. Sudden oak death threatens Oregon timber industry. The World 9/17/11 Article

  • Perche muoiono i cipressi di Carducci. Il Gazzettino 9/14/11 JPG

  • Campus study finds origin of spread of tree pathogen. The Daily Californian 9/5/11 Article

  • Fungus from California suspected of killing cypress trees worldwide Earth Times 9/3/11 Article

  • Calif. said source of global tree scourge. UPI.com 9/1/11 Article

  • Gene sleuths trace tree-killing pathogen back to California. Decades-long mystery of the origin of cypress canker disease unravelled. UC Berkeley News Center 9/1/11 PDF

  • European Food Saftey Authority . P. ramorum Scientific Opinion, August 2011 PDF

  • Scientists Fight a Deadly Oak-Tree Disease. New York Times, 7/16/11. Article

  • Saving oak trees by chopping down bay trees. San Francisco Chronicle, 7/14/11. Article

  • SF Presidio tree infected with sudden oak death, Park staff fight the decline of oak trees in San Francisco's Presidio - and the world. ABC News - Channel 7 KGO, 4/29/11. Video

  • The slow death of mushrooms, Sudden oak death, deforestation, and livestock have shrunk local muchroom populations. East Bay Express, 4/27/11. Article

  • Dominican targets sudden oak death with training program, SOD Blitz training session at Dominican University. Marin Independent Journal, 4/14/11. Article

  • Presidio tree infected with sudden oak death, Scientists have discovered a tree in the Presidio with the tree-killing disease. San Francsico Chronicle, 3/30/11. Article

  • Tonight: Sudden Oak Death Update. The Almanac, 11/8/10. Article

  • Sudden oak death update: disease spreads to Atherton. The Almanac, 11/3/10. Article

  • Sudden Oak Death Back in Monterey County. Monterey County Herald, 10/5/10. Article

  • Scientists get public help in tracking oak disease. San Jose Mercury News, 10/4/10. Article

  • Public Helps Track Sudden Oak Death. California Releaf, 10/4/10. Article

  • Scientists get public help in tracking oak disease. Contra Costa Times, 10/4/10. Article

  • Sudden Oak Death: Plotting Trail, Testing Leaves. San Francisco Chronicle, Page A-1 10/4/10. Article

  • Oak Disease Epidemic Transforming Our Forests. San Francisco Chronicle, 4/25/10. Article

  • Cal Professor Enlists Volunteers in Fight to Save Oaks. Contra Costa Times, 4/14/10. Article

  • MidPen open space tries dramatic tree-cutting strategy to save its oaks. The Mercury News, 12/16/09. Article

  • Green Neighbors: Sudden Oak Death: Part Three, The Berkeley Daily Planet, 10/29/09. Article

  • Green Neighbors: Help for Getting a Grip on Sudden Oak Death: Part Two, The Berkeley Daily Planet, 10/22/09. Article

  • Green Neighbors: Workshops for tree people on Sudden Oak Death, The Berkeley Daily Planet, 10/15/09. Article

  • L'epidemia si cura col DNA, Understanding the causes of plant disease epidemics using DNA. Galileo, 9/8/09. Article

  • How oak death spores survive baffles scientists, pathogen that causes sudden oak death is baffling scientists even after 14 years on its trail, San Francsico Chronicle, 7/24/09. Article

  • SAS Intitute podcast with Matteo Garbelotto. JMP Podcast #27, 2009. Podcast

  • Conserving top dollar crops, Researchers find a link between harvesting pressures and conservation efforts on Matsutake mushrooms, Breakthroughs Magazine, UC College of Natural Resources, Winter 2009. Report

  • Sudden oak death, As California continues to respond to an outbreak of swine flu – plant biologists are dealing with a deadly epidemic of a different kind. KQED Quest Radio. 5/11/09. Webcast

  • Hunting for sudden oak death disease, "SOD Blitz" survey involves local community in disease fight. San Jose Mercury News. 5/10/09. Article

  • Rx for oak trees, Ecological Society of America, Frontiers in Ecology, Dispatches 4/09 Pg. 122. PDF

  • Science-based outreach helps stem sudden oak death, Importance of community outreach and public information programs to prevent the spread of SOD. California Agriculture. 1/8/09. Article

  • Deadly oak disease plagues researchers, Scientists to protect tanoaks. Half Moon Bay Review. 11/19/08. Article

  • Molecular Ecology, Editorial and Retrospective 2008 PDF

  • Fungus-killed oaks make Basin Complex fire hotter, harder to fight, Dead trees create greater danger. Los Angeles Times. 7/7/08. Article

  • Tracking a killer. On the trail of Sudden Oak Death. California Magazine, July/August 2008. Article

  • UC eggheads find where oak plague started, Origins of the disease. East Bay Express. 4/17/08. Blog

  • Mount Tam, Santa Cruz sites called launching pads for sudden oak death, Reconstructing the epidemic. Marin Independent Journal. 4/16/08. Article

  • Experts determine where Sudden Oak Death began. Nursery plants and people believed to help spread of disease. San Francisco Chronicle, 4/17/08. Article

  • Sudden Oak Death epidemic traced to two coastal California sites. DNA fingerprint indicates introduction through the nursery trade. San Jose Mercury News, 4/17/08. Article

  • Scientists pinpoint source of Bay Area's Sudden Oak Death epidemic. Scotts Valley and Mt. Tam seen as likely starting points for infection. San Jose Mercury News, 4/16/08. Article

  • Bringing Forests up to Date. The Garden of Eden of the Golden State is already gone. San Francisco Chronicle, 2/29/08. Article

  • Ask an Arborist: Sudden Oak Death still alive and well. San Francisco Chronicle, 10/6/07. Article

  • Sudden Oak Death. As oaks are dying in our foothills and mountains, local residents are rallying to save the cherished trees. The Almanac, October 2007. Cover Story

  • WWII Tree Disease. A fungus brought by American troops in WWII infected Italian trees. AAAS Science Update, October 2007. Radio Feature/Pocast

  • Plant Plague: Sudden Oak Death. SOD has devastated over one million oak trees across Northern California and southern Oregon. KQED QUEST, October 2007. Video and Website

  • A Pox Upon the Kauri. New Zealanders rally to save their much-loved 2,000-year-old national symbol. Smithsonian, October 2007. Article

  • Trees Become Casualties of War. Introduction of US pathogen to Europe during WWII. The Lancet, August 2005. PDF

  • The war on nature. The Times (London), 4/15/2004, Article at The Times - Archived Article

  • Plant Pathologists at the Center of a Circus. A devastating oak disease has reshaped two scientists' careers. Science, April, 18, 2003. Vol 300, 418-419. Article PDF

  • As Trees Die, Biologists Battle Back. New York Times, Oct., 1, 2002. Article PDF



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