Ecology & Impacts of Emergent Forest Diseases in California
Guidelines and Topics for papers (UCB Class on Forest Diseases, Fall 2021)
End of Semester Schedule:
Thur 12/2/21 @ 3pm – Last lecture class
Fri 12/10/21 @ 7-10pm – First attempt at exam
Fri 12/17/21 @ 7-10pm – Second attempt at exam
The course is organized in 8 parts
1- Part1: Introduction to tree diseases and their causal agents
2- Part2: Ecology of forest diseases, differences between native and non-native diseases
3- Part3: Principles of Biological Invasions and diseases caused by off-site hosts or by forestry practices
4- Part4: Emergent diseases in California caused by exotic fungi
5- Part5: Emergent diseases in California caused by exotic oomycetes
6- Part6: Newest threats
7- Part7: Molecular diagnostics in Forest Pathology
8- Part8: Pest Risk Assessment: modeling, predictions, laws and regulations
