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Conference Agenda

Tuesday, June 19

Field trip - 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sudden oak death: biosecurity concerns and forest restoration.

Wednesday, June 20

8:00  Welcome – Susan Frankel, USDA FS Pacific Southwest Research Station

8:10 – 9:30  North American Disease Status Updates
Moderator:  Susan Frankel

8:10 – 8:30  Current Status of Sudden Oak Death in California Forests – David Rizzo, UC Davis

8:30 – 8:50  Managing Sudden Oak Death in Oregon Forests, 2001-2011 - Alan Kanaskie, Oregon Department of Forestry

8:50 – 9:10  An Overview of Phytophthora ramorum in Washington State - Gary Chastagner, Washington State University

9:10 – 9:30  Phytophthora ramorum Regulatory Program: Present, Past, and Future Direction - Prakash Hebbar, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

BREAK  9:30 – 10:00

10:00 – 12:00  International Updates

Moderator:  Matteo Garbelotto, UC Berkeley

10:00 – 10:20  The New P. ramorum Dynamic in Europe:  Spread to Larch - Joan Webber, Forest Research, UK

10:20 – 10:40  Phytophthora ramorum in Larch - Operational Experience from the UK - Ben Jones, Forestry Commission, UK

10:40 – 11:00  EU2, A Fourth Evolutionary Lineage in P. ramorum - Clive Brasier, Forest Research, UK

11:00 – 11:15  The Epidemiology of Phytophthora ramorum and P. kernoviae at Two Historic Gardens in Scotland – Matthew Elliot, Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture

11:15 – 11:30  Genetic Diversity of Phytophthora ramorum in Nursery Trade and Semi-Natural Environment in Scotland - Alexandra Schlenzig, Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture  

11:30 – 11:45  Genotypic Diversity of European P. ramorum Isolates Based on SSR Analysis - Kurt Heungens, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Belgium

11:45 – 12:00  Discussion  

12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH, Snowy Egret Room

1:00 – 2:15  Review Papers

Moderator:  David Rizzo, UC Davis

1:00 – 1:20  Beyond P. ramorum – The Other Phytophthoras in Western Forests - Everett Hansen, Oregon State University

1:20 – 1:40  Landscape Epidemiology of Emerging Infectious Diseases in Natural and Human-Altered Ecosystems – Ross Meentemeyer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

1:40 – 2:00  Emergence of the Sudden Oak Death Pathogen Phytophthora ramorum - Nik Grunwald, USDA Agricultural Research Service

2:00 – 2:15  Questions and Discussion for Speakers

BREAK  2:15 – 2:30

2:30 – 3:15  Waterways and Monitoring

Moderator:  Don Owen, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

2:30 – 2:45  New Insights into the Ecology of Phytophthora ramorum in Streams - Kamyar Aram, UC Davis

2:45 – 3:00  Eliminating Phytophthora spp. from Stream Water with Algaecides throughout the Year – Jaesoon Hwang, Clemson University

3:00 – 3:15  Comparison of In Situ and In Vitro Baiting Assays for Phytophthora ramorum Survey of Waterways in the Southeastern USA – Steve Oak, USDA Forest Service

BREAK  3:15 – 3:45

3:45 to 5:15  Concurrent Session:  Nurseries, Great Heron Ballroom

Moderator:  Christel Harden, Southern Plant Board and South Carolina, Department of Plant Industry, Clemson University

3:45 – 4:00  Pathways of Spread of Phytophthora ramorum in a Simulated Nursery Setting:  An Update – Kurt Heungens, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Belgium

4:00 – 4:15  Detection and Survival of Phytophthora ramorum in Rhododendron Root Balls and Survival in Rootless Substrates – Sabine Werres, Julius Kühn Institut–Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants, Germany

4:15 – 4:30  Effect of Oomatistatic Compounds and Biological Control Agents on Production of Inoculum and Root Colonization of Plants Infected with Phytophthora ramorum - Nina Shishkoff, USDA Agricultural Research Service

4:30 – 4:50  A Technique for Determining Inoculum Threshold for the Spread of Phytophthora ramorum in Irrigation Water and Examining Fungicide Resistance and Pathogenicity Among Clonal Lineages in Phytophthora ramorum - Marianne Elliott, Washington State University

4:50 – 5:05  How does Phytophthora ramorum infect Rhododendron leaves?
Sabine Werres, Julius Kühn Institut–Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants, Germany

5:05 - 5:15 Discussion

3:45 to 5:00  Concurrent Session:  Fire Ecology, Pelican Room
Moderator:  Phil Cannon, USDA FS State and Private Forestry

3:45 – 4:00  Sudden Oak Death-Caused Changes to Surface Fuel Loading and Potential Fire Behavior in Douglas-fir-Tanoak Forests - Yana Valachovic, UC Cooperative Extension, Humboldt/Del Norte
 
4:00 – 4:15  Survival of Phytophthora ramorum Following Wildfires in the Sudden Oak Death-Impacted Forests of the Big Sur Region – Maia Beh, UC Davis

4:15 – 4:30  Collateral Damage: Fire and Phytophthora ramorum Interact to Increase Mortality in Coast Redwood – Margaret Metz, UC Davis

4:30 – 4:45  Dynamics of Dead Wood Following Emergence of Sudden Oak Death - Richard Cobb, UC Davis

4:45 – 5:00 Discussion

Nursery Committee meeting - open to all interested parties (free) - 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Poster session social - 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 21

8:30 – 10:00  Biology

Moderator:  Russ Bulluck, Center for Plant Health Science and Technology, USDA APHIS PPQ

8:30 – 9:00  Combining Field Epidemiological Information and Genetic Data to Comprehensively Reconstruct the Invasion Genetics of the Sudden Oak Death Agent - Matteo Garbelotto, UC Berkeley

9:00 – 9:20  Host Induced Phenotypic Diversification in Phytophthora ramorum - Takao Kasuga, USDA Agricultural Research Service

9:20 – 9:40  Susceptibility of Larch, Hemlock, and Sitka Spruce to Phytophthora ramorum - Gary Chastagner, Washington State University

9:40 – 10:00  Diagnosis and Management of Phytophthora ramorum Canker in Canyon Live Oak, an Atypical Bole Canker Host – Ted Swiecki, Phytosphere Research

BREAK  10:00 – 10:30  

10:30 – 12:00  Biology, cont.
Moderator:  Jack Marshall, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

10:30 – 10:50  Roads Are Not Significant Pathways for SOD Spread, in Oregon - Everett Hansen, Oregon State University

10:50 – 11:10  The Effect of Phytophthora ramorum on the Physiology and Xylem Function of Young Tanoak Trees – Elizabeth Stamm and Jennifer Parke, Oregon State University

11:10 – 11:25  Screening Gulf Coast Forest Species for Susceptibility to Phytophthora ramorum - Jason Pruett, Southern University

11:25 – 11:40  Phytophthora ramorum in Coast Live Oaks: Search for Resistance and Mechanisms – Brice McPherson, UC Berkeley

11:40 – 11:55  Metabolite Profiling to Predict Resistance to Phytophthora ramorum in Natural Populations of Coast Live Oak – Anna Conrad, Ohio State University

12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH, Snowy Egret Room

1:00 – 2:15  Diagnostics and Biology

Moderator:  Ellen Nateson, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

1:00 – 1:15  Comparative Mitochondrial Genomics and the Development of a Genus and Species Specific Diagnostic TaqMan Assay for Phytophthora - Frank Martin, USDA Agricultural Research Service

1:15 – 1:30  Testing the Importance of Understory Infection as a Means of Primary Disease Establishment in Oregon Forests – Ebba Peterson, Oregon State University

1:30 – 1:45  Determining Landscape-scale Changes in Forest Structure and Possible Management Responses to Phytophthora ramorum in the Mt. Tamalpais Watershed, Marin - Janet Klein, Marin Municipal Water District

1:45 – 2:00  Long-Term Monitoring of Disease Progression and the Population Genetics of Phytophthora ramorum Within the SFPUC Watershed in San Mateo County - Melina Kozanitas, UC Berkeley

2:00 – 2:15  Population Dynamics of Aerial and Terrestrial Populations of Phytophthora ramorum in a California Watershed Under Different Climatic Conditions - Catherine Eyre, UC Berkeley

BREAK  2:15 – 2:45

2:45 – 4:30  Management
Moderator:  Mark Stanley, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and California Oak Mortality Task Force Chair

2:45 – 3:05  Novel Approaches to SOD Management in California Wildlands:  A Case Study of Eradication and Collaboration in Redwood Valley - Yana Valachovic, UC Cooperative Extension, Humboldt/Del Norte Counties

3:05 – 3:25  1) Suppression of Phytophthora ramorum Infections Through Silvicultural Treatment in California's North Coast, 2) Is Stump Sprout Control Necessary to Effectively Control Phytophthora ramorum in California’s Wildlands? - Yana Valachovic, UC Cooperative Extension, Humboldt/Del Norte Counties

3:25 – 3:40  Monitoring the Effectiveness of Phytophthora ramorum Eradication Treatments in Oregon Tanoak Forests – Ellen Goheen, USDA Forest Service

3:40 – 3:55  Effect of Phosphonate Treatments for SOD on Tanoaks in Naturally Infested Forests - Doug Schmidt, UC Berkeley  

3:55 – 4:10  Long-Term Monitoring of Phytophthora ramorum Inoculum Identifies Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Pathogen Sporulation and Proves that Selective Bay Removal Reduces Risk of Oak Infection – Matteo Garbelotto, UC Berkeley

4:10 – 4:30  Discussion

4:30 – 5:00  Meeting Summary and Future Needs  
Ellen Goheen, USDA Forest Service, and Everett Hansen, Oregon State University

5:00  Meeting Adjourns

5:30 – 7:00  Ask the Expert Evening Session (for the general public)
Led by Janice Alexander, UC Cooperative Extension, Marin County

Friday, June 22

Special session - "What are we trying to save? Tanoak: history, values and ecology" (Session is free and open to the public.) The papers presented here will be published as a special issue of Madroño: A compendium of what we have learned about this important Sudden Oak Death host. 

9:00 – 10:30  What are we trying to save?  Tanoak History, Values and Ecology

Moderator:  Rick Standiford, UC Berkeley

9:00 – 9:10  Tanoak Wild:  A Celebration Introduction – Richard Standiford, UC Berkeley, Cooperative Extension

9:10 – 9:45  Tanoak Dreamtime: Safeguarding a Native Nut Tree - Frederica Bowcutt, Evergreen University

9:45  – 10:00  Tanoak as a Forest Product Resource: Past, Present, and Future - John Shelly and Steve Quarles, UC Cooperative Extension, Berkeley

10:00 – 10:30  Tanoak and California Tribal Culture – Thomas Brown, Elem Indian Colony Pomo Nation of Lake County, CA and Circle of Native Minds Wellness Center

BREAK  10:30 – 11:00  Tanoak show and tell: tanoak acorn processing information and baked goods, California bay laurel nuts, and herbal teas to sample as well as tanoak flooring and other wood products to view

11:00 – 12:30  What are we trying to save?  Tanoak History, Values and Ecology, cont.
Moderator:  David Lewis, UC Cooperative Extension, Marin County

11:00 – 11:15  The Geographic Range of Tanoak and the Effects of Interacting Disturbances on the Spatial Distribution and Structure of Tanoak Communities - Whalen W. Dillon, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

11:15 – 11:35  Population Genetic Studies of Tanoak:  An Overview of Current Knowledge and Its Applications to Conservation and Restoration – Richard Dodd, UC Berkeley and Jessica Wright, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis

11:35 – 11:45  Insect Visitors to Tanoak Flowers: An Undocumented Casualty of Sudden Oak Death? – Jessica Wright, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station

11:45 – 11:55  Using Genomics to Study Tanoak's Past, Present, and Future - Katy Hayden, UC Berkeley

11:55 – 12:15  A Conservation Strategy for Tanoak to Protect Against Sudden Oak Death - Richard Cobb, UC Davis

12:15 – 12:30  Discussion and Wrap Up

12:30  Adjourn