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UC AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
NEWS SOURCES

-California Oak Mortality Task Force-

http://www.suddenoakdeath.org/

-Sudden Oak Death online media kit-

http://news.ucanr.org/mediakits/sodkit/SOD.shtml

David Rizzo

Plant Pathologist

First to identify the Sudden Oak Death pathogen, now called Phytophthora ramorum; mycology; fungal diseases of woody plants, fungal ecology; forest pathology

Plant Pathology

UC Davis

(530) 754-9255

dmrizzo@ucdavis.edu

Douglas McCreary

Area Natural Resources Specialist--North Sierra Region

Oak regeneration, woodland management, and agroforestry

Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program

Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center

(530) 639-8807

ddmccreary@ucdavis.edu

Janice Alexander

Sudden Oak Death Outreach Coordinator

UC Cooperative Extension

Marin County

(415) 499-4204

jalexander@ucdavis.edu

Matteo Garbelotto

Forest Pathologist

Forest pathology, tree diseases, forest fungi. Speaks Spanish and Italian.

Environmental Science, Policy and Management

UC Berkeley

(510) 643-4282

matteo@nature.berkeley.edu

Steven Tjosvold

Horticulture Advisor

Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of SOD, as an ornamental nursery disease.

UC Cooperative Extension

Santa Cruz County

(831) 763-8013

satjosvold@ucdavis.edu

For assistance in identifying an expert, contact a public information officer.

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