2008 Meeting

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE WEEK

  • April 15, 2008; 1 to 5 PM
    "A Decade of Forest Disease," Sudden Oak Death field trip through Marin County Agenda
     
  • April 15, 7 PM – 9 PM
    Evening Social at Broken Drum Brewery
     
  • April 16, 8:15 AM – 5 PM
    2008 COMTF Meeting at the Marin Center, San Rafael
    Agenda and Presentations
     
  • April 17, 8 AM - 12:30 PM
    COMTF Nursery Committee meeting at the Marin Center
    Agenda and Presentations 
  • APRIL 16 - SUDDEN OAK DEATH: A DECADE OF MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES - AGENDA AND PRESENTATIONS

    7:30 a.m. Registration

    8:15 a.m. Welcome – Mark Stanley, California Oak Mortality Task Force & Judy Arnold, Marin County Supervisor (audio)

    Oregon Update
    Moderator: Ellen Goheen, USDA Forest Service (audio included in 8:30 a.m. Current Status, below)

    8:30 a.m. Current Status
    Ellen Goheen, USDA Forest Service (slideshow) (audio)

    8:40 a.m. Management Efforts
    Alan Kanaskie, USDA Forest Service (slideshow) (audio)

    9:00 a.m. Research & Applications
    Everett Hansen, Oregon State University (slideshow) (audio)

    9:20 a.m. Questions (audio)

    P. ramorum & P. kernoviae European Union and UK Update Moderator: Elizabeth Fitchner, UC Davis  (audio)

    9:30 a.m. P. ramorum and P. kernoviae in European woodlands: Risk analysis for Phytophthora ramorum
    Joan Webber, UK Forest Research, Surrey, UK (slideshow) (audio)

    9:40 a.m. Status in nurseries and UK policy
    Stephen Hunter, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) York, UK (slideshow) (audio)

    10:00 a.m. Eradication efforts in Cornwall
    Ian Sanders, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DEFRA, Cornwall, UK (slideshow) (audio)

    10:20 a.m. Questions (audio)

    10:30 a.m. Break

    California Update
    Moderator: Wally Mark, Cal Poly State University (audio)

    11:00 a.m. Current Status
    Janice Alexander, UCCE Marin/COMTF (slideshow) (audio)

    11:10 a.m. Genetic dispersal of P. ramorum
    Matteo Garbelotto, UC Berkeley (slideshow) (audio)

    11:45 a.m. An update on the USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Sudden Oak Death program – Phil Cannon, USDA Forest Service (slideshow) (audio)

    12:00 p.m. Management and Research update
    Dave Rizzo, U.C. Davis (slideshow) (audio)

    Questions:  (audio)

    12:30 p.m. Lunch – provided

    Phytophthora ramorum Nursery Issues
    Moderator: Don Givens, USDA APHIS, Fort Collins, CO (audio)

    1:30 p.m. Current Status of P. ramorum in US nurseries and US regulatory highlights
    Jonathan Jones, USDA APHIS  (slideshow) (audio)

    1:45 p.m. Current Status of P. ramorum in Canadian nurseries and Canadian regulatory highlights
    Shane Sela, CFIA  (slideshow) (audio)

    2:00 p.m. Nursery Research: New Findings
    Jennifer Parke, Oregon State University  (slideshow) (audio)

    2:30 p.m. Break

    Management Challenges
    Moderator: Gary Chastagner, Washington State University  (audio)

    3:00 p.m. Contamination in rivers and streams
    Steve Oak, USDA Forest Service  (slideshow) (audio)

    3:20 p.m. Latent & asymptomatic infections
    Steven Swain, UCCE Marin  (slideshow)  (audio)

    3:35 p.m. Tanoak resistance: can it be used to sustain tanoak populations?
    Katy Hayden, UC Berkeley  (slideshow)  (audio)

    4:00 p.m. Treatments: Questions and Answers Panel Discussion
    Moderator – Jack Marshall, Ca. Department of Forestry & Fire Protection  (audio)

      Matteo Garbelotto, University of California Berkeley
      Everett Hansen, Oregon State University, Corvallis
      Alan Kanaskie, Oregon Department of Forestry, Salem, OR Tedmond Swiecki, Phytosphere Research, Vacaville, CA
      (slideshow) (audio)

    Questions:  (audio)

    4:45 p.m. Meeting summary and conclusion
    Susan Frankel, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station  (audio)

    5:00 p.m. Meeting adjourn

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    APRIL 17 - COMTF NURSERY COMMITTEE MEETING -
    AGENDA AND PRESENTATIONS

    8:00 am Registration

    8:15 a.m. Group Introduction and West Coast Nursery Update 2005-07 Karen Suslow, Hines Horticulture,
    Inc./COMTF Nursery Committee Co-Chair

    8:30 a.m. Program Vision and Eradication Efforts
    United Kingdom – Stephen Hunter, DEFRA (slideshow)
    United States – Jonathan Jones, USDA APHIS PPQ (slideshow)
    Canada – Shane Sela, CFIA (slideshow)

    9:30 a.m. Nursery Research Updates Update: Foliar Phytophthoras, irrigation water sanitation, and nursery bed fumigation
    Lani Yakabe, UC Davis (slideshow)

    Disease Risk of Stream Water Used for Irrigation in Areas with Sudden Oak Death/Viability and Sporulation Potential of P. ramorum Infested Leaves in Container Soil
    Steve Tjosvold, UCCE Watsonville (slideshow)

    10:15 am BREAK

    10:25 a.m. Evaluation of molecular markers for P. ramorum detection and identification; testing for specificity using a standardized library of isolates
    Frank Martin, USDA ARS  (slideshow (audio)

    10:40 a.m. Grower Assisted Inspection Program
    Gary McAninch, ODA  (slideshow) (audio)

    10:55 a.m. Introduction of Two New Real-Time Diagnostics
    Validation – Kurt Zeller, USDA APHIS CPHST
    Implementation – Pat Shiel, USDA APHIS CPHST (slideshow) (audio)

    11:15 a.m. Alabama Training Session Ken Peek, Alameda Department of Agriculture  (slideshow) (audio)

    11:30 a.m. Nursery Research Needs Update (2007 SOD Symposium III Nursery Research Session)
    Greg Parra, USDA APHIS CPHST  (slideshow) (audio)

    11:50 a.m. Nursery Research Group Discussion
    Led by Greg Parra 

    12:20 p.m. Wrap up and Adjourn

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About the Task Force. Created in August 2000, the California Oak Mortality Task Force (COMTF) is a nonprofit organization, under the California Forest Pest Council, that brings together public agencies, other nonprofit organizations and private interests to address the issue of elevated levels of oak mortality. The Task Force will implement a comprehensive and unified approach for research, management, education and public policy. Copyright 2004, COMTF