Research

Funded Research from USDA-Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station (PDF)

Modeling Phytophthora ramorum: Several Phytophthora ramorum risk models have been developed for the USA, Canada, and California.

Monitoring: Reports, photos, and maps from monitoring efforts around California.

P. ramorum Research Websites: List of websites from some of the research organizations that are addressing various aspects of P. ramorum.

Research Permits Information: Information on how to obtain collecting and movement/research permits.


P. ramorum Risk Matrix: This document includes hosts, symptoms, disease distribution area, and general experimental methodology. The species, commodity, available scientific data, and the principle investigator are also listed. This document is a draft developed during the summer 2004, and will be available for download in the near future. It was assembled by USDA-APHIS, Center for Plant Health Science and Technology, Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information contact David Kaplan.

Report from the PPQ Science Panel Workshop (PDF)

DEFRA Understanding Phytophthora ramorum Pamphlet (PDF)

Phytophthora ramorum and Phytophthora kernoviae: Key findings from UK research (PDF)

P. ramorum Multilocus Genotyping Database Developed by the USDA ARS laboratory at OSU, the searchable database is intended to provide timely information on new isolatedetections in an effort to facilitate the identification of migration pathways. Host plantspecies, detection location and date, lineage, mating type, and other relevant informationis now available for hundreds of P. ramorum isolates from nurseries throughout the US

 

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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