Workshop on Tree Resistance to Insects & Diseases: Putting Promise into Practice (Aug 5-10, Ohio, USA)

1^st Announcement

Hello,

We have now picked the date and location for the 6^th International Workshop of the Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions in Forestry, Tree Resistance to Insects & Diseases: Putting Promise into Practice. This workshop will be a continuation of the recent workshops held in Orleans, France (2015) and Eugene, Oregon, USA (2015). The past workshops were highly successful, and we anticipate the same in 2018 for this important topic. Please have a look at the information below and on the website, and please pass the notice along to colleagues who work on aspects of Insect or Disease Resistance in Trees.

For more information: https://treeresistance2018.ca.uky.edu/

We are very excited to announce this upcoming workshop, but due to several factors, the workshop will be limited to 110 participants, which is similar in size to the 2011 and 2015 workshops. For organizational planning (including contracts we need to make for lodging), it would be VERY helpful if you would respond to the survey below (no ‘commitment’ but will provide us some guidance for planning purposes):

__ I am planning on attending the workshop

___ I may attend the workshop

___ I cannot attend the workshop but am interested in the Resistance (in trees) topic – please keep me on the mailing list

Also, we are updating our mailing list for people interested in this topic and workshop, so having a note back from you helps us to focus the future emails.

For more information: Richard Sniezko (rsniezko@fs.fed.us) or Jennifer Koch (jkoch@fs.fed.us

Past Conferences

· 5th International Workshop on the Genetics of Tree-Parasite Interactions, Orleans, France, 2015, https://colloque.inra.fr/tree-parasite-interactions2015

· 4th International Workshop on Disease and Insect Resistance in Forest Trees (2011) Eugene, Oregon, 2011, http://ucanr.edu/sites/tree_resistance_2011conference/Home/ (Sniezko et al., 2012)

· Mechanisms and Deployment of Resistance in Trees to Insects, Iguassu, Spain, 2000 (Wagner et al., 2002)

· Breeding Insect and Disease Resistant Forest Trees Eugene, Oregon, 1982

· 3rd International Workshop on Resistance to Diseases and Pests in Forest Trees, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1980 (Heybroek et al., 1982)

· Workshop on Biology of Rust Resistance in Forest Trees, Moscow, Idaho, 1969 (considered the 2nd International Workshop in this series) (Bingham et al., 1972)

· Workshop on Breeding Pest-Resistant Trees, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1964 (considered the 1st International Workshop in this series) (Gerhold et al., 1966)

We look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Jennifer Koch

Richard Sniezko

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