Dear friends and colleagues,
In case you are not aware of it, the abstract submission deadline for the IUFRO Congress 2019 in Curitiba, Brazil (29 Sept. - 5 Oct. 2019) is the end of December (31 Dec. 2019). For details see http://iufro2019.com/abstracts-submission/
I believe all sessions of Research Group RG7.01 (Air pollution and climate change) are under Theme 2 / B7 (Forests and Climate Change),
and sessions of RGs7.02 (Pathology) and 7.03 (Entomology) are under Theme 4 / D7 (Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Biological Invasions).
Also, I'd like to wish you all happy holidays and all the best for the new year. I look forward to seeing you at the IUFRO Congress or one of the upcoming IUFRO Division 7 conferences.
Finally, I have some news to share:
After 21 years in New Zealand (and 20 of those with the New Zealand Forest Research Institute / 'Scion'), I will relocate to Switzerland at the beginning of February 2019 to take up a position with the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, near Zurich.
I look forward to new collaboration opportunities with colleagues in Europe, but I will also continue working with colleagues in New Zealand and elsewhere.
Best wishes,
Ecki
Eckehard Brockerhoff, PhD
Principal Scientist
Scion
Postal address: PO Box 29237, Riccarton, Christchurch 8440, New Zealand
Physical/courier address: 10 Kyle Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
Mobile +64 21 784 750 | Email eckehard.brockerhoff(a)scionresearch.com<mailto:eckehard.brockerhoff@scionresearch.com>
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Dear Forpathers,
we are glad to circulate the second announcement of the *Phyllosphere
Diseases Conference* of the joint meeting of the Working groups 7.02.02 and
7.02.03
Hope to see you in Figline Valdarno next May,
Alberto Santini
on behalf of the Organising Committee
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Alberto Santini
Forest Pathologist PhD
Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante (IPSP) - C.N.R.
Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection - C.N.R.
Via Madonna del Piano, 10
50019 Sesto fiorentino (FI) - ITALY
tel.: +390555225586
fax:+390555225666
mobile: +39 3355268870
Hello forpathers and forenters,
Below are a couple of pictures sent to me by a local arborist, wondering what’s going on on the main limbs of a white oak. I am contacting you because I find that this kind of very localized bark discoloration/staining is quite common in oaks. I’ve always suspected these were very small, localized infections by some species of Phytophthora, like citricola, citrophthora, etc. but I’ve never verified. Whatever it is, it seems to me it never goes anywhere, i.e. the lesions remain very small and do not have any serious impact on the host.
Does anyone else actually know what these are? It would be of great interest to me personally, in addition to providing an answer to the arborist.
Cheers!
Enrico
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Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello Professor
Department of Plant Pathology
201 Kottman Hall | 2021 Coffey Road Columbus, OH 43210
614-688-5401 Office | 614-292-4455 Fax
bonello.2(a)osu.edu<mailto:bonello.2@osu.edu> | http://plantpath.osu.edu/bonello
Center for Applied Plant Sciences | http://caps.osu.edu
Translational Plant Sciences Graduate Program | http://tpsgp.osu.edu
Environmental Science Graduate Program | http://esgp.osu.edu/
Infectious Diseases Institute | https://idi.osu.edu/
The STEAM Factory | https://steamfactory.osu.edu/
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Dear colleagues,
I am delighted to announce that the next joint meeting of the IUFRO
working parties 2.02.15 (Breeding and genetic resources of five-needle
pines) and 7.02.05 (Rusts of forest trees) will take place in Invermere,
British Columbia, Canada, on July 22-26, 2019, with an extended field
trip on July 26-30, 2019. This beautiful site is in the heart of the
Columbia Basin, flanked to the west by the Purcell Mountains and to the
East by the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The attached announcement provides
some details and asks for an initial response from those interested in
either or both of these working groups.
The Proceedings of the previous joint meeting of these two IUFRO working
parties, that was held in June 2014 in Fort Collins, Colorado, are
available here:
https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20200/20215/public…
Please feel free to disseminate this announcement.
I hope to see many of you next year in British Columbia.
Best regards,
Pascal Frey, coordinator IUFRO 7.02.05
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Dr Pascal FREY
INRA, University of Lorraine
Department of Tree - Microbe Interactions
Ecology of Forest Pathogenic Fungi team
UMR1136 IAM
F-54280 Champenoux
FRANCE
Phone: 33 383 394 056
Mobile: 33 6 31 45 94 07
E-mail: pascal.frey(a)inra.fr
http://mycor.nancy.inra.fr/IAM/?page_id=731
Twitter: @pascal_frey
Dear IUFRO pathologists,
Please find below and attached a call for abstracts for a technical session to be held at the IUFRO XXV World Congress meeting, September 29-October 5, 2019 in Curitiba, Brazil (http://www.iufro2019.com<http://www.iufro2019.com/> ).
We also would like to draw your attention on the existence of the new IUFRO 7.03.01 Working Party "Reproductive structure insects & pathogens" ( https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-7/70000/70300/70301/ ), which aims at expanding communication and co-operation among scientists and forest managers on the interactions between tree reproductive structures and both the insects and pathogens that feed and develop on them, as well as on the interactions between insects and pathogens when exploiting reproductive structures.
Please feel free to contact us (see emails below) for more information and joining the mailing list of this WP.
We will be happy that you circulate these informations among your own networks.
Sincerely yours,
Thomas, Marie-Anne & Olle
CALL FOR ABSTRACT FOR A TECHNICAL SESSION FOR THE CONGRESS THEME: BIODIVERSITY, ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
TITLE OF THE SESSION : D7b - Biodiversity, biotic interactions and threats to forest ecosystem services associated with tree reproductive structure insects and pathogens in a changing world
ORGANISERS
Thomas Boivint1, Marie-Anne Auger-Rozenberg2 and Olle Rosenberg3
1Mediterranean Forest Research Unit, INRA, France. 2Research Unit of Forest Zoology, France. 3Skogforsk, The Forestry Reasearch Institute, Sweden.
DESCRIPTION
Insects and pathogens exploiting tree reproductive structures are considered the most important constraint to the reproductive success of trees during the seed pre-dispersal phase. In a context in which the effects of both climate change and biological invasions are increasingly prevalent to these species, this session will propose experimental and theoretical contributions to biodiversity, biotic interactions and threat assessment and management associated with native and exotic insects and pathogens of tree reproductive structures.
DETAILS
Abstracts will be accepted for both posters and oral presentations. Authors are limited to a maximum of two abstracts as presenting author.
DEADLINES
Abstract submission deadline: December 31, 2018. Registration and payment deadline: May 31, 2018.
INSTRUCTIONS
You must be registered for the event to submit an abstract, but you may pay for registration later, up to May 31. Registration and abstract submission must be completed online at http://www.iufro2019.com/
If you have questions about the session, please feel free to contact:
Thomas BOIVIN thomas.boivin(a)inra.fr<mailto:thomas.boivin@inra.fr>
Marie-Anne AUGER-ROZENBERG marie-anne.auger-rozenberg(a)inra.fr<mailto:marie-anne.auger-rozenberg@inra.fr>
Olle ROSENBERG olle.rosenberg(a)skogforsk.se<mailto:olle.rosenberg@skogforsk.se>
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Thomas BOIVIN
INRA
Chargé de Recherche/Research scientist
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UR629 Ecologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes
Equipe Biologie des Populations et Evolution
INRA Centre de recherches Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Domaine Saint-Paul,CS 40509
F-84914 Avignon cedex 9
Tel : (+33) 4 32 72 29 44
Web page : <https://www6.paca.inra.fr/ecologie_des_forets_mediterraneennes/Les-personne…> https://tinyurl.com/TBoivin
Dear colleagues,
We are looking for a PhD student to work in a project "Forest Phytophthoras - ecology, diversity and management." We would be grateful if you can pass this information to any students you know of who might be interested.
The position is part of a larger recruitment of 5 PhD students at SLU Alnarp, who will be embedded in Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network PROTECTA (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2017-766048). In total, PROTECTA will recruit 15 students to academic and industrial research PhDs across Europe, with the aim to develop new and innovative ways to control oomycete diseases across the agriculture, environment, forestry and aquaculture sectors. We will study selected oomycete pathogens and their hosts in multidisciplinary cross-sectoral projects. Students will therefore be well connected to relevant industry mentors and undertake secondments at different locations in the consortium.
The prospective students can find the information at SLU webpage: https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/jobs-vacancies/
Best regards,
Johanna Witzell & Michelle Cleary
Johanna Witzell
Associate Professor, PhD
Editor-in-Chief Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Southern Swedish Forest Research Center
PO Box 49, SE-230 53 ALNARP
Visiting address: Sundsvägen 3
Phone: +46 40-41 51 85, Mobile: +46 70-295 08 20
Email: johanna.witzell(a)slu.se<mailto:johanna.witzell@slu.se>
Web: https://www.slu.se/en/cv/johanna-witzell/;
http://forestpathologylab-slualnarp.se/ ; www.phytophthora.se<http://www.phytophthora.se/>
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/johannawitzell<http://www.linkedin.com/in/johannawitzell>
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Dear Colleagues,
please find here attached the First Announcement of Joint Meeting of the
IUFRO working parties "Shoot, foliage and stem diseases" and "Wilt diseases"
(7.02.02 and 7.02.03)
All my best wishes,
Alberto & co.
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Alberto Santini
Forest Pathologist PhD
Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante (IPSP) - C.N.R.
Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection - C.N.R.
Via Madonna del Piano, 10
50019 Sesto fiorentino (FI) - ITALY
tel.: +390555225586
fax:+390555225666
mobile: +39 3355268870
Dear Friends and colleagues
(subscribers of mailing lists Div7, RG7.01, RG7.02 and RG7.03)
Attached is the latest newsletter covering happenings over the last 12 months as well as upcoming meetings in the Forest Health Division and the three Research Groups (RG 7.01 - Air Pollution and Climate Change, RG 7.02 - Pathology, and RG 7.03 - Entomology).
Please let us know if we overlooked any events, and please share information for our next newsletter.
Apart from all the upcoming Division 7 conferences and meetings that are listed in the attached report, I'd like to draw your attention to the abstract submission dates for the next IUFRO World Congress in Curitiba, Brazil, 29 September - 5 October, 2019. Congress website: www.iufro2019.com<http://www.iufro2019.com>
Abstract submission was planned to start at 15 September 2018 but this has been postponed because of the large number of session proposals that were received, which required some consolidation.
Abstract submission should be available soon, and the abstract submission deadline is still planned to be 15 December 2018.
I know that many Division 7 contributors submitted session proposals. The interest in the congress and in organising sessions has been amazing. More than twice as many session proposals were received than can be accommodated at the congress. Unfortunately, this necessitated that some proposals that addressed similar topics were merged by the committee, and I think most have now been informed about the outcome. Someone mentioned that "arranged marriages can be good marriages" and I hope that those who are affected will be able to see some positives in this or at least be able to live with the decision. I should mention that I was not responsible for the merging decisions. Anyway, there is still some discussion about certain cases where the merging may not have been ideal. Please let me know if you are not satisfied with the outcome and if you feel strongly about this. My email is eckehard.brockerhoff(a)scionresearch.com<mailto:eckehard.brockerhoff@scionresearch.com>
I look forward to seeing you at an upcoming IUFRO meeting, and my best wishes for your research and other endeavours.
Kind regards,
Ecki Brockerhoff
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 7 - Forest Health
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Dear colleagues,
We are advertising a postdoc position in Forest Entomology and a
postdoc position in Forest Pathology at the University of Natural
Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) in Vienna (Austria).
For the announcement of the Forest Entomology position (in German and
English) see the following links:
https://www.boku.ac.at/fileadmin/data/H01000/mitteilungsblatt/MB_2017_18/MB…https://www.boku.ac.at/fileadmin/data/H01000/mitteilungsblatt/MB_2017_18/MB…
For the announcement of the Forest Pathology position (in German and
English) see the following links:
https://www.boku.ac.at/fileadmin/data/H01000/mitteilungsblatt/MB_2017_18/MB…https://www.boku.ac.at/fileadmin/data/H01000/mitteilungsblatt/MB_2017_18/MB…
The positions are limited to 6 years, plus the potential option of a
tenured position after this period.
It is important to stress that day-to-day work and teaching at BOKU
University is much based on language skills in German. Likewise, the
positions include teaching responsibilities in German. German language
skills are thus a short-term requirement.
I encourage interested candidates to apply. Likewise, please circulate
the announcements to potential applicants. Deadline for applications is
27 September 2018.
With kind regards,
Dr. Thomas Kirisits
Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection
Department for Forest and Soil Sciences
BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences,
Vienna (BOKU)
Peter-Jordan-Straße 82 (Schwackhöferhaus)
A-1190 Vienna
Austria
Tel.: +43 1 47-654-91621
E-mail: thomas.kirisits(a)boku.ac.at
Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. Februar 2018 14:02
An: div7(a)lists.iufro.org; rg70200-forpath(a)lists.iufro.org; rg70300-forent(a)lists.iufro.org
Betreff: Scientific collaborator Early Warning & Pest Risk Assessment
Dear colleagues,
We are now searching for an excellent scientist to perform Pest Risk Assessments and Early Warning for Swiss Forests. Please APPLY ONLINE using the green button at the bottom of the advertisement.
Best regards
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Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL
Dr. Valentin Queloz
Waldschutz CH | Protection des forêts CH Pflanzenschutzlabor C10 Zürcherstrasse 111
CH-8903 Birmensdorf
Switzerland
valentin.queloz(a)wsl.ch
http://www.waldschutz.ch
+41 44 739 2388 phone
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