Dear colleagues and friends,
The next International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP) will take
place in Beijing in August 2013. There will be several sessions dealing
with forest/tree pathogens during the congress. Following the congress
there will also be a three day Forest Pathology Field Tour.
Please visit the congress website for more information:
www.icppbj2013.org
You can find more information on the sessions under the "Organizers and
Speakers" section. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find more
information on the field tour.
The two main Tree Health session can be found under: "Management of
Forest Diseases"
The sessions consists of the following talks:
Session 1: Increasing Threats to Tree Health Management
Michael J. Wingfield, University of Pretoria South Africa, South
Africa
Topic: Plantation health management: challenges and opportunities
Angus Carnegie, Australia
Topic: Managing invasive pathogens: Puccinia psidii in Australia
Jason A. Smith, University of Florida, USA
Topic: Current efforts to understand the biology of and manage laurel
wilt in the United States
Paolo Gonthier, University of Torino, Italy
Topic: Population genetics and GIS based analyses as essential tools to
model biological invasions: the case of Heterobasidion irregulare in
Italy
Session 2: New Technologies and Disease Management in Forestry
Jan Stenlid, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden
Topic: Can genome sequencing transform our understanding of fungal
forest pathogens?
Manuel M. Mota, Dept. Biologia, Universidade de Évora,Portugal
Topic: Bursaphelenchus xylophilus: opportunities in comparative
genomics and molecular host–parasite interactions
Matteo Garbelotto, University of California-Berkeley, USA
Topic: Linking genotypic information to phenotypic characterization to
improve the prediction of emergent forest diseases
Giles Hardy, Murdoch University, Australia
Topic: The role of climate change and woodland and forest decline
syndromes in the South-west of Western Australia
We encourage you to attend the congress and field tour. The deadline
for submissions of abstracts is the 15th of January 2013.
Hope to see you there,
Jolanda Roux
Jolanda Roux (PhD)
Professor
DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB)
Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP)
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Insitute (FABI)
University of Pretoria
Pretoria
South Africa
Tel: 012 420 3938/9
Cellular: 0829093202
Email: jolanda.roux(a)fabi.up.ac.za
KEEPING TREES HEALTHY
POSTAL ADDRESS
FABI
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Hatfield, Pretoria
0028, South Africa
ADDRESS FOR PHYSICAL DELIVERIES
FABI, University of Pretoria, Cnr. of Lynnwood and University Rds,
Hatfield, Pretoria, 0083, South Africa
I'm forwarding this advertisement for Matt Smith at UFlorida. Please send on to any qualified candidates interested in pursuing a PhD in fungal ecology. Note that the closing date is December 7, 2012.
I worked with Matt at UC Davis in Dave Rizzo's lab, and I think he'd be a great mentor to a motivated mycologist.
Cheers,
Djibo
James W. "Djibo" Zanzot, PhD
Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow
Auburn University Department of Biological Sciences
Mail: 331 Funchess Hall
Office: 146 Funchess Hall
Phone: 334-844-7838
djibo(a)auburn.edu
Early Alert (2 Nov 2012)
Upcoming International Meeting – June 2014 in Colorado, USA
A joint international meeting of three groups: IUFRO 2.02.15 (Breeding and Genetic Resources of Five-Needle Pines), IUFRO 7.02.05 (Rusts of Forest Trees) and Strobusphere is being scheduled for June* 2014 in Colorado (USA). This will be the first time these three groups have met together to share research in genetics-pathology of five-needle pines. The conference will feature advances in gene conservation, genomics, rust resistance and biology, evolutionary dynamics and other related topics. There will be some joint sessions as well as concurrent sessions organized by each respective group for other topics of interest.
Visit the websites below for future updates on this meeting, or contact Richard Sniezko ( <mailto:rsniezko@fs.fed.us> rsniezko(a)fs.fed.us) Anna Schoettle ( <mailto:aschoettle@fs.fed.us> aschoettle(a)fs.fed.us) Richard Hamelin ( <mailto:rhamelin@NRCan.gc.ca> rhamelin(a)NRCan.gc.ca; Richard.hamelin(a)ubc.ca) or David Neale ( <mailto:dbneale@ucdavis.edu> dbneale(a)ucdavis.edu) . We are building a mailing list for this meeting, if interested please send your name and email address to Richard Sniezko ( <mailto:rsniezko@fs.fed.us> rsniezko(a)fs.fed.us)
2.02.15 – Breeding and genetic resources of five-needle pines
<http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20200/20215/> http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-2/20000/20200/20215/
Our Working Party on Breeding and Genetic Resources of Five-Needle Pines is concerned with research cooperation and exchange of information on all aspects of genetic research on the five-needle pines. This includes provenance and progeny testing, gene conservation, landscape genomics, breeding, species hybridization, clonal propagation and testing, tissue or cell culture, molecular genetics, and the genetics of host-pathogen interactions, as well as ecology, evolutionary dynamics and management of these species. Increasingly though we are using this knowledge to address issues related to climate change, land use pressure and conservation
7.02.05 – Rusts of forest trees
<http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-7/70000/70200/70205/> http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-7/70000/70200/70205/
Our Working Party aims to bring together scientists and investigators working on tree rusts. Our goal is to foster scientific discussion and exchanges relating to tree rust epidemiology, biology, host-pathogen interactions, resistance, control and management, and genomics. Our working group meets approximately once every 4 years in locations in Europe, North America or Asia. We usually meet in locations that allow us to discuss our scientific findings and have field trips in a friendly and relaxed environment which is conducive to exchanges and debates. We want to place a strong emphasis on participation of young investigators and students, as these meetings provide unique experiences to meet and exchange with the related community.
Strobusphere
<http://dendrome.ucdavis.edu/strobusphere/> http://dendrome.ucdavis.edu/strobusphere/
In North America, a collaborative effort among researchers has begun, starting with a multi-national <http://dendrome.ucdavis.edu/strobusphere/workshop2008.php> White Pine Genomic Resource Workshop held on October 22-23, 2008 at the Dorena Genetic Resource Center in Cottage Grove, OR. The objective of this workshop was to discover and identify research objectives, strengths, scope and resources among the various working agencies. This collaborative effort is designed as a foundation to build wider scientific participation with a scope that spans molecular to landscape models, from host to pathogens and alternative hosts. The Strobusphere working group arose from this 2008 workshop. A notable work in progress: the sugar pine genome sequence is slated for completion in 2013 by PineRefSeq project ( <http://pinegenome.org/pinerefseq/> http://pinegenome.org/pinerefseq/) The sugar pine genome will be mostly finished and released to the public before the meeting in June 2014.
NOTE: there will be some joint sessions as well as concurrent sessions organized by each respective group for other topics of interest
IUFRO: Intenational Union of Forest Research Organizationsn - "the" global network for forest science cooperation
*The dates of the June meeting are tba (be will be the 2nd or 3rd week of June 2014).
I am advertising a PhD scholarship for a project at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch (New Zealand) - see attached.
Please forward this to students who may be interested and post on notice boards and in newsletters that go to students.
Many thanks in advance!
Regards,
Ecki
Eckehard Brockerhoff, PhD
Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institute), PO Box 29237, Christchurch 8540, New Zealand
Physical address:
Scion, Forestry Road, University of Canterbury, Ilam, Christchurch, New Zealand
E-mail: eckehard.brockerhoff(a)scionresearch.com
Tel.: (+64)-(0)3-364 2949
Mobile: (+64)-(0)21-784 750
Fax: (+64)-(0)3-364 2812
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Sent at the request of Nancy Taylor, Ohio State diagnostician. Please reply directly to Nancy.
Thanks!
Enrico
Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello, Professor
Dept. of Plant Pathology
The Ohio State University
Tel: (614) 688-5401
http://plantpath.osu.edu/bonello - http://esgp.osu.edu/ - http://cmib.osu.edu - http://caps.osu.edu
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From: <Taylor>, nancy <taylor.8(a)osu.edu<mailto:taylor.8@osu.edu>>
Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 2:34 PM
To: Enrico Bonello <bonello.2(a)osu.edu<mailto:bonello.2@osu.edu>>
Subject: Fungus on Spruce Needles, help ID?
>From Nancy J. Taylor, Ohio State University diagnostician, taylor.8(a)osu.edu<mailto:taylor.8@osu.edu>
This is from a spruce, not a blue spruce, I think it is Norway. I saw this last year but since I'm seeing it again this year I thought I would ask if anyone recognizes? The browning needles are predominately older needles, 4+ years, but there are a few younger needles also showing symptoms. 2012 needles not affected.
Upon initial examination the needles showed what looked like banding. These fruiting structures are very distinct, the spores are pretty unremarkable. I've included 40X and 100X images of the spores. Initially I thought this might be one of the spore stages of Phyllosticta but the spores do not have the barbell shape I associate with Phyllosticta. Please ignore the moldy fungi; this has been incubating a few days.
Anyone seen this? Or more importantly, know what this is?
We had a severe drought in Ohio in 2013, I do wonder if this is an endophyte on senescent needles.
Nancy J. Taylor
C. Wayne Ellett Plant & Pest Diagnostic Clinic
Ohio State University
8995 E. Main St., Bldg. 23
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
614-403-1640
taylor.8(a)osu.edu<mailto:taylor.8@osu.edu>
http://ppdc.osu.edu<http://ppdc.osu.edu/>
Dear colleagues,
A 2-years postdoctoral position is available at INRA
(http://www.international.inra.fr/) in Nancy, France, starting from
March 2013. The research proposal is focused on the study of the
adaptation of the poplar rust fungus (/Melampsora larici-populina/) to
the poplar varietal landscape. Our goal is to integrate approaches of
population genetics, landscape epidemiology and evolution of life
history traits of the poplar rust fungus in order to: (i) identify
genetic signatures of adaptation of the pathogen's populations to the
poplar varietal landscape; and (ii) assess the ability of the pathogen
to adapt to quantitative resistances (see details in the attached file).
Candidates should have a good background in ecology, evolutionary
biology, and population genetics. Knowledge of host -- parasite
interactions, especially plant pathology, is not mandatory but would be
appreciated.
The postdoctoral position will be funded by the INRA Metaprogramme SMaCH
(Sustainable Management of Crop Health) and AgreenSkills. The selected
candidate(s) and the hosting lab will build a detailed research project,
which will subsequently be evaluated by AgreenSkills. The AgreenSkills
eligibility requirements and selection procedure are detailed at
http://www.agreenskills.eu/
<http://www.agreenskills.eu/agreenskills-cms/> Applicants should send a
letter of interest and a CV, including the names and contact details of
two or three referees, to Pascal Frey (frey(a)nancy.inra.fr
<mailto:frey@nancy.inra.fr>) before November 1^st 2012 (deadline for
application at AgreenSkills November 15^th 2012).
If you know of anyone who might be a good fit for this position please
pass on this information to him or her. Thank you. Apologies for cross
postings.
Best regards,
Pascal
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Dr Pascal FREY
INRA, University of Lorraine
Forest Pathology Group
UMR1136 "Tree - Microbe Interactions"
F-54280 Champenoux
FRANCE
Phone: 33 383 394 056
Fax: 33 383 394 069
E-mail: frey(a)nancy.inra.fr
http://mycor.nancy.inra.fr/EFPFteam/?page_id=26
The Missouri Department of Conservation is hiring a forest health specialist in the Forest Health Program (Columbia, Missouri, USA) to support the forest pathologist and forest entomologist. Specific duties and responsibilities will be dependent on the skills of the successful applicant but would include insect and disease diagnostics, coordinating gypsy moth and other forest health survey activities, GIS mapping, and assisting with outreach efforts. We encourage candidates with a background in plant pathology, entomology, plant biology, forestry, or closely related natural resource degree and GIS work experience to apply. Training and experience gained in the position would prepare the selected candidate to continue in this position or move to advanced forest health positions. Closing date for applications is October 31, 2012.
For more information see: Resource Forester Assistant, Columbia (Job Number 2012-070) at: https://mdc5.mdc.mo.gov/recruitment/Recruitment.aspx?strRoute
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Simeon Wright
Forest Pathologist
Tel. 573-815-7901, ext 3947
Simeon.Wright(a)mdc.mo.gov<mailto:Simeon.Wright@mdc.mo.gov>
Rob Lawrence
Forest Entomologist
Tel. 573-815-7901, ext 3946
Rob.Lawrence(a)mdc.mo.gov<mailto:Rob.Lawrence@mdc.mo.gov>
Missouri Dept. of Conservation
3500 East Gans Road
Columbia, MO 65201
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Dear All,
The August 2012 edition of the Div 7.02.00 Pathology Newsletter has been posted to the IUFRO website. It contains the following articles:
Message from the Coordinator
Congratulations Jolanda
XXIV World Congress
Proceedings Published
IUFRO - FORNESSA Congress in Nairobi
Communication of Forest Pathology Issues to a Broad Audience
Position Announcement
Forest Invasive Species Network for Africa (FISNA)
Upcoming Meetings
IUFRO Spotlight
Enjoy, and if you would like to add something to the next newsletter, please send an e-mail to either Jolanda or I.
The August 2012 newsletter can be downloaded directly from here:
http://www.iufro.org/download/file/8887/2759/nl70200-120801_pdf/
The August 2012 and past issues are available here:
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-7/70000/70200/newsletters/
All the best, Tod and Jolanda
Tod Ramsfield, PhD
Research Scientist Forest Pathology | Chercheur, Pathologie forestière
Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Canadian Forest Service | Service canadien des forêts
Northern Forestry Centre | Centre de foresterie du nord
5320 122 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T6H 3S5
Canada
Tel : (780) 435 - 7394 Fax : (780) 435 - 7359
Email : Tod.Ramsfield(a)nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
Jolanda Roux (PhD)
Professor
DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB)
Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP)
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)
University of Pretoria
Pretoria
South Africa
Tel: 012 420 3938/9
Cellular: 0829093202
Email: jolanda.roux(a)fabi.up.ac.za<mailto:jolanda.roux@fabi.up.ac.za>
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Dear colleagues,
We have a position available in Rotorua for an experienced Forest Pathologist who will undertake a wide range of tasks including diagnosis, risk analysis, initiating field trials and contributing to the development of our pathology research programme. Please forward to anyone who you think may be interested and is not on this list.
https://scionresearch.careercentre.net.nz/Job/Forest-Pathologist/Rotorua/14…
Best regards, Lindsay
Lindsay Bulman
Science Leader
Forest Protection
http://www.scionresearch.com/research/forest-science/biosecurity
DDI: 07 343 5533
Fax: 07 343 5507
49 Sala Street
Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046
New Zealand
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Dear all!
Please note a vacant position in the Finnish Forest Research Institute. It will be filled from September 3rd, 2012 in
Suonenjoki Unit<http://www.metla.fi/su/>, Juntintie 154, 77600 Suonenjoki, Finland.
http://mesi.metla.fi/metti/ilm_tyopaikatmetla/2042/haku-138-astiapply-by-13…
The researcher to be hired will work on problems related to alien forest pathogens and tree diseases in forest nurseries. He/she is expected to produce scientific data on tree diseases to be used in evaluating the risks they cause to the Finnish forestry, and to solve practical problems associated with pathogens in forest nurseries. The researcher will also disseminate new scientific knowledge to practical forest nurseries.
We expect the hired researcher to have a doctoral degree in a relevant field for the position. In order to succesfully manage the job, balanced many-sided skills in the modern forest pathology research are needed, and an overall control of research process is necessary. Also good social skills are needed.
In addition to normal scientific criteria, we appreciate experience in working with practical forest nurseries as well as experience on international scientific networks.
The salary will be based on the level 11 of the Metla payroll system, composed of basic salary (3612.61 euros) and personal increment based on the succesfulness of the employee in his/her job.
The deadline will be August 13, 2012 at 16.00 Finnish time.
The applications are expected to the electric recruitment system<http://www.valtiolle.fi/valtiolle/fi/index.jsp>, but applications may also be sent to
Metsäntutkimuslaitos
PL 18/ Jokiniemenkuja
01301 Vantaa
Finland
Please include both in the application itself and on the envelope identifier "työavain 400-132-12"
Further information
Professor Jarkko Hantula<http://www.metla.fi/pp/JHan/>, p. +358 29 532 5419, +358 40 801 5419
