Dear Forent and Forpath memebers,
In IUFRO World Congress 2010 in Korea, Prof. Kazuyoshi Futai and I are planning to organize one session concerning oak decline in
the world. The possible topics are as follows:
Oak wilt desease in US.
Sudden oak death in US.
Oak wilt desease caused by Raffaelea spp. carried by Platypus spp. in Korea and Japan.
Oak decline in Far East Russia.
Oak decline in Europe.
We would like to your suggestions for possible topics and speakers for the session.
The deadline for session proposal is 1 FEB so that we need information on tentative title or names of possible speakers at this
stage.
We are waiting for your suggestions.
Sincerely,
Naoto Kamata, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
Director of University Forests in Chichibu, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Hinodamachi 1-1-49, Chichibu, Saitama 368-0034, JAPAN
TEL: +81-494-22-0272, FAX: +81-494-23-9620
email: kamatan(a)uf.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp
RECRUITMENT: GS-12/13 0401 Risk Management Specialists (General Biology)
Please pass this information on to individuals who may be qualified and
interested in applying.
The USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and
Quarantine (PPQ) staff is recruiting to fill 4 Risk Management Specialist
vacancies. These are classified in the 0401 General Biologist job series
(i.e., basic qualifications require training and experience in biological
sciences, agriculture, natural resources, or related disciplines) at the
GS-12/13 pay levels. These positions will provide pest risk analysis and
management recommendations in support of agriculture inspection operations
for Customs and Border Protection (Department of Homeland Security) as
well as agricultural inspection and survey programs within PPQ, to improve
plant pest exclusion effectiveness. More detailed information and
application requirements are contained within the job announcements posted
on-line at http://www.usajobs.gov. Application deadline is February 09,
2009.
Fort Collins, Colorado:
Two vacancies are available in the Western Regional Office located in Fort
Collins.
Job Announcement 6PQ-2009-0099 is for current federal employees with
competitive status.
Job Announcement 24PQ-2009-0212 is open to all U.S. citizens.
Raleigh, North Carolina:
Two vacancies are available in the Eastern Regional Office located in
Raleigh.
Job Announcement 6PQ-2009-0097 is for current federal employees with
competitive status.
Job Announcement 24PQ-2009-0210 is open to all U.S. citizens.
Dear Forest Pathologists,
We are studying fungi in the Gnomoniaceae, Diaporthales, and have
completed a recent account of a number of species. You can see this
publication online at:
http://www.cbs.knaw.nl/publications/CBSPublicationDetails.aspx?Rec=62
We are continuing this research and would like to compare
Cryptodiaporthe populea from Europe that we have with specimens/isolates
from North America. If you have any such specimens from North America
and would be willing to contribute them to this study, that would be
greatly appreciated. Please contact me.
Thank you!
Amy
Amy Rossman, Research Leader
Systematic Mycology & Microbiology Laboratory
USDA-ARS, Rm. 304, B011A
10300 Baltimore Ave.
Beltsville, MD 20705
301-504-5364
Fax 301-504-5810
http://ars.usda.gov/ba/psi/smml
Dear colleagues:
The 7th meeting of the IUFRO Working Group (7.03.04) Disease and Insects
in Forest Nurseries will meet in Hilo, Hawaii, USA July 13-16, 2009.
Registration and requirements for submission of papers can be found at
these websites:
http://www.westernforestry.org/http://www.iufro.org/auth/science/divisions/division-7/70000/70300/70304/ac…
We will be featuring a Special panel topic: Non-native diseases and
insects: implications for forest nurseries and native flora. Other
sessions will cover the following:
Forest nursery diseases and insects around the world. Participants can
present overviews of disease and insects in forest nurseries in their
countries.
Forest nursery pest biology and management.
Diagnosis or identification of disease or insect damage (e.g. molecular
techniques).
We hope you can come to Hilo. Thanks.
Michelle Cram
Plant Pathologist
USDA Forest Service-FHP
320 Green Street
Athens GA 30602
(706) 559-4233 Phone
(706) 559-4245 Fax
mcram(a)fs.fed.us
Greetings,
I hope you can attend 7th meeting of the IUFRO Working Party: Disease and
Insects in Forest Nurseries to be held on July 13-16, 2009 in Hilo Hawaii.
We are featuring a special panel this meeting on non-native diseases and
insects: implications for forest nurseries and native flora. We are also
looking for paper presentation on forest nursery diseases and insects
around the world, forest nursery pest biology and management, and
diagnosis or identification of disease or insect damage (e.g. molecular
techniques) found in forest nurseries. Registration is due by May 1,
2009. Abstracts of papers that will be presented are due by June 1, 2009.
The final paper for the proceddings will be due by August 31, 2009.
Registration, schedule and information on hotel registration is attached.
Thank you!
Michelle Cram
Plant Pathologist
USDA Forest Service-FHP
320 Green Street
Athens GA 30602
(706) 559-4233 Phone
(706) 559-4245 Fax
mcram(a)fs.fed.us
To ForEnt, ForPath and Invasive Plants listserv subscribers:
Attached is an outreach notice for an upcoming vacancy for a research
scientist and project leader position with the Southern Research Station,
US Forest Service.
Please circulate widely. Actual job announcement and application details
will be forthcoming after the outreach has been completed.
Thanks - Kier
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Kier Klepzig
Assistant Director for Research
Southern Research Station, USFS
200 WT Weaver Blvd.
Asheville, NC 28804
(828)257-4307
kklepzig(a)fs.fed.us
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We have the following journals that we must dispose of. We hate to recycle
or trash them unless no one can use them. If anyone would like to have
them, we would be willing to ship them to you.
Phytopathology: 1967-1974, 1975 (missing Dec), 1976, 1977 (missing Sep),
1978-1983, 1984 (missing Jul), 1985 (missing Feb), 1986, 1987 (missing
May), 1988 (missing Sep), 1989, 1990, 1991 (missing Nov), 1992-2005.
Plant Disease: 1980, 1981 (missing Jun), 1983, 1984, 1985 (missing Feb),
1986, 1987 (missing Jul), 1988, 1989, 1990 (missing Oct), 1991 (missing
Nov), 1992, 1993, 1994 (missing Jun), 1995, Jan 1996, Jul-Aug and Oct-Dec
1997, 1998 (missing Jan and Jun).
Forest Science: Feb, May, Aug, and Nov 1994, Feb, May, Aug, and Nov 1995,
May, Aug, and Nov 1997, Feb, May, Aug, and Nov 1998, 1999, Feb, May, and
Nov 2000, Feb, Aug, and Nov 2001, 2002, 2003, Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, and
Dec 2004, Feb, Jun, Aug, Oct, and Dec 2005, 2006, Apr, Jun, Aug, and Dec
2007.
Southern Journal of Applied Forestry: 1978-1981, 1982 (missing May), 1983
(missing Nov), 1984 (missing Aug), 1985, 1986 (missing May, Aug, and Nov),
1994, 1995 (missing May and Nov), 1996 (missing Feb, May, and Nov), 1997
(missing Feb), 1998 (missing May and Nov), 1999 (missing Aug), 2001, 2002,
2003 (missing May), 2004, 2005 (missing May), 2006 (missing Feb, Aug, and
Nov) 2007.
Dale A. Starkey, Plant Pathologist and
Southern Forest Health Monitoring Program Manager
USDA Forest Service, Southern Region
State & Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection
Alexandria Field Office
2500 Shreveport Hwy.
Pineville, Louisiana 71360
Voice: 318-473-7293
Fax: 318-473-7117
dstarkey(a)fs.fed.us
Dear colleagues:
I am sending this message to you as coordinators of the IUFRO Pathology Section 7.02; you can send it to members of your WP or colleagues.
The IUFRO World Congress is held every 5 years and is one of the largest forest events and attended by more than 2,000 participants. It brings together an interdisciplinary group of scientists and stakeholders from all parts of the world to discuss scientific and technical issues related to priority areas of forest research, policy and management. Here is the official announcement of the IUFRO World Congress received this week:
"We are pleased to inform you that the Invitation Letter of the Congress Organizing Committee <http://www.iufro.org/info//download/file/2924/4303/iwc10-letter-invitation-…> and the First Announcement of the XXII IUFRO World Congress <http://www.iufro.org/info//download/file/2925/4303/iwc10-1st-announcement.p…> to be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, during August 23-28, 2010 are now available for download. The theme of the Congress is "Forests for the Future: Sustaining Society and the Environment". More information on the upcoming IUFRO World Congress is available from the Congress website at http://www.iufro2010.com/ <http://www.iufro2010.com> and the IUFRO website at http://www.iufro.org/ <http://www.iufro.org> ."
The goal of this message is to seek your help in organizing sessions where you and your colleagues can share information on current research topics. For the first time, "Forest Health" is being recognized as one of the nine central themes of the Congress. As such, this is a great opportunity for us to showcase the excellent work that is going on in the field of forest pathology. To be successful with our proposals, we have to meet some of the criteria for selection below (you will find the complete information in page 7-8 at First Announcement of the XXII IUFRO World Congress <http://www.iufro.org/info//download/file/2925/4303/iwc10-1st-announcement.p…> ). If you have an idea for a session, please submit it on-line using the links at http://www.iufro.org/newsletter/iwc10-call-session-proposals
and send your proposals as soon as possible even if the deadline is January 15. Congress organizers are allowing session organizers to use their creativity in their selection of formats for sessions including panel discussions, videos, as well as traditional symposia. Sessions will last 2 to 2.5 hours and each speaker should be given at least 15 minutes for their presentation. It may be possible to expand a session into two 2 hour periods. When you prepare your proposal on-line, make sure that you select "D7 Forest Health" as the IUFRO affiliation on the form and to select "Frontiers in Forest and Tree Health" as the Congress sub-theme. Though we ask that you provide a list of speakers in your session, we do not require final confirmation of attendance by speakers at this point. Proposals will be evaluated as they arrive up until 15 January, 2009 so it will be to your advantage to send these in sooner than later.
"Criteria for selection.
Session proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by members of the Congress Scientific
Committee with primary consideration given to their scientific quality, topical significance, and
relevance to the Congress themes. Other factors that will be considered are: the involvement of
multiple IUFRO units (Divisions, Task Forces, Research Groups and Working Parties) and/or non-
IUFRO organizations; geographic and gender diversity of proposed session speakers/presenters;
and the involvement of students and young scientists. Proposals will be evaluated as they are
received, so we strongly encourage submissions well in advance of the January 15th deadline.
Acceptance decisions will be made no later than January 30th, 2009."
Sincerely
Gaston Laflamme
Ressources Naturelles Canada Natural Ressources Canada
Service canadien des Forêts Canadian Forest Service
Centre de foresterie des Laurentides Laurentian Forestry Centre
Groupe ECOBIOM ECOBIOM Team
C.P. 10380 Succ. Sainte-Foy, P.O. Box 10380 Stn. Sainte-Foy
1055 rue du P.E.P.S. 1055 P.E.P.S. Str.
Québec, QC, Canada G1V 4C7
418-648-4149 fax: 418-648-5849
laflamme(a)rncan.gc.ca
