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
On Juniperus scopulorum in southern Utah, USA, R.G. Krebill found a black stroma (sclerotium) extending from in the soil to well up into the branches and small twigs giving the bark a fire-charred appearance. It is several centimeters long and up to 2 cm thick (mostly less). It’s composed of much-branched chains of cells, each cell about 10 mm long, 8 mm wide near the tips of chains but gradually increasing to 12 mm wide (measured cross-chain) back from the tips. The terminal cell is up to 16 mm long, presumably just before dividing. The brown (by transmitted light) cytoplasm shows no clear contents, the walls are darker brown.
This seems to fit Helicobasidium/Rhizoctonia in general but I don’t find reference to big, black sclerotia like this on conifers. Helicobasidium/Rhizoctonia is blamed for rot in pines, I think basal on the trunk (& root?). R. crocorum, which goes under several names, is possible, but the sclerotium doesn’t seem right.
I can mail a specimen if someone knowledgeable would look at it.
Roger Peterson
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Dear all,
We are excited by the amount of interest expressed in the IUFRO
International Forest Biosecurity Conference 2009 to be held March 16-20 in
Rotorua, New Zealand.
It will be our absolute pleasure to welcome you here.
This is a reminder that our call for papers closes 31 October, 2009 and
early registration closes 30 November, 2009.
See www.forestbiosecurity.com for more information.
NEW: We are also offering grants of NZ$ 500.00 to assist students to
attend the conference.
To apply for a grant, send us a 200-word summary of your research interests
and why you wish to attend.
This is a limited offer available to 10 individuals. Submissions close on
31 October 2008.
Funding for these grants is made possible through the International Science
and Technology Linkages Fund, administered by the Ministry of Research,
Science and Technology.
Send your submission to margaret.richardson(a)scionresearch.com
Biosecurity in a Global Context
The IUFRO International Biosecurity Conference 2009 will showcase advances
in forest biosecurity research from around the world. Speakers will cover
the range of issues associated with the exclusion, eradication or effective
management of pests to protect the diverse benefits offered by forests.
Invited speakers from around the world include:
· Dr Mike Wingfield – FABI, South Africa
· Dr Mark Lonsdale – CSIRO, Australia
· Dr Hugh Evans – Forest Research, UK
· Mr Peter Thomson – Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, NZ
· Dr Alain Roques – INRA, France
· Dr Eckehard Brockerhoff – Scion, NZ
· Dr Andrew Liebhold – USDA Forest Service, USA
· Dr Enrico Bonello – Ohio State University, USA
This Conference provides a forum for forest entomologists, pathologists and
vegetation management scientists, forest managers and policy makers to
share knowledge, create networks and promote international actions.
Join us in exploring key questions such as:
· How do we model the impacts of weeds, insects and diseases on forest
productivity?
· How do we define pests of the future and model the likelihood of
their establishment?
· How do we stop pests moving around the world?
· Can we manage vegetation without herbicides?
· Can we manage quarantine pests without fumigants like methyl bromide?
· Are diverse forests more resistant to pest impacts?
· What are the best techniques for eradicating pests?
The conference incorporates:
· 6th International Forest Vegetation Management Conference.
· Workshop on managing the biosecurity threats to forests in a changing
global environment.
· Working parties of IUFRO division 1 (silviculture), division 7
(forest health) and division 8 (environment).
Post conference tour:
Delegates who wish to make the most of their trip have the option of
attending a week's tour of New Zealand's beautiful South Island.
Please indicate your interest in joining this tour (
www.forestbiosecurity.com)
Tod Ramsfield, Ph.D.
Molecular Forest Pathologist
Forest Biosecurity and Protection
Scion*
Private Bag 3020
Rotorua
3046
New Zealand
Phone: 64-7-343-5534
Mobile: 64-27-366-1422
Fax: 64-7-348-0952
e-mail: tod.ramsfield(a)scionresearch.com
*Scion is the trading name of the New Zealand Forest Research Institute,
Ltd.
International Forest Biosecurity Conference, 2009:
http://forestbiosecurity.com/
