Please forward to your networks....  

Now available:



The USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station is pleased to announce the availability of:

Kliejunas, John T.  2010.  
Sudden oak death and Phytophthora ramorum: a summary of the literature.  
Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-234. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 181 p.

Sudden oak death and Phytophthora ramorum, both first recognized about a decade ago, have been the subject of hundreds of scientific and popular press articles. This document presents a comprehensive, concise summary of sudden oak death and P. ramorum research findings and management activities. Topics covered include introduction and background, identification and distribution, the disease cycle, epidemiology and modeling, management and control, and economic and environmental impacts.

The publication is available as a CD, book or downloadable file at  http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_gtr234/
There is NO charge for this publication and to order single or multiple copies:

Request by email:  Email Richard Schneider,  rschneider@fs.fed.us  and include your full mailing address
FAX:     (970) 498-1122
Phone:   (970) 498-1392
!! NOTE if you would like a copy of the CD or the book (or both)!!

Or by Mail:    Send your name and address in block format (as if you are addressing an envelope) to:
    Publishing Services
    Rocky Mountain Research Station
    240 West Prospect Road
    Fort Collins, CO 80526-2098 USA
!! NOTE if you would like a copy of the CD or the book (or both)!!

- Susan

Susan J. Frankel
Sudden Oak Death Research Program Manager
USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station

Mailing address:
PO Box 245
Berkeley, CA 94701

Street address:
800 Buchanan Street, West Annex Building,
Albany, CA 94710-0011

Phone: 510-559-6472     FAX :510-559-6440
sfrankel@fs.fed.us