2nd Notice

IUFRO Working Group (7.03.04) Disease and Insects in Forest Nurseries will meet in Hilo, Hawaii, USA July 10-17, 2009
(formal classroom and field trips: July 13-16).

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/activities/unit/7.03.04/

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@fs.fed.us