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From: "SMITH,JASON ANDREW" <jasons@ufl.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 15:39:34 +0000
Subject: Its not too late to register for the Laurel Wilt Conference
If you are interested in attending, there are still a few spots left. Follow the link below for registration. We have an exciting agenda – we will see incredible damage from the disease in the Everglades and you a guaranteed to see at least a few alligators! Let me know if you have any questions.
Jason
Jason A. Smith
Associate Professor of Forest Pathology
State Forest Health Extension Specialist
School of Forest Resources and Conservation
University of Florida
212 Newins-Ziegler Hall
Gainesville, FL
32611-0410
352-846-0843 (office)
352-327-1742 (cell)
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 (Pre-Conference) | |
4:00pm - 7:00pm | Registration |
5:30pm - 7:00pm | Welcome Networking Social |
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 (Day I) | |
7:00am | Morning Refreshments - Bus Loading Area |
8:00am - 5:00pm | Field Trip |
5:00pm - 7:00pm | Dinner Cookout |
| Evening on own |
Thursday, June 18, 2015 (Day 2) | |
7:00am - 5:00pm | Registration |
7:00 - 8:00am | Morning Refreshments |
GENERAL SESSION | |
8:00-8:30am | Welcome and Introduction to laurel wilt –Jason Smith, University of Florida- School of Forest Resources & Conservation (SFRC) |
8:30-9:00am | Laurel wilt in the context of ambrosia beetles worldwide – Jiri Hulcr, University of Florida- School of Forest Resources & Conservation (SFRC) |
9:00-9:30am | Disease biology and host-pathogen interactions – Randy Ploetz, University of Florida- Tropical Research & Education Center (TREC) |
9:30-10:00am | Vector ecology and lateral transfer – Daniel Carrillo, University of Florida- Tropical Research & Education Center (TREC) |
10:00-10:30am | Chemical ecology of X. glabratus and implications for monitoring and management – Paul Kendra, USDA-Agricultural Research Service |
10:30-11:00am | Refreshment Break |
11:00-11:20am | Deconstructing the ecological extinction of redbay in maritime forest communities – Jonathan Evans, Sewanee, University of the South-Biology |
11:20-11:40am | Scope of laurel wilt mortality to redbay forests – Geoff Wang, Clemson University- School of Agricultural, Forest, and Environmental Sciences(SAFES) |
11:40am-12:00pm | Patterns and observations of laurel wilt in sassafras – Chip Bates, Georgia Forestry Commission |
12:00-1:30pm | Lunch |
1:30-1:50pm | Laurel wilt etiology in pondspice and other hosts – Steve Fraedrich/Susan Best, USDA-Forest Service |
1:50-2:10pm | Host reservoirs and long term dynamics in laurel wilt affected forests – Jeff Eickwort, Florida Forest Service |
2:10-2:30pm | Laurel wilt impacts, expansion and future in the Everglades – LeRoy Rodgers/Tony Pernas, Everglades National Park |
2:30-2:50pm | Modeling the spread of laurel wilt in sassafras: Are additional ecosystems at risk? – John Riggins, Mississippi State University-Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology |
2:50-3:00pm | Refreshment Break |
3:00-3:20pm | Resistance in Persea and future restoration – Marc Hughes, University of Florida- School of Forest Resources & Conservation (SFRC) |
3:20-3:40pm | Mitigating cultural losses from laurel wilt – Jason Smith/Lanette Sobel, University of Florida- School of Forest Resources & Conservation (SFRC) |
3:40-4:00pm | Redbay Monitoring on Cumberland Island National Seashore (CINS) – |
4:00-4:30pm | Panel discussion – All speakers |
4:30-5:00pm | Conclusion – Action items |
5:00pm | Conference Concludes |