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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)

 

 

 

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
ModeratorDon Duerr, USDA-Forest Health Protection

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) – 
Paul Merten, US Forest Service, Forest Heath Protection, Southern Region

4:00-4:30pm

Panel discussion – All speakers

4:30-5:00pm

Conclusion – Action items

5:00pm

Conference Concludes