---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- From: "SMITH,JASON ANDREW" < <mailto:jasons@ufl.edu> jasons(a)ufl.edu&gt; 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) sfrc.ufl.edu/forestpathology http://sfrc.ufl.edu/treehealth/ http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/laurelwilt/ 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 Moderator: Don 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