Dear All,
We are excited to announce that the third series of IUFRO Division 7 webinars will take place during October, November and December, 2021. The first webinar will take place on October 13 and is co-organized between D7 and D2 working parties 7.03.11 and 2.02.15.
It is necessary to register for the webinars through the FABI website in order to receive the link to attend the webinar. It is only necessary to register once.
Registration and the complete lineup of all of the webinars and speakers are available here:
https://www.fabinet.up.ac.za/index.php/event/Forest%20Health%20Webinar%20Se…
Webinar 1: Tree resistance to diseases and pests - Interaction with and facilitation by the microbiome
Date: 13th October 2021
Time: 16:00 Johannesburg (14:00 UTC)
Format: 90 minutes with 3 speakers (20 min each) and 30 mins of a final panel discussion
Speakers:
1. Kathrin Blumenstein (University of Göttingen, Germany): Diplodia Tip Blight outbreak in Scots pine - influences of the mycobiome and abiotic factors.
2. George Newcombe (University of Idaho, USA): Pathogens in the trillion-tree era.
3. Steve Wakelin (Scion, New Zealand): Pinus radiata: a model tree-microbiome system for a rapidly changing world.
4. General discussion (30 min)
Organizers: WP 7.03.11 and WP 2.02.15; Caterina Villari (University of Georgia, US), Richard Sniezko (USDA FS, USA) and Dana Nelson (USDA FS, USA).
Contact: Caterina Villari (cvillari(a)uga.edu<mailto:cvillari@uga.edu>) and Richard Sniezko (richard.sniezko(a)usda.gov<mailto:richard.sniezko@usda.gov>)
Please join us and participate in these webinars. Although the webinars will occur every other Wednesday, the starting times will vary to accommodate the presenters. The start times are noted on the FABI website in both local Johannesburg time and UTC time, which you can convert to your local time.
October 13: Tree resistance to diseases and pests - Interaction with and facilitation by microbiome
October 27: Forest health in southern hemisphere commercial plantations
November 10: Molecular tools for the advancement of research on vascular wilt pathogens
November 24: Collaborative approaches to global tree health challenges
December 8: Updating information on forest diseases and insect pests in the tropics
Special thanks to Irene Barnes and the FABI team for facilitating the webinars and the registration process.
Regards, Tod
Tod Ramsfield, PhD
Research Scientist Forest Pathology, Canadian Forest Service
Natural Resources Canada / Government of Canada
Tod.Ramsfield(a)NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca<mailto:Tod.Ramsfield@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca> / Tel: 825-510-1303
Chercheur, Pathologie forestière, Service canadien des forêts
Ressources naturelles Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
Tod.Ramsfield(a)NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca<mailto:Tod.Ramsfield@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca> / Tel : 825-510-1303
The program for the hybrid (in-person + remote) IUFRO conference
"Biological Invasions in Forests: Trade, Ecology & Management" can be found
at
https://iufro.czu.cz/cache/article-data/IUFRO/IUFRO%20Prague%20Program.pdf
All times are given in Central European time. Scientific sessions will be
held at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague 21, 23 and 24
September and will be live-streamed with access via
*YouTube*:
Tuesday, 21 September - https://youtu.be/gfCag1_7yws
Thursday, 23 September - https://youtu.be/B2MCFgTnszc
Friday, 24 September - https://youtu.be/QGqpjOV8fxs
*Zoom*:
Zoom Meeting https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/99218403860 Meeting ID: 992 1840 3860
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Andrew Liebhold http://sandyliebhold.com
Northern Research Station 304-285-1512
USDA Forest Service 304-285-1505 FAX
180 Canfield St. 724-317-8668 mobile
Morgantown, WV 26505 USA
Hello,
Sandy Liebhold suggested that I send this message to the FORENT community.
The Entomological Society of America has a list of ‘approved’ common names for insects.
It has discontinued use of 'gypsy moth' as the common name for Lymantria dispar (due to concerns that it was derogatory toward the Roma) and has initiated a process for determining a new official common name for this species. This will be a challenging transition.
There is a complex process of committees that will work on this, including asking for public input. So, there will be opportunities to provide feedback on candidates for the new common name. But, in the meantime, you can suggest a new name for Lymantria dispar here<https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/64cb63395d7f4b27be32f8e6cecb5846>.
These suggestions will be passed on for consideration by the renaming committee. However, be aware that there are some guidelines (e.g., you can’t use the name of a geographic region in the name, etc.). Information on ESA's new criteria for common names is available here<https://www.entsoc.org/pubs/use-and-submission-common-names>. Of course for such a common insect, I think it would be good for the common name to not be long and complex.
Thank you very much for your input! I hope you can come up with some great suggestions.
Best regards, Ann Hajek
Dr. Ann E. Hajek
Department of Entomology
Cornell University
6126 Comstock Hall
129 Garden Ave.
Ithaca, New York 14853-2601 USA
Office phone: 607-254-4902
Dear colleagues,
We are presently advertising a postdoc position in Forest Pathology (or closely related fields) at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) in Vienna (Austria).
For the announcement of the position (in German and English) see the following links:
https://boku.ac.at/fileadmin/data/H01000/mitteilungsblatt-jobs/2021/KZ172_m…https://boku.ac.at/fileadmin/data/H01000/mitteilungsblatt-jobs/2021/KZ172_m…
The positions are limited to 6 years, plus the potential option of a permanent position after this period.
I encourage interested candidates to apply. Likewise, please circulate the announcements to potential applicants. Deadline for applications is
3 October 2021, but depending on the number of potentially interesting candidates applying, this deadline may be extended.
With kind regards,
Thomas Kirisits
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Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Thomas Kirisits Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection
(IFFF)
Department of Forest and Soil Sciences (WABO) University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) Peter-Jordan-Straße 82
(Schwackhöferhaus)
1190 Wien
Tel.: ++43 1 47-654-91611
E-Mail: thomas.kirisits(a)boku.ac.at
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