Folks,
As I believe, we can not separate the insects from the fungi they
facilitate (or vice versa), this pathologist has gone over to the dark
side and begun to study entomology. So this amateur entomologist has a
question for the professional entomologists: "What volatile fungicide can
I add to my relaxing chamber to prevent the growth of fungi ?"
Yours,
Dr. Martin MacKenzie, Forest Pathologist
Southern Sierra Shared Service Area
(209) 532 3671 ext 242
Stanislaus National Forest
19777 Greenley Road
Sonora, CA 95370
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Dear Colleagues
We are pleased to announce a second European conference about the
value and management of oak-rich, cultural landscapes which will take
place in southern Turkey in June 2010.
The conference is jointly organised by Suleyman Demirel University,
Isparta, Turkey, Adiyaman University, Adiyaman, Turkey and Linköping
University, Linköping, Sweden.
The aim of the conference is to bring together specialists from
different countries and disciplines to share information and current
research concerning the importance of oak trees - their past, present
and future contribution to European heritage, biodiversity,
landscapes, tourism and the silvopastoral* economy.
The first conference on the same natural and cultural themes was held
in Linköping - Sweden, 2006. The conference proceedings can be found
at:
http://www.naturvardsverket.se/Documents/publikationer/620-5617-4.pdf
More information about the conference in Turkey can be found at the
conference homepage: http://ormanweb.sdu.edu.tr/oak
We hope the conference will enhance recognition of the role and
significance of oak trees locally and internationally and look forward
to meeting you in Turkey in June 2010
Your Organising Committee.
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvopasture
Please spread this to your collegues!
An important follow-up to the recent SFIWC 2010 announcement:
Please use the group code "FOR" when booking your hotel reservation at the
Hilton Wilmington Riverside by phone (1-888-324-8170) or online (
http://www.wilmingtonhilton.com) to get the special rate of $98.00/night.
I apologize for any inconvenience.
See you in Wilmington!
- Will
William P. Shepherd, SFIWC Secretary-Treasurer
USDA Forest Service SRS
2500 Shreveport Highway
Pineville, LA 71360 USA
Voice: 318-473-7256
FAX: 318-473-7222
E-mail: williamshepherd(a)fs.fed.us
SFIWC website: http://sfiwc.org
The 53rd annual Southern Forest Insect Work Conference will be 20-23 July
2010 (Tuesday - Friday) in Wilmington, North Carolina USA.
We have chosen the Hilton Wilmington Riverside as our meeting hotel.
Although we soon will be updating the SFIWC website (http://sfiwc.org)
with this year's registration form, I encourage you to make your hotel
reservation as soon as possible. We have a block of 90 rooms set aside
for the group until May 19, so make your reservations by this date. Don't
miss out on the special pricing!
Here are the details:
Date: 20-23 July 2010
Place: Hilton Wilmington Riverside, 301 N. Water St., Wilmington, North
Carolina USA
Phone reservation: 1-888-324-8170. Online reservation:
http://www.wilmingtonhilton.com. Ask for the Southern Forest Insect Work
Conference group rate, using the code "SOR".
Overnight parking is $9.00/day.
Visit http://www.wilmingtonhilton.com for hotel information.
Room rates are $98.00 per night plus tax. Remember, this low rate is
valid only until May 19, and only for the first 90 rooms (first 30 on
Monday, July 19). Make your reservation right away!
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And an update on the 2010 SFIWC Program from Kier Klepzig and Fred Stephen
(Co-Program Chairs):
SFIWC 2010 - Invasives: Theory and Practice
The theme of the 2010 SFIWC will be Invasives. We are looking to design a
program that allows for broad discussion and scientific exchange of the
theory and practice (monitoring, control, mitigation, restoration) of
dealing with invasive insects.
To that end, we are planning the following
Plenary Session - Invasion Theory
- Invasion biology
- Predicting invasions
- Cost/benefits of controlling invasions
- Eradication or management - when to let go?
Concurrent sessions - will focus on specific insects to encourage
discussion and idea exchange on current work, planned research, methods,
analyses, etc.
These sessions may include
- Sirex noctilio
- Invasive bark and ambrosia beetles (red bay, Scolytus schevyrewi,
thousand cankers disease, etc.)
- Hemlock woolly adelgid
- Emerald ash borer
- others?
Additional sessions may include
- SPB: Is it an endangered species?
- Climate change and insect dynamics
We welcome suggestions for the program, and need volunteers to moderate
and/or speak. Please volunteer !!!
Please send your responses to Kier Klepzig (kklepzig(a)fs.fed.us;
828-257-4307) or Fred Stephen (fstephen(a)uark.edu; 479-575-2451).
Thanks!
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Hope to see you in Wilmington on July 20!
- Will
William P. Shepherd, SFIWC Secretary-Treasurer
USDA Forest Service SRS
2500 Shreveport Highway
Pineville, LA 71360 USA
Voice: 318-473-7256
FAX: 318-473-7222
E-mail: williamshepherd(a)fs.fed.us
SFIWC website: http://sfiwc.org
Dear colleagues,
Apologizing for possible multiple messages, I wanted to advertise an
open research associate (technician) position in my lab, available
immediately. The position description and all application
information can be found at http://jobs.osu.edu/. Click on "View OSU
Job Opportunities", then "SEARCH POSTINGS" using requisition number
348627. Application deadline: Jan. 17, 2010.
Please distribute as you see fit to any and all qualified applicants.
Thanks!
Enrico
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Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello, Assoc. Professor
Dept. of Plant Pathology
The Ohio State University
201 Kottman Hall
2021 Coffey Road
Columbus, OH 43210
Tel: (614) 688-5401
Lab: (614) 688-5409
Fax: (614) 292-4455
http://plantpath.osu.edu/people-and-programs/faculty-directory/bonello-pier…
Environmental Science Graduate Program (ESGP)
http://esgp.osu.edu/
Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Program (PMBB)
http://pmbb.osu.edu/
Research Entomologist (Biocontrol and Molecular Biology) Vacancy - USDA
Forest Service, Northern Research Station, NRS-03 Ecology and Management
of Invasive Species and Forest Ecosystems is looking for a Research
Entomologist, GS-11/12 for our laboratory in Hamden CT. The major duties
of the position are:
1. Conducts research and develops new approaches to biological control of
invasive insect pests of trees.
2. Uses modern molecular techniques and DNA-based tools to study the
ecological roles of biological control organisms in their native and
introduced ranges.
3. Conducts laboratory and field experiments to optimize the rearing,
establishment, spread, and impact of biological control agents for
regulating pest populations.
4. Conducts exploration for additional biological control agents of
introduced forest pests as needs arise.
5. Plans and conducts research to understand the multitrophic ecological
interactions that impact biological control efficacy.
6. Analyzes and interprets research results, prepares reports and
manuscripts for publication, and presents papers and talks to professional
and lay audiences.
Research will initially focus on predators of hemlock woolly adelgid, but
opportunities to work on biological control of other invasive insects,
such as Asian longhorned beetle, emerald ash borer, or Sirex woodwasp will
be available.
The Hamden CT area is located just north of New Haven CT and has a
cooperative relationship with Yale University with opportunities to work
with the University community. The position is open to both public (must
be a US citizen to apply) and government employees on USAJOBS. Questions
can be directed to me at the address, phone, or email listed below.
Cheers, Kurt
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/
Government vacancy announcement - TA10-NRS-EMI-0442G
Public vacancy announcement - TA10-NRS-EMI-0442DP
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Dr. Kurt W. Gottschalk
Research Forester and Project Leader
Ecology & Management of Invasive Species and Forest Ecosystems
USDA Forest Service
Northern Research Station
180 Canfield St.
Morgantown, WV 26505-3180 USA
Phone: 304-285-1598 Fax: 304-285-1505 Cell Phone: 304-276-9750
Email: kgottschalk(a)fs.fed.us Web page:
http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/units/invasivesecology/
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Hello Colleagues,
The Dec. 31 deadline for submission of abstracts for presentations at the
Congress is approaching. If you would like to present (either oral or
poster) at the Congress, you should submit an abstract by visiting
http://www.iufro2010.com
then click on ?online abstract submission on the right?. You will be
prompted to establish a login ID and password prior to submitting an
abstract.
If you would like to submit an abstract for one of the sessions in our
Congress Theme ?Frontiers in forest and tree health? listed below, we
suggest that you contact the listed session coordinator to make sure that
there is still room in the session, before submitting an abstract with
that session designated.
It is also possible to submit an abstract without designating any of the
existing sessions. To do this, you should still select ?Frontiers in
Forest Health? as the Congress theme but select ?other? as the session.
The Congress Organizing Committee will organize these ?other?
presentations into sessions with similar content.
Finally, plans are being made for a special 2-day post-conference forest
health tour. As part of the tour, we would visit various forest stands
for first-hand view of some of the important insect and disease problems
in Korea. For more information, see
http://www.iufro2010.com/?code=iu06&subp=0201
-Sandy
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Theme: ?Frontiers in Forest and Tree Health? (full descriptions can be
found at http://www.iufro2010.com/upload/Congress_Themes_And_Sessions.pdf)
G-01 Forest health in a changing environment
coordinators: Elena Paoletti (e.paoletti(a)ipp.cnr.it) & Mike Wingfield
G-02 New insights into roles of ophiostomatoid fungi in bark
beetle-fungus symbioses
coordinators: Diana Six (diana.six(a)cfc.umt.edu) & Mike Wingfield
G-03 Effect of multiple ecosystem stressors on tree and forest
ecosystem health
coordinator: Nancy Grulke (ngrulke(a)fs.fed.us)
G-04 The growing threat of Australian insect pests to world eucalyptus
plantation forestry coordinator: Simon Lawson
(simon.lawson(a)dpi.qld.gov.au)
G-05 Synergy in forest threats: symbiotic interactions and invasives
coordinator: Kier Klepzig (Kklepzig(a)fs.fed.us)
G-06 Alien invasive pathogens: threats to forest ecosystem integrity
and services
coordinators: Steve Woodward & Ned Klopfenstein (nklopfenstein(a)fs.fed.us )
G-07 Impacts of interacting disturbances on forest health in the boreal
zone
coordinator: Douglas McRae (DMcRae(a)NRCan.gc.ca )
G-08 Invasive alien species: economic and environmental impacts on
forest ecosystems
coordinator: David Langor (David.Langor(a)NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca )
G-09 Semiochemical based monitoring of forest health
coordinator: Zhang Zhen (zhangzhen(a)caf.ac.cn)
G-10 Trends in wood and bark borer invasions and effects of policy
coordinators: Eckehard Brockerhoff
(Eckehard.Brockerhoff(a)scionresearch.com) & Robert Haack
G-11 Molecular ecological and evolutionary perspectives on changing
populations of forest insects and their symbionts
Session coordinator: Bernard Slippers (bernard.slippers(a)fabi.up.ac.za)
G-12 Oak decline in the world
Session coordinator: Naoto Kamata (kamatan(a)uf.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp) & Kazuyoshi
Futai
G-13 Advances in exotic forest pest surveillance and monitoring
Session coordinator: Jon Sweeney (jsweeney(a)nrcan.gc.ca)
G-14 Ecology and management of pine wood nematode in the face of
climate change
Session coordinators: Yeong-jin (yjchung(a)foa.go.kr) Chung & Han Hyerim
G-15 Cork Oak forest degradation causes and sustainable development in
western Mediterranean countries
Session coordinators: Mohammed Nejib Rejeb (Rejeb.nejib(a)iresa.agrinet.tn)
Abdelhamid Khaldi & Woo Su-Young
G-16 Climate factors and tree susceptibility/resistance to insects and
pathogens
Session coordinators: François Lieutier
(francois.lieutier(a)univ-orleans.fr) & Dan Herms
G-17 Managing cone and seed insects to preserve the regeneration of
future forests
Session coordinator: Jean-Noël Candau (Jean-Noel.Candau(a)NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca
)
G-18 Diseases and insects in pines threatening global forest health in
the 21st century
Session coordinators: Lee Kyung Joon (fraxinus(a)snu.ac.kr ) & Kang Ho Duck
G-19 Forest dieback caused by novel ambrosia beetle/Raffaelea pest
complexes
Session coordinators: Kazuyoshi Futai (futai(a)kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp ) & Naoto
Kamata
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Andrew Liebhold 304-285-1512
Northern Research Station 304-285-1505 FAX
USDA Forest Service 724-317-8668 mobile
180 Canfield St. aliebhold(a)fs.fed.us
Morgantown, WV26505 USA http://sandyliebhold.com
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Any idea what would cause dark rings in red oak logs as in the attached pictures?
The dark rings run the length of the logs. So far this has been seen on a number of sites in 3 or 4 counties in Minnesota. Not all red oak trees on a site have the dark rings.
My first guess is that it is a barrier zone resulting from a wound or injury of some type. However it seems strange that it forms a complete cylinder that reaches the ends of the logs. I didn't see any logs where the dark ring only went part way around a log. Also there were some logs that had obvious injuries with decay and discoloration but these logs did not form rings or even have distinct barrier zones going even part way around the log.
I've only looked at logs like this while in the mill, not on the site where they were harvested. At first, the thought was that these rings were the result of something happening 16 to 17 years ago. This will take more investigation, but it looks to me like the time period varies anywhere from 6 to 35 years. Also at this time I can't say if the time period varies ibetween sites, or if the time period varies from log to log on the same site.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Mike Albers
Forest Health Specialist
MN DNR-Forestry
1201 E. Hwy. # 2
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
(218)-327-4115
Dear all,
**** Please forward to all those who might be
interested, and please excuse possible cross
posting ****
Semiochemicals in Pest Control and Conservation Biology
Graduate student (also post-docs are welcome)
course on the applications of pheromones,
kairomones and other semiochemicals.
Organized by the Department of Ecology, Lund
University and the Department of Plant Protection
Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences. The course will take place in Lund,
Sweden, 15-26 March 2010.
Scope
Since the first identification of a pheromone
fifty years ago the world of chemical signals has
received much attention from scientists in
biology, chemistry and agriculture/forestry. Many
of the findings have come into practical use,
mainly for monitoring or suppression of insect
pests. Yet, a very small fraction of crop
protection is based on semiochemicals, despite
their obvious advantages over conventional
insecticides. Why is this and what can be done to
increase the applied use of these sustainable
alternatives? More recently other possibilities
to use odour signals have become obvious in e.g.
detection of rare species. Can this be developed
and used more widely in conservation biology?
These are issues that will be dealt with during
the course, which includes lectures of
internationally recognized scientists, student
presentations, exercises and discussions.
For more info and registration:
http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/semiochem-10.html
Registration deadline is 1 February 2010, maximum enrollment 40 persons.
Best regards,
Olle and Fredrik
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Olle Anderbrant, Prof. telephone +46 (0)46 2224997
Department of Ecology mobile +46 (0)70 3724997
Lund University
Sölvegatan 37 telefax +46 (0)46 2224716
SE-223 62 Lund e-mail Olle.Anderbrant(a)ekol.lu.se
Sweden
internet http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/oa_homepage.html
On behalf of the IUFRO WORKING PARTY 7.03.10 - METHODOLOGY OF FOREST INSECT AND DISEASE SURVEY IN CENTRAL EUROPE we would like to invite you to our Workshop on "Biotic Risks and Climate Change in Forests" in September 2010 and appreciate if you will submit papers/posters on the following subjects:
- Risk assessment of actual and introduced pests and diseases
- Survey of actual and introduced pests and diseases
- Information platform on pests and diseases occurrence.
Please send your abstract online to: http://www.biotic-risks-2010.de/index.php?site=40 (Registration/ Preliminary Registration)!
We are looking forward to hear from you.
Yours faithfully,
Elli Mindnich
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Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt
Baden - Württemberg
Wonnhaldestrasse 4
79100 FREIBURG
FON 0761 4018 190
FAX 0761 4018 333
