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Yun Wu, Ph.D.
Plant Pathologist
Biological control of forest invasive plants
USDA Forest Service-FHTET
180 Canfield St.
Morgantown, WV 26505
Tel: (304) 285-1594
Fax: (304) 285-1564
Email: ywu(a)fs.fed.us
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Would you please forward this announcement to interested parties? Thanks.
Hello again colleagues,
Here is the link to the expanded (joint US Forest Service and USDA APHIS)
request for proposals for research on Sirex noctilio
http://forestinsects.org/SirexRFP
Note deadlines of May 8 and May 10!
-Sandy
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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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Welcome to the WORKSHOP on BIOTIC RISKS AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN FORESTS, 20 - 23 SEPTEMBER 2010, FREIBURG, GERMANY
The Workshop is hosted by the Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg, Department of Forest Protection.
The Conference program consists of:
1) Risk assessment of actual and introduced pests and diseases
2) Survey of actual and introduced pests and diseases
3) Information platform on pests and diseases occurrence
4) Excursion Black Forest
We are calling for papers. http://www.biotic-risks-2010.de/index.php?site=40. Enclosed you'll find the 2nd Announcement and the Final Registration.
Please visit the webpage: http://www.biotic-risks-2010.de
<<2nd Announcement .pdf>>
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Forest Research Institut
Baden - Württemberg
Kongressbüro
Wonnhaldestrasse 4
79100 FREIBURG / Germany
FON 0761 4018 0
FAX 0761 4018 333
I am forwarding from Dick Reardon a URL with information about a request
for proposals for Sirex noctilio research:
http://forestinsects.org/Sirex_RFP_Memo.pdf
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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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Dear FORENT followers:
As you may know, registration for the IUFRO World Congress in South Korea,
23-28, August is now open at http://www.iufro2010.com
What you may not know is that presenting authors of all accepted Oral and
Poster presentations must register for the Congress on-line before April
30th. Failure to meet this deadline will automatically mean that your
presentation will be deleted from the program (and the book of abstracts).
We have what I think is a really incredible assortment of symposia
related to forest insects organized for the IUFRO Congress - perhaps the
best scientific program of any IUFRO Congress to date. However, it is
critically important that all speakers need to complete their registration
by April 30 - otherwise your slot will become empty and this will hurt the
program greatly.
Secondly, at the same web site, you can register for the post-congress
forest health tour. I would urge all of you that are planning to attend
the IUFRO Congress to participate in this post-Congress event. My
experience from similar venues has been that these types of tours are a
great opportunity to meet new colleagues from other countries, as well as
to enjoy incredible memories with old friends. For visitors to Korea, such
as myself, this tour will be a great chance to become familiar with some
of the serious forest insect and disease problems in east Asia. The
number of slots available for the tour are limited so I'd urge you to sign
up soon while there is still space...
-Sandy
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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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Dear colleagues,
Many thanks to those who responded to my request regarding
Mycosphaerella dearnessii (Lecanosticta acicola) that I sent at the end
of February. Marion Kessler and Josef Janusek will contact you soon and
provide you with detailled sampling instructions.
I thought I send out our request again (see below). Maybe other
colleagues are willing to assist in collecting samples?
Thanks you very much for your efforts!
With best regards,
Thomas Kirisits
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Dear colleagues,
On behalf of two Ph.D. students I would like to ask you for assistance
of their Ph.D. projects!
For molecular / population studies on Mycosphaerella dearnessii
(anamorph Lecanosticta acicola), the causal agent of brown spot needle
blight of pine species (Pinus spp.), we would be interested to obtain
isolates / populations of isolates of this fungus and/or pine needles
infected by M. dearnessii (preferably with conidiomata and/or ascomata
pesent). In the latter case the isolations would be done by the Ph.D.
candidates themselves.
The work will be done as part of the Ph.D. theses of Marion Kessler
(marion.kessler(a)bfw.gv.at ) at the Institute of Forest Entomology,
Forest Pathology and Forest Protection (IFFF), University of Natural
Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Austria (advisors:
Erhard Halmschlager, Thomas Cech & Christian Stauffer) and Josef
Janousek (janousek.jose(a)gmail.com) at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood
Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic (advisors: Libor
Jankovsky & Christian Stauffer).
Isolates and samples from all parts of the world would be very welcome!
Of particular high interest are isolates from North, Central and South
America. This is because the fungus is suspected to be native there and
for comparisons of putative native versus introduced fungal populations
American isolates would be essential. Brown spot is a common and
important disease of Pinus palustris and other Pinus spp. in the
south-east and central USA, so we hope that US colleagues will be
willing to help in providing isolates/samples.
But isolates/samples from other parts of the world, especially also
from Asia, would be also very valuable. So far Marion and Josef have a
good collection of isolates from several parts of Europe, but additional
European material would also be good and can only strengthen the planned
work.
The EPPO diagnostic protocol for Mycosphaerella dearnessii contains a
lot of useful information on diagnosing the disease and it also includes
a number of excellent photographs of the symptoms:
http://www.eppo.org/QUARANTINE/fungi/Mycosphaerella_dearnessii/pm7-46%281%2…
In addition, Josef Janusek prepared a page with a few photos of
symptoms of brown spot needle blight:
http://picasaweb.google.cz/pepino96/BrownSpotNeedleBlightOfPines#
If you are able and willing to help, please contact me. Marion Kessler
and Josef Janusek will then provide you with further information
(details for sampling, sending, import permit, etc.). Please do not
hesitate to contact me in the case you have any further questions.
Thank you very much in advance for your help! Your assistance will be
invaluable and very much appreciated!
With best regards,
Thomas Kirisits
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Dr. Thomas Kirisits
Institut für Forstentomologie, Forstpathologie und Forstschutz
Department für Wald- und Bodenwissenschaften
Universität für Bodenkultur (BOKU)
Hasenauerstraße 38
A-1190 Wien
Österreich
Tel.: (++43) (1) 368-24-33
Fax: (++43) (1) 368-24-33 oder (++43) (1) 368-63-52-97
e-mail: thomas.kirisits(a)boku.ac.at
Homepage: http://ifff.boku.ac.at/
Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection
Department for Forest and Soil Sciences
BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
Hasenauerstrasse 38
A-1190 Vienna
Austria
Tel.: (++43) (1) 368-24-33
Fax: (++43) (1) 368-24-33 or (++43) (1) 368-63-52-
6th Western Hazard Tree Workshop: June 15-17, 2010
Second Announcement
To: All parties interested in hazard tree management
From: Pete Angwin, Plant Pathologist, USDA Forest Service, Redding, CA (
pangwin(a)fs.fed.us, or by phone at 530-226-2436)
Registration for the 6th Western Hazard Tree Workshop is now available in
the "Register" section of our web site at
www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/technology/htwc/index.htm
The Workshop will take place June 15-17 at the USDA Forest Service's J.
Herbert Stone Nursery, 2606 Old Stage Road, Central Point, OR. The program
includes both indoor and field discussions and presentations.
Registration may be done online by credit card, or you can send in a check
or money order. Guest field trip tickets are also available. Instructions
are at the web site. Please be sure to note that registrations by
government credit cards are NOT refundable (details are in the
instructions).
All registrations processed (for Credit Card payment) or postmarked (for
checks or money orders) by April 30 are eligible for the registration rate
of $225. Registrations processed or postmarked after that date are $255.
Also, due to meeting room and field trip capacity limitations, the
workshop will be limited to the first 88 paid registrants.
Workshop registration includes:
A copy of the pre-ceedings.
All conference sessions with refreshments during breaks.
Box lunch with drink and transportation for both field trips.
Desserts at the poster session/social/decay fungus identification
workshop on Tuesday evening.
Catered lunch on Wednesday
Dinner and refreshments at the Goheen residence on Wednesday
evening.
Lodging information and directions to the Stone Nursery from Interstate 5
Exits 30 and 33 are in the Lodging/Travel section of our web site. A list
of hotels within a 10-20-minute drive from the nursery is included.
Participants are responsible for making their own lodging arrangements.
Additional items of note:
1. Please bring appropriate field clothing, headwear, footwear, sunscreen
and bug repellant for the field trips, including an OSHA-approved hard hat
. A limited number of hard hats will be available for those who can't
bring their own. Be ready for any weather condition!
2. There will be a poster session during the Tuesday evening decay fungus
identification clinic/social at the Stone Nursery. If you'd like to
present a poster, please indicate this when you register and give the
title of your poster (if known). If you have any questions, contact
Kristen Chadwick at klchadwick(a)fs.fed.us or 503-668-1474.
3. There will also be a hazard tree photo contest during the Tuesday
evening session, with a prize given for the best photo in each of five
categories. Information on the contest is in the "Hazard Tree Photo
Contest" link in the "Conference Information" section of the web site.
Note that all submissions must be printed and be no larger than 8-1/2 x
11" in size. If you have any questions, contact Kristen Chadwick at
klchadwick(a)fs.fed.us or 503-668-1474.Bring your best photos to share!
I look forward to seeing all of you at the workshop. An informative and
great time will be had by all!
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Pete Angwin
Plant Pathologist
N. CA Shared Service Area
(530) 226-2436, FAX (530) 226-2485
e-mail: pangwin(a)fs.fed.us
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Pete Angwin/R5/USDAFS
02/23/2010 02:19 PM
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Subject
ANNOUNCEMENT- 6TH WESTERN HAZARD TREE WORKSHOP
6th Western Hazard Tree Workshop: June 15-17, 2010
First Announcement
To: All parties interested in hazard tree management
From: Pete Angwin, Plant Pathologist, USDA Forest Service, Redding, CA (
pangwin(a)fs.fed.us, or by phone at 530-226-2436)
Plan now for the next Western Hazard Tree Workshop, to be held in Medford,
Oregon, during the week of June 14, 2010! The meeting site will be at the
USDA Forest Service's J. Herbert Stone Nursery in Central Point. Lodging
is available in a variety of hotels in Medford. As with the previous five
workshops, the intended audience includes pest specialists,
arboriculturists and other professionals who have responsibilities for
providing training and guidance in hazard tree management, particularly in
forested settings.
There will be one and a half days of indoor discussions and presentations
and one and a half days in the field. Indoor topics include: Roadside
Danger Tree Policies and Assessment; Biology and Taxonomy of Wood Decay
Fungi; Oak Defects, Decays and Failures; Options For Not Removing Hazard
Trees; Effects of Pruning on Douglas-fir; Illusions and Consequences in
Tree-Risk Assessment- When Law and Arboriculture Collide; Powerlines,
Wildfires and Tree Failures: School Fire Case Study; and Decay From
Phellinus pini: Case Studies and Lessons Learned. An evening poster
session/social/decay fungus identification workshop/hazard tree photo
contest will also be featured.
The field portion of the workshop will include visits to sites in the
southern Oregon Cascades on the Rogue River-Siskiyou and Winema National
Forests, with one stop in the Rogue Valley at the J. Herbert Stone
Nursery. We'll see and discuss a number of hazard tree situations and
topics including: decline and failure in native oaks, indicators used in
the USDA Forest Service Region 6 roadside danger tree program, the danger
of laminated root rot in a recreation site, concerns with decline in
specimen legacy trees, and hazard potential in heavily-used developed
sites in older true fir stands.
Please check the workshop website for details:
www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/technology/htwc/index.htm Right now, the web
site contains the workshop agenda, lodging and other general information.
Registration information will be posted on the site by March 15, and at
that time you will be able to register either by VISA or check.
Registration will be $225 through April 30th, and will be $255 after that
date. Guest field trip tickets will be available at a nominal price.
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Pete Angwin
Plant Pathologist
N. CA Shared Service Area
(530) 226-2436, FAX (530) 226-2485
e-mail: pangwin(a)fs.fed.us
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Postdoctoral Researcher: Mountain Pine Beetle Transcriptomics
The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae; MPB) is an emerging
model system for studying the effects of climate change. Research in this
system is occurring at the interface between applied ecology, evolutionary
genomics, and climate-change modeling. Utah State University has long
been a center for MPB-related field research, climate-based modeling
efforts, and quantitative genetic experiments. Utah State University has
recently developed collaboration with the University of Notre Dame to
assess transcriptional variance related to important temperature-dependent
fitness traits of MPB using next-generation sequencing technology
(Roche/454). These fitness traits vary with latitude and temperature, and
are critical components of MPB population outbreak dynamics.
We are seeking a creative and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher
with an interest in the interface between Applied Ecology and Genomics to
fill a unique position with involvement at two campuses: Utah State
University (USU) and the University of Notre Dame (ND). The researcher
will be based at USU (where tissues will be prepared), but will also spend
time at ND (where transcriptome sequencing will be performed). The
specific allocation of time and effort among campuses will be decided
jointly by the researcher and faculty at both campuses. Specific
responsibilities will include: 1) organizing and preparing tissues for
analysis in collaboration with USU faculty and the USDA Rocky Mountain
Research Station, 3) data processing and synthesis, and 4) publication of
results.
Candidates for this position must have earned a PhD in molecular biology,
evolutionary genetics, entomology (with a molecular or evolutionary
biology focus), or related field by the time of appointment. Candidates
must demonstrate organizational skills, independence, and communication
skills (written and verbal). Preference will be given to candidates with
experience in RNA extraction and the analysis of transcriptome data, and
ecological application of these data. The position is funded for up to
two years. The candidate will be encouraged to work collaboratively
through USU and/or ND on grant proposals extending the position. The
successful applicant will benefit from interactions with USU researchers
in the Ecology Center (http://www.usu.edu/ecology) the USDA Rocky
Mountain Research Station, the Center for Integrated BioSystems (
http://biosystems.usu.edu) and in the newly established Genomics and
Bioinformatics Core Facilities in the Eck Institute of Global Health at ND
(http://globalhealth.nd.edu)
Inquires should be directed to Karen Mock (karen.mock(a)usu.edu) Barbara
Bentz (bbentz(a)fs.fed.us) or Michael Pfrender at ND (
Michael.Pfrender.1(a)ND.edu) Applicants will be asked to submit a cover
letter detailing their interest and qualifications for this position,
contact information for three references, and up to 2 representative
publications.
Salary will range up to $45,000 year, plus benefits, depending upon
experience and qualifications. Utah State University is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, and seeks to attract and retain a
highly qualified and diverse faculty and staff.
Barbara J. Bentz
Research Entomologist
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
860 N. 1200 E. Logan, UT 84321
435-755-3577 (office)
435-890-3186 (mobile)
435-755-3563 (fax)
bbentz(a)fs.fed.us
www.usu.edu/beetle/
Greetings forest entomology colleagues!
Registration is now open for the upcoming IUFRO meeting, "Population
dynamics, biological control, and integrated management of forest
insects", in Eberswalde, Germany, 12-16 Sept., 2010. Please visit:
http://www.forestinsects.org/iufro/eberswalde
If you are planning to attend the meeting, you will need to:
1) click on "Registration" and follow the instructions to enter your name
and contact information, then follow the instructions to transfer funds to
cover your registration fee.
2) click on "Accommodations" and follow the instructions to reserve a room
3) optionally click on "Abstracts" and follow the instructions to submit
an abstract for either a poster or oral presentation
I'm quite excited about this meeting. It is the inaugural meeting of the
new IUFRO working party 7.03.13: "Biological control of forest insects and
pathogens" which is meeting jointly with working parties 7.03.06
"Integrated management of forest defoliating insects" and 7.03.07
"Population dynamics of forest insects". Secondly, the site of the
meeting, Eberswalde is a beautiful town near Berlin and has a rich history
related to the origins both forestry and IUFRO. Thirdly, the local
organizer, Andreas Linde, is preparing an incredible program including a
possible evening scenic boat trip along the historic Finow canal as well
as a fascinating all-day excursion to nearby forestry research field
locations. No doubt this will be another important gathering of the world
forest entomology community and we will continue our tradition of building
international cooperation and collaboration.
I hope to see you there...
-Sandy
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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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Hello All,
There are several assistantships available in my lab. Please forward
the attached announcement to those who may be interested. Sorry for any
duplicates you may receive.
Cheers,
--
John J. Riggins, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Forest Entomology
Box 9775
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762-9775
Ph: (662)-325-2984
F: (662)-325-8837
jriggins(a)entomology.msstate.edu
