Phytophthora in Forests and Natural Ecosystems Conference 2007

Phytophthoras in forests and natural ecosystems

Beach, coast live oak and California poppies

PROGRAMME
Abstracts can be downloaded from the titles of talks or all posters in the posters session. If available, talks and posters can also be downloaded as PDF documents.

Sunday, August 26

Time
16:00	Registration
18:00	Welcome Dinner
19:30	Bonfire on the Beach

Monday, August 27

Time	Presenter	Title
9:00	Susan Frankel/Dave Rizzo	Welcome
Regional updates
9:10	Thomas Jung Andrea Vannini	Recent developments in Phytophthora diseases of trees and natural ecosystems in Europe. TALK
9:50	Giles Hardy	Phytophthora Research and Management in Australasia. TALK
10:30	Break
10:50	Dave Rizzo	Phytophthora Research and Management in the Americas. TALK
11:30		Discussion
11:45	Lunch: Asilomar Dining Hall
*Contributed papers- Phytophthora* Biodiversity**
13:30	Tod Ramsfield	Phytophthora kernoviae - of southern hemisphere origin?
13:50	Andrea Vannini	The search of Phytophthora centers of origin: Phytophthora species in mountain ecosystems in Nepal. TALK
14:10	W. A. Man in 't Veld	Natural hybrids of resident and introduced Phytophthora species proliferating on multiple new hosts in Europe. TALK
14:30	Renaud Ioos	New hypotheses on the origin of the interspecific hybrid oomycete Phytophthora alni. TALK
14:50	Simone Prospero	Population structure of Phytophthora ramorum in the Western United States.
15:10	Break
15:30	Alina G. Greslebin	The decline of Austrocedrus forests in Patagonia (Mal Del Cipres): another Phytophthora caused forest disease. TALK
15:50	Ross Beever	Kauri (Agathis australis) under threat from Phytophthora?
16:10	Peter Scott	Pythiaceous fine feeder root pathogens associated with Eucalyptus gomphocephala (tuart) decline in south-west Western Australia. TALK
16:30	Paul Reeser	Phytophthora species associated with tanoak stem cankers in southwestern Oregon. TALK
16:50	Jaesoon Hwang	Monitoring occurrence of Phytophthora species in forest streams in North Carolina using baiting and filtration methods. TALK
17:10	Ferenc Lakatos	Phytophthora species in forest trees in Hungary- a genetic approach. TALK
18:00	Dinner: Asilomar Dining Hall
*Special Session: Future directions in Phytophthora* research (Part 1)**
19:30	Clive Brasier	Biodiversity and evolution in forest Phytophthoras
20:15	Howard Judelson	New approaches to studying the biology of Phytophthoras
21:00		Group Discussion

Tuesday, August 28

Time	Presenter	Title
Contributed papers- Host-Pathogen Interactions
8:40	Eunsung Oh	First report of ink disease on chestnut caused by Phytophthora katsurae in Korea. TALK
9:00	Nari Williams	Development of molecular diangnostic tools for the detection of Phytophthora cinnamomi from cryptic soil samples in Southern Australia. TALK
9:20	Julia Koehl	Host-pathogen interaction of Phytophthora citricola and P. pseudosyringae with European Beech (Fagus sylvatica). TALK
9:40	Julia Koehl	Investigation of the effects of Phytophthora alni subsp. alni collar inoculation on CO₂ uptake, transpiration, and carbohydrate content of Alnus glutinosa saplings. TALK
10:00	Marko Riedel	Phytophthora ramorum tissue colonization studied with fluorescens microscopy. TALK
10:20	Break
10:40	Jennifer Parke	Spread of infection within tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus) trees inoculated with Phytophthora ramorum. TALK
Field Trip- Big Sur and Sudden Oak Death
11:00	Dave Rizzo	Introduction to the field trip: The Big Sur region- its ecology and the impacts of Phytophthora ramorum. TALK
11:30	Field trip preparation
12:00	Field trip and box lunch Group 1 - Mittledorf Preserve, Wine Tasting Group 2 - Pffeifer Big Sur State Park
18:00	Dinner: Asilomar Dining Hall
19:30	Poster mini-presentations
20:30	Poster session and discussion Viewable posters: P. Caetano Sandra Denman Elizabeth Fichtner Sindy Leonhard Shannon Murphy Ebba Peterson Ian Smith Mike Stukely Ilano Szabo

Wednesday, August 29

Time	Presenter	Title
*Contributed papers- Phytophthora* Ecology and Epidemiology**
9:00	Andrea Vannini	Studying ink disease distribution patterns on heterogeneous landscapes by means of remote sensing and GIS technology.
9:20	Thomas Jung	Modelling the potential distribution of Phytophthora alni root and collar rot of alders in Bavaria and preliminary application of the model to estimate the US susceptibility to P. alni.
9:40	Anna Maria Vettraino	Potential risk of spread of Phytophthora ramorum in Mediterranean wild environments and nurseries. TALK
10:00	Thomas Jung	Wide spread Phytophthora infestations of nurseries in Germany and Austria and their role as a primary pathway of Phytophthora diseases of trees.
10:20	Break
10:40	Elizabeth Fichtner	Survival and chlamydospore production of Phytophthora ramorum in California bay laurel leaves. TALK
11:00	Inga McLaughlin	Survival of Phytophthora cinnamomi in soil after prescribed fire in a southern Appalachian forest. TALK
11:20	Frank Betlejewski	Persistence of Phytophthora lateralis after wildfire: preliminary monitoring results from the 2002 Biscuit fire. TALK
11:40	Richard Sniezko	Operational program to develop resistance to Phytophthora lateralis in Port-Orford-Cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)- the first ten years. TALK
12:00	Lunch: Asilomar Dining Hall
13:00	Free afternoon
18:00	Dinner: Asilomar Dining Hall
Special Session: Future directions in Phytophthora research (Part 2)
19:30	Everett Hansen	Some things I wish I understood about the ecology and epidemiology of Phytophthora in forests. TALK
20:15	Don Goheen	Management of Phytophthoras in forest ecosystems. TALK
21:00		Group Discussion

Thursday, August 30

Time	Presenter	Title
Contributed papers- Management
8:40	Richard Sniezko	Port-Orford-Cedar family variation in resistance to Phytophthora lateralis: greenhouse test of 125 families
9:00	Alan Kanaskie	Phytophthora ramorum in Oregon forests: six years of detection eradication and disease spread. TALK
9:20	Ellen Goheen	Persistence of Phytopthora ramorum after eradication treatments in Oregon tanoak forests. TALK
9:40	Joan Webber	Factors affecting the management of Phytophthora kernoviae and P. ramorum in South West England.
10:00	Daniel Hüberli	Australasia is at high risk of a Phytophthora ramorum epidemic. TALK
10:20	Break
10:40	J. James	Screening for resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi in hybrid seedlings of American chestnut. TALK
11:00	Ana Cristina Moreira	Field evaluation of cork oak seedling viability in a soil naturally infested with Phytophthora cinnamomi. TALK
11:20	Giles Hardy	National best practice in the management of Phytophthora cinnamomi for biodiversity conservation in Australia. TALK
11:40	Field trip preparation
12:00	Field trip and box lunch Group 1 - Mittledorf Preserve, Wine Tasting Group 2 - Pffeifer Big Sur State Park
18:00	Meeting banquet (barbeque)

Friday, August 31

Time	Presenter	Title
Contributed papers- Management
9:00	Claire Sansford	Development of UK/EU pest risk analyses for three Phytophthoras. TALK
9:00	William Dunstan	Containment and eradication of Phytophthora cinnamomi in native vegetation in south-western Australia and Tasmania. TALK
9:20	Daniel Hüberli	Does abiotic stress on a plant influence phosphite protection to Phytophthora cinnamomi? TALK
9:40	Dina Neves	In vitro activity of plant crude extracts and in situ protective effect of Phlomis purpurea against Phytophthora cinnamomi. TALK
10:00	Sandra Denman	Investigating the potential of disease control practices for integrated management of Phytophthora kernoviae on mature magnolias. TALK
10:20	Matteo Garbelotto	Population biology of California Phytophthoras: P. cinnamomi, P. ramorum, P. nemorosa and P. pseudosyringae. TALK
10:40	Break
11:00	Business Meeting and wrap up
12:00	Lunch: Asilomar Dining Hall
End of Meeting