Pacific Southwest Research Station
Sudden Oak Death Research Program

A list of proposals funded in response to

Funding by: USDA Forest Service & California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF)

For pdf of this document: FY03 Funded Research

FY'03 Request for Proposals

BELTZ, H., BRAND, T., SEIPP, D., WAGNER, S., and WERRES, S. Chamber of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Bad Zwischenahn, Germany. Infectivity and survival of P. ramorum in recirculation water. (2 yrs. $40,462)

CUSHMAN, J. and MEENTEMEYER, R.  California State University, Sonoma, CA. Influence of land-use history and vertebrates on the occurrence and spread of Phytophthora ramorum. (2yrs $156,448)

DOYLE, S.  Joint Genome Institute, Department of Energy/University of California, Berkeley. Development of DNA aptamers for field detection of Phytophthora ramorum. (2 yrs. $205,458)

GOTTSCHALK, K., MacDONALD, W., JUZWIK, J., and LONG, R. USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Experiment Station, Morgantown, WV. Phytophthora ramorum in eastern United States forests: Sampling for presence and determining baseline Phytophthora species occurrence. (1 yr. $88,000)

KELLY, M. University of California, Berkeley. Modeling potential spread of P. ramorum in the conterminous United States: effects of different models on modeled risk. (1 yr. $29,786)

KELSEY, R. and MANTER, D. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR.  Evaluating the role of host and non-host defensive chemicals on the pathogenicity and spore viability of Phytophthora ramorum. (2yr. $125,000)

MARTIN, F. USDA-Agriculture Research Service, Salinas, CA. Molecular diagnosis of Phytophthora spp., Sudden Oak Death as a case study. (2yrs $71,611)

MacDONALD, J., AND BOSTOCK, R. University of California, Davis, CA. The ecology and control of Phytophthora ramorum in nurseries. (2 yrs $50,000+)

PARKE, J. and LINDERMAN, R. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Survival and dissemination of Phytophthora ramorum in soil and potting media. (1 yr. $83,000)

STONE, J., and WINTON, L. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Histopathology and PCR in situ visualization of Phytophthora ramorum within plant tissues. (1 yr. $82,404)

SWIECKI, T. and BERNHARDT, E. Phytosphere Research Inc, Vacaville, CA. Key factors affecting disease risk, progression of disease and subsequent failure in trees infected with Phytophthora ramorum: A continuation of previous studies. (2yrs. $103,226)

TJOSVOLD, S. University of California, Cooperative Extension, Watsonville, CA. Evaluation of fungicides for the control of Phytophthora ramorum infecting containerized Camellia, Viburnum and Pieris spp. (1 yr. $18,135)

TJOSVOLD, S. University of California, Cooperative Extension, Watsonville, CA. The effect of soil inoculum concentration, presence of inoculum in irrigation water, irrigation method, and plant disease incidence on the epidemiology of Phytopthora ramorum affecting containerized Rhodendendron. (1 yr. $50,583)

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