Pacific Southwest Research Station
Sudden Oak Death Research Program

Funded Proposals for FY04, in response to Request for Proposals from:

USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station

Funded Projects for the FY '04 
 

• Predicting Geographic Susceptibility and National Epidemic Development Patterns for SOD; William W. Hargrove et. al. Oak Ridge National Laboratory.– $60,000
   
• Screening northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.) for geographic as well as individual tree variation for resistant to the Sudden Oak Death pathogen Phytophthora ramorum; Thomas L. Kubisiak & Dana C. Nelson. USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station. - $46,512
   
• Predicting the effects of Sudden Oak Death on small vertebrates in high risk oak woodlands in San Luis Obispo County; William Tietje. Cooperative Extension, UCB. – $17,876
   
• Interactions of Bark and Ambrosia Beetles with Phytophthora ramorum in coast live oaks and their role in tree failure; Richard B. Standiford et.al. UCB – $29,468
   
• Management of Phytophthora ramorum on Christmas trees and conifer nursery stock; Gary Chastagner & Everett Hansen. Cooperative Extension, Washington State University. – $59,221
   
• Vertebrates as dispersal agents of Phytophthora ramorum, the pathogen that causes Sudden Oak Death; J. Hall Cushman & Ross K. Meentemeyer. Sonoma State University. – $78,577
   
• Dissemination of Phytophthora ramorum in soil and potting media; Jennifer L. Parke. Oregon State University. – $79,620
   
• Evaluation of the potential of commercial firewood and densified fuelwood products as low risk resource utilization alternatives for sudden oak death-disease wood; John R. Shelly. Cooperative Extension, UCB. - $44,000
   
• Phytophthora species associated with potential Phytophthora ramorum sites in the central and eastern United States; Yilmaz Balci et.al. West Virginia University. - $50,000
   
• Movement of Phytophthora ramorum among Camellia spp in a nursery setting; Sibdas Ghosh. Dominican University of California. – $54,523
   
• Sporulation, survival, distribution, and detection of soilborne inoculum of Phytophthora ramorum in forest ecosystems; David Rizzo & Elizabeth Fichtner –UCD. $118,000
   
• Understanding the disease cycle of Phytophthora ramorum in California oak and tanoak woodlands:  Inoculum production, infection thresholds, and summer survival; Jennifer M. Davidson. University of Hawaii.– $78,800
   
• Biology, Epidemiology, and Behavior; Matteo Garbelotto, et.al.  UCB– $145,000
   
• Comparative risk posed to Quercus rubra and other native North American tree species by Phytophthora taxon C sp. Nov and P. ramorum; Clive M. Brasier.  Forestry Research Agency, UK. – $30,500
   
• Is Phytophthora ramorum in Mexico?; Dionicio Alvarado-Rosales. Instituto Fitosanidad, Montecillo, MX. – $52,500

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