Southwide Forest Disease Workshop – January 10-13, 2005 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Southwide Forest Disease

Workshop

January 10-13, 2005

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Cook Conference Center

and

Life Sciences Building Annex

PROGRAM and ABSTRACTS

Steering Committee:

Nolan Hess / Co-Chair and FHP Representative
USDA Forest Service, FHP, Pineville, LA
John Paul Jones / Co-Chair and University Representative
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Dale Starkey / Secretary
USDA Forest Service, FHP, Pineville, LA
Steve Oak / Treasurer
USDA Forest Service, FHP, Asheville, NC
Don Rogers / State Agency Representative
North Carolina Forest Service, Raleigh, NC
Scott Cameron / Forest Industry Representative
International Paper Co., Savannah, GA
Steve Fraedrich / USDA Forest Service Research Representative
USDA Forest Service, SRS, Athens, GA
Michelle Cram / Historian
USDA Forest Service, FHP, Athens, GA
Scott Enebak / Webmaster
Auburn University, Auburn, AL

Sponsored by:

Louisiana State University AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA

USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Pineville, LA


Monday, January 10, 2005

Cook Conference Center and Hotel

TIME / EVENT / LOCATION
1800 -- 2100 / Registration / Cook Conference Room
1800 -- 2100 / Reception -- cash bar & hors d’oeuvres / Cook Conference Room
Evening / Dinner on your own

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Life Sciences Building Annex, LSU Campus

TIME / TOPIC/EVENT / SPEAKER/lOCATION
0700 -- 0755 / Registration, Poster Posting / Auditorium Lobby
0800 -- 0815 / Welcome and housekeeping announcements / Nolan Hess, USDA Forest Service, FHP, Pineville, LA
MODERATOR – Dr. John Paul Jones, Louisiana State University
0815 -- 0830 / Welcome to LSU and Louisiana / Univ. Representative, Louisiana State University
0830 -- 0835 / Introduction to Keynote Speaker / Dr. Lori Eckhardt, Louisiana State University
0835 -- 0935 / Leptographium Species: Tree Pathogens, Bark Beetle Associates and Agents of Blue Stain / Dr. Michael J. Wingfield, University of Pretoria, South Africa
0935 -- 1005 / Coffee Break & Poster Viewing / Auditorium Lobby
1005 -- 1025 / Monitoring Leptographium Species and Pine Decline in the Western Zone of the Southern Region / Nolan Hess, USDA Forest Service, FHP, Pineville, LA
1025 -- 1045 / Leptographium Species and Southern Pine Decline / Dr. Lori Eckhardt, Louisiana State University
STUDENT PAPERS (papers continue Wednesday morning)
1045 -- 1105 / Assessment of Loblolly Pine Decline Risk Mapping System on Fort Benning Military Installation, Georgia / Roger Menard, Louisiana State University and USDA Forest Service, FHP, Pineville, LA
1105 -- 1145 / Change clothes, assemble survival gear
1145 -- 1730 / Swamp Tour
Vans depart from Lod Cook Hotel at 1145;
Swamp lunch at landing, $10.95;
Tour from 1400 – 1630; return.
Evening / Dinner on your own


Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Life Sciences Building Annex, LSU Campus

TIME / TOPIC/EVENT / SPEAKER/LOCATION
MODERATOR – Ron Kertz, USDA Forest Service, FHP, Pineville, LA
STUDENT PAPERS (continued from Tuesday)
0830 -- 0850 / Forested Wetland Decline and Restoration Potential in Southeast Louisiana / Rebecca Souther Effler, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
0850 -- 0910 / Endophyte-Mediated Resistance in Pinus monticola Against White Pine Blister Rust / Rebecca Ganley, University of Idaho and Forest Research New Zealand
BACK TO REGULAR STUFF
0910 -- 0930 / Examining Research Parameters and Environmental Risk for Phytophthora ramorum Spread and Establishment / Dr. Pauline Spaine, USDA Forest Service, SRS, Athens, GA
0930 -- 0950 / Phytophthora ramorum Detection Surveys for U.S. Forests / Steve Oak, USDA Forest Service, FHP, Asheville, NC
0950 -- 1010 / Survey for Beech Bark Disease in North Carolina: Implications for Tree- and Stand-Level Structure of Beech Stands / William Jones, USDA Forest Service, FHP, Asheville, NC
1010 -- 1040 / Coffee Break & Poster Viewing / Auditorium Lobby
1040 -- 1100 / An Assessment of Fusiform Rust and Selected Non-Native Invasive Pest Plants in Longleaf and Slash Pine Plantations Established with Florida Division of Forestry Seedlings / Dr. Ed Barnard, Florida Division of Forestry, Gainesville, FL
1100 -- 1120 / Suitability of Loblolly Pine and Other Selected Crops as Hosts for the Stunt Nematode, Tylenchorhynchus ewingi / Michelle Cram, USDA Forest Service, FHP, Athens, GA
1120 -- 1140 / Inoculation of Longleaf Seed with Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria and the Effect of Bacterial “Inoculation” Time on Germination and Damping-Off / Dr. Scott Enebak, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
1140 -- 1200 / Longleaf Seed Efficiency Varies by Orchard for a Single Half-Sib Family / Dr. Bill Carey, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
1200 -- 1300 / Lunch on your own

(Wednesday program continues on next page)
Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Life Sciences Building Annex, LSU Campus

TIME / TOPIC/EVENT / SPEAKER/LOCATION
MODERATOR – Bill Jones, USDA Forest Service, FHP, Asheville, NC
1300 -- 1320 / Juxtaposition of Pines and Poultry: A Growing Problem for Both / Dr. Ed Barnard, Florida Division of Forestry, Gainesville, FL
1320 -- 1340 / A Discussion of Recent and Unusual Cases of Pitch Canker Disease in Mississippi and Louisiana / James Meeker and Wood Johnson, USDA Forest Service, FHP, Pineville, LA
1340 -- 1400 / The Effects of Prophylactic Applications of Captan® and Number of Crops Since Fumigation on Slash Pine Production: Evaluating Pest Control Practices Within an IPM Program / Dr. Scott Enebak, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
1400 -- 1420 / Effects of Fungicide and Fumigation on Rhizoctonia Foliage Blight of Loblolly / Dr. Bill Carey, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
1420 -- 1450 / Coffee Break & Poster Viewing / Auditorium Lobby
1450 -- 1520 / Overview of the Federal Phytophthora ramorum Quarantine / Steve Oak, USDA Forest Service, FHP, Asheville, NC
1520 -- 1540 / Regulation or Reality? Phytophthora ramorum on Long Island, NY—2004 / Steve Oak, USDA Forest Service, FHP, Asheville, NC
1700 -- 2300 / Riverboat Dinner Cruise and Awards
Board bus at
Lod Cook Hotel
at 1700 hours.

Thursday, January 13, 2005

Life Sciences Building Annex, LSU Campus

TIME / TOPIC/EVENT / SPEAKER/LOCATION
MODERATOR – Roger Menard, LSU and USDA Forest Service, FHP, Pineville, LA
0830 -- 0850 / Ball Moss and Algae / Dr. Gordon Holcomb, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
0850 -- 0910 / Introduction to the International Tree Failure Database—A Systematic Approach to Monitor Why Trees Fall Down / William Jones, USDA Forest Service, FHP, Asheville, NC
0910 -- 0925 / Change in Tree Condition Over 5 Years During a Severe Occurrence of Oak Decline on the Ozark National Forest, Arkansas / Dale Starkey, USDA Forest Service, FHP, Pineville, LA
0925 -- 1030 / Slide Contest / Dr. John Paul Jones, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
1030 -- 1130 / SWFDW Business Meeting / Nolan Hess, USDA Forest Service, FHP, Pineville, LA