53RD NORTH CENTRAL FOREST PEST WORKSHOP

45 TH NORTHEAST FOREST PATHOLOGY WORKSHOP

53 RD NORTH CENTRAL FOREST PEST WORKSHOP

Hilton, Niagara Falls , Canada

JUNE 8-11, 2004

Agenda

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Tuesday, June 8, 2004

1:00 – 5:00PM		Registration, Hotel Lobby
		Poster set-up

3:00 – 4:30		Fungal and insect foray

5:00		Hors d’oeuvres reception *(Provided)* and cash bar
		Dinner on your own
		Check-out Posters

Wednesday , June 9, 2004

6:30 - 8:00AM		Breakfast Watermark Restaurant *(Provided)*
		Continued registration

8:15		Introductions

8:30 - 8:55		"Canadian perspectives and initiatives on Phytophthora ramorum" ( Lesley Cree, CFIA)

8:55 – 9:20		“A U.S. Perspective of Sudden Oak Death: When, Where, Why and How” ( Kerry Britton, USDA Forest Service)

9:20 – 10:00		“ The hunt for Phytophthora ramorum in the Eastern United States 2003-2004” (Steve Oak, USDA Forest Service)
10:00 – 10:30		~~~Coffee Break~~~

10:30 – 10:55		“Phytophthora species in oak ecosystems and their possible involvement in oak decline” ( Yilmaz Balci , West Virginia University)

10:55 – 11:20		“Population structure of and stand management effects on Armillaria in mixed oak stands" ( Phil Wargo, Retired, USDA Forest Service)

11:20 – 11:45		“Oak Wilt Disease in the North Central Region: Where is it and what are we doing about it?” ( Linda Haugen, USDA Forest Service)

11:45 - 12:00PM		Oak Decline in Oakville , ( John McNeil, Town Of Oakville, Ontario )

12:00 – 1:00PM		~~~Lunch Watermark Restaurant (Provided)~~~

1:00 – 1:25		"Oak decline in North America compared to other portions of the northern hemisphere" (Kurt W. Gottschalk, USDA Forest Service)

1:25 – 1:50		“Past and Present studies on Agrilus” ( Robert Haack, USDA Forest Service)

1:50 – 2:15		“The Asian Longhorned Beetle control program in Toronto ” ( Ben Gasmann, CFIA)

2:15 – 2:40		“Status of butternut canker research in Vermont ” ( D.R. Bergdahl and S. Halik, University of Vermont )

2:40 – 3:00		“ Beech Bark Disease in Canada ” ( Gaston Laflamme, CFS, Quebec )

3:00 – 3:30		~~~Coffee Break~~~

3:30 – 3:55		“Ash yellows viewed from the twilight zone” ( Wayne Sinclair, Cornell University )

3:55 – 4:20		“Black Ash Dieback in Maine : Natural Phenomenon or New Risk? ( Bill Livingston, University of Maine )

4:20 – 4:45		“Red Pine Pocket Mortality in Ontario – an expanding problem” ( John McLaughlin, OFRI)

4:45		Adjourn for the day ~~~ Dinner on your own
		*Check-out Posters*

Thursday, June 10, 2004

6:30 – 7:30AM		Breakfast Watermark Restaurant (Provided)

7:30AM *Sharp*		Depart for field trip. Meet in Hotel Lobby

12:00 – 1:00PM		*~~~Box Lunch~~~(Provided)***

4:00 – 5:15		Wine Tour

7:00PM		~~~Dinner~~~ (Provided In Meeting Room)
		After Dinner Speaker, “ If you build a conservatory “” they”” will come! (not only the butterflies and visitors but also the pests and challenges.)” (Cheryl Tyndall, Assistant Curator, Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory)

Friday, June 11, 2004

6:30 – 8:00AM		Breakfast Watermark Restaurant (Provided)

~~~Indoor Sessions Continue~~~ 8:00AM - 12:00PM

8:00 – 8:25		“ The Emerald Ash Borer control program in Ontario ” ( Ken Marchant, CFIA)

8:25 – 8:50		“ The biology and phenology of the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis” (D.B. Lyons, G.C. Jones and K. Wainio-Keizer, CFS)

8:50 – 9:15		“ Michigan Statewide Trap-Tree Emerald Ash Borer Detection Survey: Concept and Application” ( Andrew Storer, Michigan Technological University)

9:15 – 10:10		“Development of Systemic Tree Injection Tools for Pest Management” ( Joe Meating, Bioforest Technologies)

10:00 – 10:30		~~~Coffee Break~~~

10:30 – 10:55		"Combating Invasive Alien Forest Pests" ( Ken Marchant, CFIA)

10:55 – 11:20		“Systemic induced resistance in pine and its ecological implications” ( Enrico Bonello , Ohio State University)

11:20 – 11:45		" Ontario 's Pine Shoot Beetle Control Program" ( Dan Rowlinson, OMNR)

11:45		Brief discussion: Next years meeting location and dates.

12:00PM		~~~Adjourn~~~