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Pacific Southwest Research Station

 
 

Pacific Southwest Research Station
800 Buchanan Street
West Annex Building
Albany, CA 94710-0011

(510) 559-6300

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Programs and Projects

SOD

Sudden Oak Death Research
Phytophthora ramorum

SUDDEN OAK DEATH RESEARCH PROGRAM
A LIST OF PROPOSALS FUNDED IN RESPONSE TO
FY’03 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
FUNDED BY
USDA FOREST SERVICE
AND
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION

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. Development of DNA aptamers for field detection of Phytophthora ramorum. Joint Genome Institute, Department of Energy/University of California, Berkeley (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 forest: Sampling for presence and determining baseline phytophthora species occurrence. (1 yr. $88,00)

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., SOD 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)

Last Modified: Aug 8, 2007 05:54:24 AM