Pacific Southwest Research Station

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

(510) 559-6300

Funded Projects for the FY '07

• Zoospore infection of bark, host specificity and field resistance to bark infecting Phytophthoras. Clive M. Brasier and Anna Brown. Forest Research Agency, United Kingdom - $25,566
• Factors influencing Phytophthora ramorum infection in Christmas tree plantations. Gary Chastagner, Washington State University - $ 30,464
• The potential of leaf-colonizing microorganisms for biocontrol of Phytophthora ramorum. Michael Cohen, Sonoma State University - $14,805
• Long-Term Study of Disease Dynamics and Forest Impacts Caused by Phytophthora ramorum in Northern California. J. H. Cushman, N. E. Rank, Sonoma State University -$58,448 and R.K. Meentemeyer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte - $8,940
• Investigating inoculum behaviour, infection and disease expression in relation to temperature and inoculum density of two aerial Phytophthoras (P. ramorum and P. kernoviae) on detached foliage. Sandra Denman and Joan Webber, Forest Research Agency, United Kingdom - $20,019
• Effects of clone size and structure of tanoak on spread of sudden oak death disease in California forests. Richard Dodd, UC-Berkeley - $33,000
• Non-market economic impacts of Sudden Oak Death/Phytophthora ramorum. Jeffrey Englin, University of Nevada-Reno - $33,000
• Management of Phytophthora ramorum in tanoak and oak stands. Matteo Garbelotto, UC-Berkeley - $45,728; Ted Swiecki, Phytosphere Research -$12,700; Yana Valachovic, UC Cooperative Extension - Humboldt and Del Norte Counties - $44,409
• Variation in Tanoak's Resistance to Phytophthora ramorum. Matteo Garbelotto and Katy Hayden, UC-Berkeley - $45,658; Richard Dodd, UC-Berkeley - $20, 217; Jessica Wright, USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station - $9783
• Optimization of management strategies for sudden oak death using epidemiological models and GIS technologies. C.A. Gilligan, University of Cambridge, D.M. Rizzo, UC-Davis - $93,470 and Ross Meentemeyer, University of North Carolina - $54,000
• Monitoring migration, population structure and evolution of the Sudden Oak Death pathogen Phytophthora ramorum in North America. N.J. Grunwald, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis and E. M. Hansen, Oregon State University - $89,233
• Epidemiology of Phytophthora ramorum in tanoak forests. Everett Hansen. Oregon State University - $115,000
• The Role of Elicitins in the Pathogenesis and Biology of Phytophthora ramorum. Everett M. Hansen and Jennifer Parke, Oregon State University, Corvallis; Daniel Manter, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins CO - $58,000
• Economic Impact Assessment for Sudden Oak Death/Phytophthora ramorum Tom Holmes, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station - $50,000
• Protecting true oak habitats from Phytophthora ramorum at the Garcia River Forest, Mendocino County, Jeanette Howard, The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco - $52,000
• Detecting and monitoring Phytophthora ramorum and other species of Phytophthora in forest streams in the Eastern USA. S. N. Jeffers and Jaesoon Hwang. Clemson University - $84,120
• Phytophthora ramorum/Sudden Oak Death Information Synthesis. Douglas McCreary, University of California, Berkeley - $112,808
• Systemic spread, asymptomatic infection, and infection potential of soilborne propagules in the disease cycle of Phytophthora ramorum. Jennifer Parke, Oregon State University. - $84,593
• Adaptive management of Phytophthora ramorum in the Big Sur Ecoregion. David Rizzo and others, University of California Davis. - $53,655 and Ross Meentemeyer, University of North Carolina - $52,574
• Phytophthora ramorum canker (sudden oak death) in coast live oak and tanoak: factors affecting disease risk, disease progression, and failure potential. Tedmund J. Swiecki and Elizabeth Bernhardt. Phytosphere Research, Vacaville, California. - $37,709
• Importance of water-runoff in spreading inoculum and supporting new infections of Phytophthora ramorum in nursery and landscape conditions. Steve Tjosvold, UC Cooperative Extension - $72,727
• (The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District is providing $60,000 over 3 years in research funds for Variation in Tanoak's Resistance to Phytophthora ramorum, Cindy Roessler.)