Pacific Southwest Research Station

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

(510) 559-6300

USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Sudden Oak Death/Phytophthora ramorum Research Program 2008 funding - $1.48 million
Funded Projects for the FY '08

New projects

• Ecology of Phytophthora spp. in watercourses: implications for the spread and management of Sudden Oak Death and other diseases. Kamyar Aram, Elizabeth Fichtner and David Rizzo, University of California Davis -
  $20,950
• Sporulation of P. ramorum on trees and shrubs in western Washington forests. Gary Chastagner, Washington State University - $39,594
• Epidemiology of Phytophthora ramorum and Phytophthora kernoviae in the UK. Elizabeth Fichtner and David Rizzo, University of California Davis; Joan Webber, UK Forestry Research - $20,269
• Studying the epidemiology of Phytophthora ramorum in the air, soil and water, using a combination of intensive surveys and population genetic analyses. Matteo Garbelotto, University of California Berkeley - $82,000
• Managing Phytophthora ramorum in tanoak forests. Everett Hansen, Oregon State University - $50,000
• Development of a risk model for Sudden Oak Death in Oregon. Alan Kanaskie, Oregon Department of Forestry; Ross Meentemeyer, University of North Carolina – Charlotte - $30,000
• Studies on the latency period of Phytophthora ramorum. Marko Riedel, Stefan Wagner and Sabine Werres, Julius Kuehn Institute, Federal Centre for Cultivated Plants, Germany - $17,515
• Landscape-scale management of P. ramorum: linkages to conservation goals for the Garcia River Forest. David Rizzo, University of California Davis; Ross Meentemeyer, University of North Carolina – Charlotte - $142,390
• Inoculum thresholds necessary for infection of selected host species. Paul W. Tooley, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Ft. Detrick, MD - $40,000
• Effect of environmental conditions on sporulation of P. ramorum. Steve Tjosvold, UC Cooperative Extension, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties - $40,000
• Understanding the long-term fire risks in tanoak forests affected by Sudden Oak Death. Yana Valachovic, Chris Lee UC Cooperative Extension, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties - $53,597

2008 continuing projects (projects from previous years that received additional funding in 2008)

• Assessing cankers on oaks and other eastern forest plant species for Phytophthora spp. and associated organisms. Yilmaz Balci and William MacDonald, West Virginia University - $10,000
• Testing bark and wood of conifers for susceptibility to natural inoculum of P. ramorum and P. kernoviae. Clive M. Brasier and Anna Brown, Forest Research Agency, United Kingdom - $59,100
• Risk of infection and colonization of Douglas-fir stems and logs by P. ramorum under natural conditions. Gary Chastagner, Washington State University - $57,802
• 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 - $31,715
• Effects of clone size and structure of tanoak on spread of sudden oak death disease in California forests. Richard Dodd, University of California Berkeley - $30,000
• Variation in Tanoak’s Resistance to Phytophthora ramorum. Matteo Garbelotto and Katy Hayden, University of California Berkeley - $62,079; Jessica Wright, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station - $8,056; Richard Dodd, University of California Berkeley - $11,415
• 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; E. M. Hansen, Oregon State University - $93,524
• Epidemiology of Phytophthora ramorum in tanoak forests. Everett Hansen, Oregon State University - $109,377
• Economic Impacts of Sudden Oak Death. Thomas Holmes, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station - $50,000
• The role of elicitins in the pathogenesis and biology of Phytophthora ramorum. Daniel Manter, USDA Agricultural Research Service – Fort Collins; Everett Hansen, and Jennifer Parke, Oregon State University - $69,185
• Sudden Oak Death Information Synthesis and Delivery. Douglas McCreary, University of California Berkeley - $57,000
• Systemic spread, asymptomatic infection, and infection potential of soilborne propagules in the disease cycle of Phytophthora ramorum. Jennifer Parke, Everett Hansen, and Barbara Lachenbruch, Oregon State University – $89,880
• Adaptive management of Phytophthora ramorum in the Big Sur Ecoregion. David Rizzo and others, University of California Davis - $50,000
• Management of Phytophthora ramorum in tanoak and oak stands. Matteo Garbelotto, University of California Berkeley - $45,728; Ted Swiecki, Phytosphere Research - $46,880; Yana Valachovic, UC Cooperative Extension – Humboldt and Del Norte Counties - $37,708

Additional Funding in 2008

The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District provided funds for “Variation in Tanoak’s Resistance to Phytophthora ramorum” - $60,000 over 3 years

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) provided funds for “An experimental management project to protect against the sudden oak death pathogen on the SFPUC Peninsula Watershed” - $92,598