Laurel Wilt

Contacts

General information

US Southern Region:

• USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Southern Region - Don Duerr, (404) 347-3511, dduerr@fs.fed.us

State-specific information:

• Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Forestry
   
  
  • Dr. Ed Barnard, 352-372-3505, ext. 130, barnare@doacs.state.fl.us
    
  • Jeff Eickwort, 352-372-3505, ext. 491, eickwoj@doacs.state.fl.us
     
• University of Florida
   
  
  • Jonathan Crane, University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead FL, 305-246-7001 ext. 290, jhcr@ufl.edu
    
  • Carrie Harmon, University of Florida , Southern Plant Diagnostic Network, Gainesville , FL , 352-392-3631 ext. 254, clharmon@ufl.edu
     
• Georgia Forestry Commission
   
  
  • Chip Bates, 912-681-0490, cbates@gfc.state.ga.us
    
  • Scott Cameron, 912-663-2566, scameron@gfc.state.ga.us
     
• Mississippi State University
   
  
  • Randy Chapin, Mississippi Forestry Commission, (601) 833-6621, rchapin@mfc.state.ms.us
    
  • Dr. John J. Riggins, (662) 325-2984, jriggins@entomology.msstate.edu
     
• South Carolina Forestry Commission:
   
  
  • Laurie Reid, (803) 896-8830, lreid@forestry.state.sc.us

Research

Individuals and organizations listed below are known to be involved in research related to laurel wilt disease and are grouped by professional expertise. Others inadvertently may have been omitted and can be added as they become known.

Entomology:

• James Hanula, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens GA , 706-559-4253, jhanula@fs.fed.us

• Robert Rabaglia, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Arlington VA, 703-605-5338; brabaglia@fs.fed.us

• Brian Sullivan, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Pineville, LA, 318-473-7206, briansullivan@fs.fed.us

• Jorge Peña, University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL, 305-246-7001 ext. 223, jepena@ufl.edu

• Albert “Bud” Mayfield, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Asheville, NC, 828-667-5261 ext. 122, amayfield02@fs.fed.us

Pathology:

• Stephen Fraedrich, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens GA, Athens, GA, 706-559-4273, sfraedrich@fs.fed.us

• Thomas Harrington, Iowa State University , Ames , IA , 515-294-0582, tcharrin@iastate.edu

• Jason Smith, University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Gainesville, FL, 352-846-0843, jasons@ufl.edu

• Randy Ploetz, University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Center , Homestead FL, 305-246-7001 321, kelly12@ufl.edu

Botany and Ecology:

• Lissa Leege , Georgia Southern University, Statesboro , GA , 912-478-0800, leege@georgiasouthern.edu

• Joel Gramling, The Citadel, Charleston , SC , 843-953-6459, joel.gramling@citadel.edu

Other Research Resources:

• Kent L Smith, USDA Agricultural Research Service , Washington , DC , 202-720-3186, kent.smith@ars.usda.gov

• The USDA/CSREES Current Research Information System website ( http://cris.csrees.usda.gov/ ) contains descriptions of most of the current the public research on laurel wilt in the U.S.

Regulatory

• Wayne Dixon , Florida DACS Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville , FL , 352-372-3505, ext 118, dixonw@doacs.state.fl.us

• Paul Hornby, USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Florida State Plant Health Director, Gainesville, FL, 352-313-3040, paul.l.hornby@aphis.usda.gov

Germplasm Conservation

• Victor Vankus, USDA Forest Service, Botanist, National Seed Laboratory, Dry Branch, GA, 478-751-3551

Other Web Resources

• Alabama Forestry Comisión Laurel Wilt Page: http://www.forestry.state.al.us/LaurelWilt.aspx?bv=3

• Florida DACS Division of Plant Industry Laurel Wilt Page: http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/pathology/laurel_wilt_disease.html

• Florida DACS Division of Forestry Laurel Wilt Page:
  http://www.fl-dof.com/forest_management/fh_insects_redbay_ambrosiabeetle.html

• Georgia Forestry Commission Laurel Wilt Page:
  http://www.gfc.state.ga.us/forestmanagement/LaurelWilt.cfm

• Mississippi Forestry Commission Laurel Wilt Page: http://www.mfc.state.ms.us/fh_laurel_wilt.htm

• A Standard Operating Procedure for Plant Diagnostic Laboratories: Laurel Wilt and the Redbay Ambrosia Beetle, is available through the National Plant Diagnostic Network http://www.npdn.org or by contacting Carrie Harmon at clharmon@ufl.edu .

Web site (technical)

• Anthony Elledge, Information Systems Analyst, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection
  • aelledge@fs.fed.us

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