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Thousand Cankers Disease Webinar #3--Hosted by the US Forest Service
Thursday, May 30, starting at 9 AM CDT

Please join us for an upcoming webinar on Thousand Cankers Disease, hosted by 
the US Forest Service, on Thursday, May 30th starting at 9 AM CDT. This 
seminar series on thousand cankers disease is for landowners, extension 
educators, and natural resource professionals.  This session will focus on 
TCD research and advances in TCD science.   Everyone is welcome to 
participate in the live webinar.
Click https://gomeet.itap.purdue.edu/tcdmay13/  to link to meeting.

Agenda: (all times eastern)
10:00-10:05                         TCD Background-Dr. Bruce Moltzan, USFS 
(Plant Pathologist)
10:05-10:35                         Evaluating heat treatments for efficacy 
against the TCD vector and pathogen in black walnut logs -Dr. Bud Mayfield, 
USFS (Research Entomologist)
10:35-11:00                         Development of methyl bromide fumigation 
schedules for thousand cankers disease - Dr. Scott Myers, APHIS (Entomologist)
11:00-11:30                         Use of girdled branches and stems to 
detect invasive pests and pathogens of black walnut - Dr. Jennifer Juzwik, 
USFS-NRS (Plant Pathologist)
11:30-11:45                         BREAK (15 min)
11:45 - 12:15                      Bark and ambrosia beetles and their 
associated fungi colonizing stressed walnut in Missouri and Indiana - Dr. 
Sharon Reed, University of Missouri (Entomologist)
12:15 - 12:45                      TCD at Ground Zero: A team approach to 
research and extension outreach- Dr. Jerome Grant, University of Tennessee
12:45 - 1:15                        Thousand cankers disease: Influence of 
girdling on volatile organic compounds released from black walnut genotypes- 
Dr. Matt Ginzel, Purdue University (Forest Entomologist)
1:15 - 1:30                            Questions and Closing Remarks- Manfred 
Mielke, USFS (Plant Pathologist)

To participate live, click the link above. You will need a high-speed 
Internet connection and sound. Participation in the web seminar does not 
require any special software. If you want to test your ability to join an 
Adobe Connect webinar in advance, go to 
http://na1cps.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm.

The entire webinar is scheduled across several hours, but if you are not 
interested in attending all of it, feel free to come into the meeting when a 
topic of interest to you is scheduled. Recorded seminars will be available 
for viewing at http://www.thousandcankers.com/webinars.php after the event

Note that the March and April webinar recordings are posted online at 
http://www.thousandcankers.com/webinars.php.

This seminar series is brought to you by the following partners:  USDA Forest 
Service State & Private Forestry and Forest Health Protection, Hardwood Tree 
Improvement & Regeneration Center at Purdue University, Purdue University 
Department of Entomology, and Walnut Council.

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Barry Nichols
Senior Biologist
Eco-Tech Consultants
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Louisville, KY 40299

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