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  • From: Barry Nichols <bnichols@ecotechinc.com>
  • To: "nafex@lists.ibiblio.org" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [nafex] Thousand Cankers Disease Webinar #3--Hosted by the US Forest Service
  • Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 23:35:06 +0000

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
11321 Decimal Drive
Louisville, KY 40299

502.259.0470 office | 502.259.0473 fax | 502.468.4539 mobile

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