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NOWS: Program
Symposium
Goals:
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Facilitate
communication among the nation’s stakeholders
who have a vested interest in
oak wilt;
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Provide
a venue for sharing information about prevention, early detection,
control &
management, restoration, and research on oak wilt; and
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Raise public
awareness of the problems posed by oak wilt in the nation.
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250 attendees
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Multiple sessions with
15 or more speakers
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Trade exhibits
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Texas-style barbecue
dinner
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A full day of tours with the option
to focus on either rural or urban aspects of the fungus
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Land management specialists from local,
state, and federal agencies, including municipal,
regional, state and federal parks...
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Environmental
organizations such as The Nature Conservancy, Native Plant Society,
Audubon, Land Conservancies, Land Trusts, etc...
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Management
and consulting firms both large and small...
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Researchers
and students from state university systems and private colleges...
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Companies
servicing research and control projects including equipment manufacturers,
fungicide producers and other private vendors...
Program
Highlights - Professional researchers,
foresters, and arborists knowledgeable about oak wilt and drawn from
across the
nation will discuss the latest information
and technology on numerous relevant topics, including:
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The genus Quercus and the
genus Ceratocystis
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Oak wilt biology and host-pathogen
relationships
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Oak wilt impacts in different regions
of the U.S.
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Oak wilt vector relationships
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Modeling
oak wilt on a landscape scale
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Impact on endangered species
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Wounds
as infection courts for oak wilt
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Hypovirulence as a potential
biocontrol
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Suppression tactics,
including trench inserts
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Injection of fungicides
and movement in trees
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Longevity of
propiconazole injections
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Oak wilt
control from a neighborhood perspective
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USDA
Forest Service perspectives on oak
wilt
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Other
diseases of oaks, including sudden
oak death and bacterial leaf
scorch
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