Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Willow Glen I, San Jose Marriott
COS 64 - Disease ecology: Plant pathogens and vectors
8:00 AMSpatial dispersion in agents of forest disease: Populations of beech bark disease-associated organisms in space and time
Jeff Garnas, Dartmouth College, Matthew P. Ayres, Dartmouth College, Celia Evans, Paul Smiths College, David R. Houston, USFS retired, Mark Twery, USDA Forest Service
8:20 AMEffects of fungal and oomycete pathogens on seedling recruitment in a temperate mixed hardwood forest
Michelle H. Hersh, Duke University, James S. Clark, Duke University, Rytas Vilgalys, Duke University
8:40 AMSpatial and temporal dynamics of rust infection on jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
Jennifer M. Koslow, Cornell University, Keith Clay, Indiana University
9:00 AMAnt-aphid mutualisms and community composition influence the spread of aphid-vectored plant viruses
Caralyn B. Zehnder, University of Georgia, Laura B. Coppler, Virginia Tech, Micky D. Eubanks, Auburn University
9:20 AMMonitoring Puccinia jaceae var solstitialis for biological control of yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) in California
Alison J. Fisher, USDA-ARS, Lincoln Smith, USDA-ARS, Dale M. Woods, University of Wyoming, William L. Bruckart III, USDA-ARS
9:40 AMBreak
9:50 AMSeasonality drives Pierce's disease epidemiology in California vineyards
Matthew P. Daugherty, UC Berkeley, Rodrigo P Almeida, UC Berkeley
10:10 AMImpacts of Sudden Oak Death on forests of the Big Sur Region of California
Allison C. Wickland, University of California, Davis, Kerri M. Frangioso, University of California, Davis, Doug A. Shoemaker, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Chris B. Oneal, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Ross K. Meentemeyer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Dave M. Rizzo, University of California, Davis
10:30 AMPlants, parasites, and mutualists: The infection process and resource competition
Parviez Hosseini, Princeton University, Charles Mitchell, University of North Carolina, Andy P. Dobson, Princeton University
10:50 AMInfluence of land-cover change on the spread of an invasive forest pathogen
Ross K. Meentemeyer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Nathan E. Rank, Sonoma State University, Brian L. Anacker, University of California, Davis, J. Hall Cushman, Sonoma State University
11:10 AMPathogen dilution in experimental plant communities
Alison G. Power, Cornell University, Charles E. Mitchell, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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