Workshop on ‘Predicting pests & diseases in European forests’ (Joensuu, FI, 2014-02-19/20)
A Workshop on ‘Predicting pests ; diseases in European forests’ will be organized by ISEFOR at Joensuu (Finland) on the 19th and 20th February 2014. ISEFOR (Increasing Sustainability of European Forest) is a consortium of researchers funded by European Union Seventh Framework Programme. More information about ISEFOR can be found on the Internet: http://www.isefor.com. This meeting is the final workshop from the ISEFOR research project 2010-2014. The models that have been developed and tested over 3 years through the collaboration of pathologists, entomologists and mathematical modellers in ISEFOR to predict the spead of invasive pests and diseases will be presented and discussed during the Workshop.
- Pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
- Ash dieback, Chalara fraxinea
- Pine pitch canker, Fusarium circinatum
- Dothistroma needle blight, Dothistroma septosporum
- Siberian moth, Dendrolimus sibiricus
- Emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis
- Alder phytophthora
Contact (booking and additional information): Colette Jones c.d.jones@abdn.ac.uk
Download information: http://www.isefor.com/downloads/invasive_forest_disease_workshop2014.pdf
Sources
Personal communication with Dr Colette Jones, Scientific Administrator of ISEFOR (2013-09).