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Sudden Oak Death
 
-California Oak Mortality Task Force-
http://www.suddenoakdeath.org/
-Sudden Oak Death online media kit-
http://news.ucanr.org/mediakits/sodkit/SOD.shtml
David Rizzo
Plant Pathologist
First to identify the Sudden Oak Death pathogen, now called Phytophthora ramorum; mycology; fungal diseases of woody plants, fungal ecology; forest pathology
Plant Pathology
UC Davis
(530) 754-9255
dmrizzo@ucdavis.edu
Douglas McCreary
Area Natural Resources Specialist--North Sierra Region
Oak regeneration, woodland management, and agroforestry
Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program
Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center
(530) 639-8807
ddmccreary@ucdavis.edu
Janice Alexander
Sudden Oak Death Outreach Coordinator
UC Cooperative Extension
Marin County
(415) 499-4204
jalexander@ucdavis.edu
Matteo Garbelotto
Forest Pathologist
Forest pathology, tree diseases, forest fungi. Speaks Spanish and Italian.
Environmental Science, Policy and Management
UC Berkeley
(510) 643-4282
matteo@nature.berkeley.edu
Steven Tjosvold
Horticulture Advisor
Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of SOD, as an ornamental nursery disease. 
UC Cooperative Extension
Santa Cruz County
(831) 763-8013
satjosvold@ucdavis.edu

 

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