Invasive Shothole Borers - Fusarium Dieback (ISHB-FD) 2024 Symposium

With the recently confirmed ISHB infestation in San Jose (Santa Clara County) as background, this July 18, 2024 webinar explored the ongoing spread of this tree-killing pest-disease complex in California as well as Best Management Practices to control it. Presentations included: Overview of pest-disease complex including biology and host by Randall Oliver, Statewide ISHB Communications Coordinator, UC Statewide Integrated Management Program; Current distribution and threat map by
Dr. Shannon Lynch, Assistant Professor, UC Davis Department of Plant Pathology; Management - Best practices by Dr. Beatriz Nobua-Behrmann, Urban Forestry and Natural Resources Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE); Arborist/industry perspective by Kelly Parkins, Plant Health Care Coordinator, West Coast Arborists, Inc.; Disneyland case study by Rhonda Wood, Former Urban Forester, Disneyland Resort; Roundtable discussion on the leading edge - What’s happening in San Jose, Santa Barbara, and the Inland Empire by Sara Davis, City Forester, City of San Jose; Drew Raymond, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, Santa Clara County Division of Agriculture; Dr. Igor Lacan, Interim County Director; Bay Area Environmental Horticulture and Urban Forestry Advisor, Cooperative Extension San Mateo-San Francisco Counties; Stephanie Stark, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, Santa Barbara County; and Jocelyn Perez, Forest Ecologist, Inland Empire Resource Conservation District; Hope for the Future - Endophytes and Biocontrol by Dr. Shannon Lynch, Assistant Professor, UC Davis Department of Plant Pathology; Dr. Akif Eskalen, Professor of Extension in Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis; and Dr. Paul Rugman-Jones, Associate Project Scientist, Entomology Department, University of California, Riverside.
Questions that were not answered live were answered in the online Q&A. Those Questions & Answers can be downloaded for viewing at ucanr.edu/site....