5th International Dothistroma Alliance Research Meeting

METLA Finnish Forest Research Institute, Suonenjoki, Finland
8-10 August 2011

	Dothistroma needle blight on Scots pine needles in Finland in May 2011. Photo: Metla/Michael Müller

Abstracts (pdf)

Scientific Programme:

Monday 8 August 2011

Vuorinen, M.
METLA, Suonenjoki, Finland
Welcome and information

Session 1: Distribution and severity of DNB in Europe.

Meshkova, V.
Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry & Forest Melioration, Kharkov, Ukraine
Red band needle blight in pine plantations in Ukraine

Drenkhan, R. and Hanso, M.
Estonia University of Life Sciences, Estonia
Current situation of Dothistroma septosporum in Estonia

Tomešová, V., Dvořák, M., Májek, T., Jankovský, L., Palovčíková, D., Tomšovský, M., Bednářová, M.
Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic
The red band needle blight – current research (of Dothistroma spp.) in the Czech Republic.

Hopkins, A., Millberg, H., Boberg, J., Stenlid, J.
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Current situation of Dothistroma needle blight in Sweden

Brown, A.
UK Forestry Commission, Farnham, United Kingdom
United Kingdom Country update

Janousek, J., McDougal, R.L., Mullet, M., Jankovský, L., Brown, A. , Bradshaw, R.E.
Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic
Quantification of Dothistroma septosporum spores by real-time PCR

Session 2: Molecular Tools and Genetic Diversity of DNB in Europe.

Barnes, I., Wingfield, B & Wingfield, M
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Global population structure and diversity of Dothistroma septosporum.

Drenkhan, R., Hantula, J., Vuorinen, M., Jankovsky, L., Müller, M.
Estonia University of Life Sciences, Estonia
Origin of the Estonian and Finnish Dothistroma septosporum populations

Tubby, K., Brown, A.
UK Forestry Commission, Farnham, United Kingdom
UK experimentation on Dothistroma septosporum

Tuesday 9 August 2011

Field excursions (separate sheet)

Wednesday 10 August 2011

Session 3:

Juntunen, M.-L.
METLA, Suonenjoki, Finland
Forestry statistics in Finland

Kankanhuhta, V.
METLA, Suonenjoki, Finland
Modelling silvicultural services

Poteri, M.
METLA, Suonenjoki, Finland
Plant protection

Vapaavuori, E.
METLA, Suonenjoki, Finland
Forest ecosystems and climate change

Huitu, O.
METLA, Suonenjoki, Finland
Rodents as forest pests

Session 4: Host-Pathogen-Environment Interactions

Bulman, L.,
Scion, Rotorua, New Zealand
Modelling DNB in New Zealand

Bradshaw, R.E., Chettri, P., Guo, Y., Kabir, S., Cox, M.P., Okmen, B., Van der Burgt, A., Collemare, J., De Wit, P.
Massey University, New Zealand & Wageningen University, Netherlands
Progress towards understanding plant-pathogen interactions in Dothistroma needle blight.

Brown, A.
UK Forestry Commission, Farnham, United Kingdom
Update on the DIAROD COST Action (determining invasiveness and risk of Dothistroma)