CANCELLED — Life’s a Beech: Bleeding Canker and its Control on European Beech

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Landscape Round Table December 4, 2014 

Registration & welcome 7:30am

8:00 Featured Speaker Dr. Shawn C. Kenaley a Visiting Fellow in School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Life’s a Beech: Bleeding Canker and its Control on European Beech 

Discussing Phytophthora – one of the most ecologically and economically damaging plant pathogens of herbaceous and woody plants. With increasing frequency since the mid-1980s, disease caused by at least five Phytophthora species has been associated with the mortality of countless mature European beech (Fagus sylvatica) (>100 yr-old) in arboreta, public gardens, and private landscapes in NYS and elsewhere in the Northeast. In this session Dr. Kenaley will review the symptoms of bleeding canker, examine the epidemiological factors permitting spread and intensification of disease, and discuss chemical control options in disease management. It will include discussion of NY field studies, including findings related to the effectiveness of phosphite fungicide(s) on eradicating Phytophthora spp.

9:00 break

9:15 The roundtable segment is when attendees have the opportunity to comment on the 2014 season. Whether it is business or cultural, this is a time for sharing what you see happening. It is time for collective thinking and also provides ideas that might turn into future educational programs.

11:30 Liz Berkeley, our horticulture diagnostician provides an overview of the season from the lab’s perspective.

11:45 Walt Nelson CCE news

Noon evaluation, CEU distribution & adjourn

Program Questions: Karen Klingenberger, [email protected] 

CEU are applied for: CNLP & NYS D.E.C.

To register, please email Karen: [email protected] 

Program fee: $10 ($5 for CCE program enrollees, including PLANT GFLX). No refunds issued, but substitutions will be allowed.

CCE Monroe County, 249 Highland Ave. Rochester, NY 14620 

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