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8:00 Welcome and Introduction

8:15 Keynote: Swiss Needle Cast - The New Zealand Experience
Ian Hood, Forest Research Institute, Rotorua, New Zealand

9:00 Swiss Needle Cast: Why Here, Why Now? (Presentation not available)
Everett Hansen, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University

9:30 Diagnosis, Severity, and Extent of Swiss Needle Cast - Maps
Alan Kanaskie, Oregon Department of Forestry

10:00 Break

10:30 Infection Biology and Epidemiology of Swiss Needle Cast
Jeff Stone, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University

11:00 Growth Impacts of Swiss Needle Cast in Young Plantations
Doug Maguire, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University

11:30 The Role of Nitrogen in Swiss Needle Cast Infection of Douglas-fir
Katy Kavanagh, Department of Forest Resources, University of Idaho

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Mitigating the Impact of Swiss Needle Cast through Tree Breeding
Randy Johnson, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA- Forest Service

1:30 Effects of Fertilization and Vegetation Control on Swiss Needle Cast Infection and Growth of Coastal Douglas-fir Saplings in the Oregon Coast Range
Robin Rose, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University

2:00 Fungicidal Treatment of Swiss Needle Cast
Gary Chastagner, Washington State University (Puyallup) Research and Extension Center

2:30 Economic Implications of Growing Douglas-fir in the Swiss Needle Cast zone
Norm Elwood, Department of Forest Resources, Oregon State University

3:00 Break

3:30 Thinning in Swiss Needle Cast Impacted Stands
Doug Mainwaring, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University

4:00 Effects of Swiss Needle Cast on Basic Wood Properties
Barbara Gartner, Department of Wood Science and Technology, Oregon State University

4:30 The Future
Will Littke, Weyerhaeuser Corp., Centralia, Washington