9:15-10:15 Climate Impacts: Changing Tree & Forest Lives – Knox
10:15-10:30 Coffee Break - provided 10:30-11:00 Introduction to Forest Insects & Forest Health Issues in Southern Forests: New & Old Foes – Gandhi
11:00-12:00 Bark Beetles, Ambrosia Beetles, & Woodboring Forest Insects: Identification, Damage, & Management – Gandhi • Major species in the South • Identification and differentiating damage • Case studies of diagnosis and management
12:00-1:00 Lunch - provided
1:00-2:00 Defoliating & Sap-Sucking Forest Insects: Identification, Damage, & Management – Gandhi • Major groups of insects and categories of damage • Recent case studies of diagnosis and management
2:00-3:00 New & Emerging Exotic Forest Insects: Identification, Damage, Management, & Current Regulation – Gandhi • Paying close attention to exotic insects • Major new and coming insects to the South • Case studies of exotic insects and their management
3:00-3:15 Coffee Break - provided
3:15-4:00 Tree Health & Risk Assessments – Scales • Health management • Storm damage • Damage mitigation 4:00-5:30 The Coming Ice Storm: Ice Accumulation & Tree Damage – Coder • Historic patterns • Ice loads • tree species susceptibility
5:30 Dinner on your Own
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
8:00-8:15 Housekeeping Items
8:15-9:00 Diagnosing Tree Problems: How Would I Know? • Williams-Woodward • Tree decline clues • Getting past symptoms to causes 9:00-10:00 Bacterial Leaf Scorch & Other Foliage Diseases Affecting Hardwoods – Williams-Woodward • Recognition & Management
1:15-2:15 Management & Control of Invasive Plants – Frank • Non-native invasive plants • Chemical control
2:15-3:00 The Scourge of Mistletoe! – Coder • Life cycle concerns • Management & control
3:00-3:15 Coffee Break - provided
3:15-4:30 Life Stage Based Nitrogen Fertilization of Community Trees – Coder • Nitrogen activity in soil • Nitrogen reactivity in tree • Ecological enrichment of tree sites
