Emerging Issues in Tree and Forest Health: Diagnosis and Treatment
Course Location: Flinchum's Phoenix, 650 Phoenix Road, Athens, Georgia
Sponsored By: Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources
Date: Sep 08, 2010 08:00 AM to Sep 09, 2010 04:40 PM
REGARDING REGISTRATION CLOSURE: We're very sorry but we have had to cap the registration to this course because of limits on the course facilities. If you intended to register but did not do so owing to this limitation, please feel free to call (706-583-0566) or email me (ielle@warnell.uga.edu) and tell me so that I have a better idea of the size of facility to get the next time we hold this course. Thank You. - Ingvar Elle
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Thorough brochure including mail-in registration form for paying with check
This course will focus on key components of tree and forest health in southern forests. Topics will include forest insect threats, tree diseases, and abiotic factors such as soil compaction and drought. The format for the course will be to describe the given problems and their latest treatment options.
Who Should Attend?
This course is for arborists, foresters, landscape architects, landscape managers, nursery managers and others responsible for tree health.
Instructors
Dr. Kim D. Coder is Professor of Tree Biology and Health Care at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, USA. Dr. Coder was elected world President of the International Society of Arboriculture by fellow professionals. In the last decade, he has received three of the tree health care professions highest world-wide, peer selected awards. Dr. Coder is author of over 450 technical publications and articles. He is an international lecturer and consultant to private citizens, corporations, attorneys, and communities on tree health care, tree biomechanics, abiotic tree stress, risk management, tree physiology, and community forest ecology. He has degrees from Iowa State University in forestry, tree biology, and forest ecology.
Dr. Kamal JK Gandhi is an Assistant Professor of Forest Entomology in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. With more than 15 years experience in the field of forest health and protection, Dr. Gandhi has worked with a number of national and international universities, and various state and federal agencies. The mission of her laboratory at the Warnell School is to better understand the ecology of forest insects across ecosystems, and to assist with maintaining health and protecting forest stands from insects and diseases. She received her M.S. from the University of Alberta, and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Jean Williams-Woodward is an Associate Professor in the College of Agricutlural & Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia. Her main area of interest is in diseases of ornamentals. She obtained her B.S. and M.S. degrees at the University of Wyoming and her Ph.D at the University of Minnesota.
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For more information and to register, contact:
Ingvar Elle 706.583.0566 ingvar@uga.edu
