1 - Pine Needle Blight Disease in the Southern United States: Background, Framework, and Teamwork.

Thursday, September 19, 2024

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM MST

Location: Embassy Suites, River Birch A

Speaker(s)

Kier Klepzig, PhD (he/him/his)

Director
Jones Center at Ichauway, United States

Co-Author(s)

KG

Kamal Gandhi, PhD

Professor
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, United States
Caterina Villari, PhD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources, University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, United States

The Pine Pandemic Preparedness Plan is a framework for responding to novel pests and pathogens. With the development of pine needle disease issues in the South, it has also been useful in summarizing current, and planning future, efforts to address this example of native pathogens behaving in an invasive manner

Learning Objectives:

have a better understanding of the pine blight issue within a broader context