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The Walnut Twig Beetle and Thousand Cankers Disease: Will Native American Walnuts Go the Way of the American Chestnut and the American Elm?

Sunday, November 16, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room C1, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizer:
Steven J. Seybold


1:30 PM
Introduction - Steven Seybold
1:35 PM
Varieties and Species of Walnuts in the U.S.: Pest Concerns Prior to Thousand Cankers Disease
Charles A. Leslie, University of California at Davis
2:00 PM
Biology and Status of Walnut Twig Beetle in Colorado and New Mexico
Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University
Audio File Recorded presentation
2:25 PM
Host Colonization Behavior of the Walnut Twig Beetle in California Hinds Walnut
Andrew D. Graves, University of California, Davis
Audio File Recorded presentation
2:50 PM
Thousand Cankers Disease in the Western U.S.:  Status, Symptoms, and Implications
Ned A. Tisserat, Colorado State University
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:15 PM
Concluding Remarks - Where do we go from here?
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