Extended abstract on the potential for Phytophthora ramorum to infest finished compost

Steven Swain; Matteo Garbelotto

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Extended abstract on the potential for Phytophthora ramorum to infest finished compost

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Steven Swain, Matteo Garbelotto

Year:

2006

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

In: Frankel, Susan J.; Shea, Patrick J.; and Haverty, Michael I., tech. coords. Proceedings of the sudden oak death second science symposium: the state of our knowledge. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-196. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 483-486

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Abstract

The survival rate of Phytophthora ramorum was assessed when introduced at high rates into composts of varying provenance and curing time, produced by both "turned windrow" and "forced air static pile" techniques. Survival in some compost media was high and statistically indistinguishable from positive controls (P

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the sudden oak death second science symposium: the state of our knowledge

Keywords

pathogen, eradication, green-waste, survival, quarantine

Citation

Swain, Steven; Garbelotto, Matteo. 2006. Extended abstract on the potential for Phytophthora ramorum to infest finished compost. In: Frankel, Susan J.; Shea, Patrick J.; and Haverty, Michael I., tech. coords. Proceedings of the sudden oak death second science symposium: the state of our knowledge. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-196. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: 483-486