Advanced Arboriculture:
Wood Decay Biology and ID
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
UF-IFAS Orange County Extension
6021 S. Conway Road
Orlando, FL 33812
Back by popular demand
JUST 80 SEATS AVAILABLE AT THIS LOCATION - REGISTER EARLY!
CEUs:
Certified Arborist: 6.75 BCMA 6.75 (S)
FNGLA: 4 LIAF: 4
AGENDA
8:00 – 8:30 Registration with continental breakfast
8:30 – 9:45
Basic Wood Biology
Dr. Les Werner, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Get back to basics. Learn what gives wood its strength and revisit the various functional differences between living sapwood and heartwood.
9:45 – 10:30
How Decay Fungi Attack and Degrade Wood
Dr. Les Werner, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
White, brown, soft, sapwood, heartwood, root, basal, and all the rots in-between. Learn the different ways wood decay fungi preferentially attack wood components and structures.
10:30 – 10:40 Break (divide into two groups for hands-on lab sessions)
10:40 – 12:00
Hands-On Wood Dissection, Morning Lab
Dr. Les Werner, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Dr. Andrew Koeser, Assistant Professor, University of Florida
- LAB A – Dr. Les Werner will lead students through a wood dissection
lab with dissection lenses and dyes. (40 minutes)
- LAB B - Dr. Andrew Koeser will show detailed branch attachment and
branch protection zone anatomy as well as other practical tree
anatomy. (40 minutes)
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch
12:45 – 1:30
Basic Wood Decay Fungi Biology and Fundamentals of Decay Identification
Dr. Jason Smith, Associate Professor, University of Florida
Learn about wood decay growth and development in trees and the reproductive structures used to identify fungal species.
1:30 – 2:30
Common Wood Decay Fungi of Florida Trees and Palms
Andrew Loyd, University of Florida and Bartlett Tree Research
Learn how to identify the common decay fungi that inhabit Florida’s woody vegetation and how each species attacks its preferred hosts.
2:30 – 2:45 Break (divide into two groups for hands-on lab sessions)
2:45 – 4:30
Wood Decay Hands-On Wood Lab, Afternoon Lab
Dr. Jason Smith, Associate Professor, University of Florida
Dr. Andrew Koeser, Assistant Professor, University of Florida
- LAB C - Dr. Jason Smith will lead attendees as they examine various fungal
structures under magnification. (50 minutes)
- LAB D – Dr. Andrew Koeser will show attendees how to do a spore print and
culture inoculum. (50 minutes)
4:30 Adjourn and sign for CEUs
OUR EXPERTS
Dr. Andrew Koeser Andrew Koeser is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Management at the University of Florida Gulf Coast Research and Education Center in Hillsborough County. Prior to this position and his last stint in graduate school, Andrew worked at ISA Headquarters in Champaign, IL, working his way up to Science and Research Manager in his five years with the organization. Andrew is a Board Certified Master Arborist (IL-4920B). He is chair of the ISA Annual Conference Program Committee and a member at large on the ISA Science and Research Committee.
Andrew Loyd Andrew Loyd is a Ph.D student at the University of Florida Forest Pathology,. He is alsp currently a plant disease and insect laboratory diagnostician with Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories. Andrew got his BS degree from Louisiana State University and his Master of Scence degree from N. Carolina State University.
Dr. Jason Smith Dr. Jason Smith is assistant professor of forest pathology in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation at the University of Florida. Jason conducts research and extension programs on diseases of trees and forest health. His research includes disease diagnosis, biology/epidemiology and developing disease-resistant trees. Before coming to Florida in 2006, Jason was a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Les WernerA native of Wisconsin, Dr. Les Werner teaches Soils and Forestry at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. Les obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from UW - Stevens Point and his Ph.D from UW - Madison in 2008. His research examines soil microbiology and how it is influenced by both natural and human induced changes in landscape environments. Les has received numerous accommodations for his teaching and research while at UWSP from both students and the green industries. Les’ goal is to make the soil live for all of his students regardless of age, so that they can manage their environments using what nature intended.
If not a Florida Chapter member yet, you can click below to join! Then you can select the discounted member rate when you register for this and future Florida ISA seminars!
- CLICK HERE to join just the Florida ISA Chapter without joining ISA International for $50/year
Look for the Florida Chapter on the list. - CLICK HERE to join ISA International for $135/year and then add the Florida ISA Chapter membership for $30/year (total $165/year)