Friday, January 12, 2018
Pat Larkins Community Center
520 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd (NW 3rd Street)
Pompano Beach, FL 33060
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
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