Plant Plague: Sudden Oak Death

Recommended QUEST Resources

• QUEST Science Blog - discuss the Sudden Oak Death TV story

  Discuss the Sudden Oak Death TV story on the KQED QUEST Science Blog.

• Sudden Oak Death - KQED QUEST Flickr photo set

  See and discuss photos from our TV story, Plant Plague: Sudden Oak Death.

Additional Links

• California Oak Mortality Task Force

  The California Oak Mortality Task Force (COMTF) focuses on the plant pathogen Phytophthora ramorum, which can have devastating effects in the wildlands it inhabits and has had substantial impacts on the nursery industry internationally.

• Monitoring Sudden Oak Death

  Kelly Lab at University of California - Berkeley.

• California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers

  The California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers is a professional organization dedicated to the promotion and advancement of the nursery industry for its members and the public it serves.

• San Jose Mercury News: Oak-killing pathogen epidemic

  BUT RANGE NOT GROWING AS QUICKLY AS FEARED Article Launched: 09/2/2007 by Lisa M. Krieger Five years after the first reported cases of sudden oak death, the disease that has infected millions of trees has reached epidemic levels in coastal California but has not significantly expanded its range, as feared.