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WSU Sudden Oak Death Education Program
With
funding provided by the USDA Forest Service and National Plant Diagnostic
Network, WSU has developed a P. ramorum education program
based at WSU Puyallup which develops educational material and presents
first detector workshops and research seminars relating to P.
ramorum throughout Washington.
First
detector workshops train natural resource and horticultural professionals
to recognize symptoms potentially caused by P. ramorum in
the urban and natural landscape and how to submit samples for early
detection. Early detection is key in reducing the risk of widespread
outbreaks and protecting Washington's nursery, landscape, and forest
industries from the potentially devastating effects of P. ramorum.
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