International Oak Society

In the heart of the Mid-west grows a monster. McBaine, Missouri is home to the state champion Q. macrocarpa.

INVITATION

We are delighted to invite you to attend the conference “The Oak - Ecology, History, Management and Planning II”, which will be held in Isparta, Turkey, on June 01-03, 2010, hosted by the Süleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Forestry.

   In 2008 one red oak hybrid (Quercus rubra × ellipsoidalis) was diagnosed with oak wilt disease (Ceratocystis fagacearum) at Starhill Forest Arboretum in Illinois. The tree was removed to below grade and burned to prevent Nitidulid sap beetle vectors from spreading the fungus. The roots were treated with butoxyethyl ester of triclopyr (Garlon-4 herbicide) to try to prevent conduction of the disease to adjacent trees via root grafting.