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SUMMARY:Surveillance strategies for emerging plant pathogens - Dr. Stephen
  Parnell (University of Salford)
DTSTART:20161021T140000Z
DTEND:20161021T150000Z
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CONTACT:Ruairi Donnelly
DESCRIPTION:There has been a sharp increase in emerging plant pathogens in
  recent years. Current threats range from Ash Dieback (H. fraxineus)\, whi
 ch was introduced to the UK in 2012 and is now widespread\, to Xylella fas
 tidiosa\, a pathogen with a vast potential host range\, from grapevine to 
 oak\, and which is a threat to the whole EU region following its first dis
 covery in Italy in 2013.  Drawing on work with Defra\, the US Department o
 f Agriculture and the European Food Safety Authority\, this talk will desc
 ribe how epidemiological modelling has been used to answer questions such 
 as: how much surveillance effort is enough for early detection of an epide
 mic? And where should we target our surveillance effort to have the best c
 hance of detection?
LOCATION:Large Lecture Theatre (Department of Plant Sciences CB2 3EA)
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