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  • Key Messages from 2019 Plant Pathogen Symposium

    • Type: Article
    • Locations: Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Presidio of San Francisco
    Participants gather around a table covered in plants.

    This June, scientists and land managers from as far as Australia and New Zealand gathered at the Presidio’s Golden Gate Club for “Healthy Plants in a World with Phytophthora: the seventh Sudden Oak Death Science and Management Symposium." Explore key messages from the event to learn about what San Francisco Bay Area Parks and nonprofit partners are doing to manage these potentially destructive fungal pathogens.

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Last updated: February 20, 2019

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