Summary: Our guest this morning was Professor Matteo Garbelotto, our local authoritative expert on Sudden Oak Death. "Professor Matteo" is with Bob's alma mater, University of California at Berkeley; on the <a href="http://nature.berkeley.edu/garbelottowp/?page_id=117">web site there</a>, listeners can find interactive maps of the Bay Area showing where the disease is spreading, and can register for classes to learn how to identify and combat this deadly disease.<br> <br> Sudden Oak Death is caused by a Phytophthora ramorum, that is to say, a microscopic algae-like life form that invades and chokes native oak trees, causing sudden death.
