Posted on October 23, 2017 by rhallberg
APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Pale Cyst Nematode (PCN) Eradication Program in Idaho has posted its 2017 third quarter report (July 1 – September 30). The report updates program activities and eradication progress, and provides quarterly and aggregate regulatory, survey and laboratory data.
The PCN Eradication Program is a cooperative effort among PPQ, Idaho State Department of Agriculture, and industry stakeholders. The program’s goal is to control PCN spread, and eventually establish Idaho as PCN-free. Continue reading →
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Posted on October 23, 2017 by rhallberg
by Kathleen Phillips, Texas A&M AgriLife
Halfway through a five-year, $4.6 million grant to combat rose rosette disease in the U.S., the national research team studying it is encouraged by the amount of information learned but admits having a way to go before finding how to overcome the deadly problem.
Rose rosette was observed on wild roses as early as the 1940s, but it was not until 2011 that scientists definitively identified the cause as being from a new virus in the novel genus Emaravirus transmitted by the microscopic eriophyid mite, according to Dr. David Byrne. Now the virus is killing commercial rose varieties. Continue reading →
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Posted on October 23, 2017 by rhallberg
by Sharon Dowdy, University of Georgia
The Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council will examine the control and management of invasive insects and plants at the council’s annual conference on Monday, Oct. 30, at the University of Georgia Griffin campus.
The daylong educational event is co-sponsored by UGA-Griffin, the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) Department of Horticulture and the Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture. The conference runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Continue reading →
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Posted on October 23, 2017 by rhallberg
This new Public Relations Coordinator position will assist the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Coordinator in coordinating IPM efforts across the state by maintaining IPM web contents, managing IPM blogs, IPM newsletters, and other social media campaigns as well as providing logistical support for other IPM programming as needed.
http://ipm.caes.uga.edu/
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