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July-August 2006 |
Volume 3, Number 7 |
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The new First Detector Training website is now at http://cbc.at.ufl.edu/.
Phone: (352) 392-3631 ext
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392-6532 E-mail: We’re on the
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Editor: Carrie L. Harmon
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Offerings New The NPDN Training & Education site has moved! The new First Detector training site is at http://cbc.at.ufl.edu/; please update your bookmarks accordingly. Pest and Pathogen News New Plum Pox Virus detected in NY and MI More information is available on the SPDN PPV webpage. New Phytophthora ramorum detected in Maine and Indiana link to the original Maine story here and Indiana find here. New Western Leaffooted Bug detected in FL by a trained First Detector Read all about it here (PDF). NewPotato Cyst Nematode Update Updated information on the current situation with the potato cyst nematode detection can be found at http://www.pestalert.org/viewNewsAlert.cfm?naid=23.
Training Opportunities New A workshop on real-time PCR for applied plant pathologists will be held at the University of Kentucky on 23-25 Jan 2007 and again on 27 Feb – 1 Mar 2007. Participants will execute and interpret four real-time PCR experiments, extract DNA, and run a gel. Topics include theory of real-time PCR, experimental controls, PCR inhibition, use of PCR kits, licensing, minimizing sample contamination, and troubleshooting. For more information, contact Paul Vincelli (pvincell@uky.edu). [Note: workshops are filling up fast; both are half-full] New The 15th Annual Ornamental Workshop (Kanuga) will be held at Kanuga September 25-29. More information can be found at http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/plantpath/activities/societies/ornamental/info.html New Soybean Rust Identification Short Course photos: The University of Florida and Southern Plant Diagnostic Network held a no-charge, one-day hands-on identification short course on July 13, 2006, in Quincy, FL, thanks to the generosity of the NCSRP. The photo gallery can be found at http://spdn.ifas.ufl.edu/soybean_rust_identification_short_course.htm 21st Annual Tomato Disease Workshop: The TDW is being held on Nov. 9-10th at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center in Fletcher, NC. Click here for more information. A call for presentations will soon be sent out. Permits: The USDA-APHIS-PPQ Permits Division would like to remind personnel at all diagnostic and research laboratories that all interstate movement of pathogens (diagnostic samples or research isolates) requires a permit to receive unknown samples ("526"). States receiving samples from clients in adjacent states must also obtain a permit, but the permit will not require a biosafety hood. For more information, contact Carrie Harmon. To access the new E-Permit website, follow this link: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/permits/learn_epermits.shtml. |
