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February 8, 2005 |
Volume 2, Number 2 |
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Asian Soybean Rust: Training for Diagnosticians
SPDN diagnosticians will have a teleconference to discuss ID of Phakopsora pachyrhizi by morphological characteristics on March 4th, 2005. Other regions will have an opportunity to call into this teleconference during the day. For more information, contact Carrie Harmon at clharmon@ufl.edu. Southern Plant
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Offerings New Updated Soybean Rust PowerPoint Available This new Special Topic PowerPoint is available on the NPDN Module Download page. You will need your username and password to access this page. New Thanks to your input, new versions of online registration for training session organizers and training participants are now available. All registered training sessions are immediately posted here. For questions with the forms themselves, contact IT support; for training information, contact Amanda Hodges. New The Sudden Oak Death/Ramorum Blight, Soybean Rust, and Entomology pages have been updated, and re-organized. Newly-posted items are highlighted with a New symbol. New Employment Opportunities - Find several new listings this month at http://spdn.ifas.ufl.edu/employment.htm Send news of openings to clharmon@ufl.edu for posting to the site. New The February edition of the Southern Region Integrated Pest Management Center Newsletter “Southern Exposure” is now available for viewing on the web at: http://www.sripmc.org/newsalerts/newsletter/February05.pdf Permit Process - Your input wanted!
APS, MSA and SON are interested in your
experiences with the APHIS permitting regulations and process,
particularly in interactions involving PPQ Form 526 "Permit to Move Live
Plant Pests or Noxious Weeds." APS has a committee that will interact with
APHIS to facilitate research and extension while maintaining protection
for plant health and plant products. To help facilitate, the committee
needs to be aware of and understand specific experiences (positive and
negative) that you have had with the permitting process and how it has
impacted your research/extension/teaching program. Your input is essential
for our interactions with APHIS to be successful. Please complete
the survey at:
www.scientificsocieties.org/surveys/wsb.dll/aps/apsaphispermit.htm
by March 11, 2005. Asian Soybean Rust Brand-new Special Topic PowerPoint on the subject is available on the NPDN Module Download page. You will need your username and password to access this page. This presentation was updated 2-1-05 and can be easily modified to suit your region's needs. SPDN diagnosticians will have a teleconference to discuss ID of Phakopsora pachyrhizi by morphological characteristics on March 4th, 2005. Other regions will have an opportunity to call into this teleconference during the day. For more information, contact Carrie Harmon at clharmon@ufl.edu.
Who can ID Soybean Rust? The APHIS State/Federal Responsibilities for ID are here (PDF) Entomology News Tentative Detection of Exotic Scale Insect in Alabama A bamboo sample from Birmingham, Alabama, collected in January and submitted to the Auburn University Plant Diagnostic Lab (AUPDL) was discovered to be heavily infested with an exotic armored scale. Charles Ray of the AUPDL tentatively identified the insect as Unachionaspis tenuis (Maskell), an Asian species. This insect was previously known in this hemisphere from a single collection in Tennessee (1999). Slides are being sent to Doug Miller (USDA SEL) for verification. The scale has greatly reduced pygidial lobes and elongate gland spines. The scale body is irregularly spindle-shaped. Specimens were found in tangled masses on the underside and at the base of host leaves. Charles Ray can be contacted at raychah@auburn.edu . First Report of Whorl Maggots in Rice , Report article by Boris Castro, LSU AgCenter Entomologist (PDF)Brown Marmorated Stink Bug More information can be found at http://www.cphst.org/docs/BernonfinalreportT3P01.pdf , and a Special Topic PowerPoint is available on the NPDN Module Download page. |
