March-April 2007 NPDN First Detector newsletter

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The newsletter for the NPDN First Detector Community

March-April 2007

Volume 4, Number 2

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Editor: Carrie L. Harmon

Pest and Pathogen News

Whitefly-transmitted cucurbit leaf crumple virus confirmed in Florida - Link to the UF diagnostic guide here.

USDA and CFIA begin implementation of additional potato surveillance measures - Link to the 3-16-07 news release here.

Mexican fruit fly found in Laredo, TX. TDA March Press release, Newspaper article, Biology and identification (Univ. Florida) guide. Information provided by Dr. Boris Castro, TAMU.

Phytophthora ramorum detected in FL in 2007 - Link to the 2-14-07 memorandum to nurseries here.

A new fungal species that is being transmitted by a newly discovered non-native beetle is killing alarming numbers of redbay trees (Persea borbonia) along the coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Link to the Pest Alert here.

Research on Citrus Greening a Top Priority in Florida - Mar 22, 2007
Florida Department of Citrus officials agreed getting an additional $5 million for research on citrus greening was the industry's top priority.

Texas Officials Searching for Citrus Pests and Diseases - March 7, 2007 For the past year, citrus researchers have fanned out across Texas looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack.

From the NAPPO Phytosanitary alert system (www.pestalert.org):

	Light Brown Apple Moth in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California - United States - 03/22/2007
	Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar)-Update on Regulated Areas within the United States - 03/20/2007
	Chrysanthemum White Rust (CWR) in California - United States - 03/16/2007
	Update on the Regulated Areas within New York State for Swede Midge - United States - 03/02/2007
	Phytophthora ramorum Quarantine Lifted at Tiffany Creek Preserve, New York --United States - 02/16/2007

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Join us for the Third Annual Soybean Rust Short Course, July 11-13, 2007 in Quincy, FL! Registration if free (the course is sponsored by the North Central Soybean Research Program), but you must pre-register online. Find course information here.

Mark Your Calendar! The Sixth International IPM Symposium, "Transcending Boundaries," will be held in Portland, Oregon March 24-26, 2009 at the Portland Convention Center. The Fifth IPM Symposium, held in 2006, attracted more than 650 research, education, government, industry and environmental and health professionals from 23 countries for three days of presentations, networking and organizational meetings on key pest management issues. For up-to-date information on the Symposium, visit website: http://www.ipmcenters.org/ipmsymposium09/.

SPDN Invasive Arthropod Workshop Clemson, SC May 7-9, 2007. The SPDN will host an intensive diagnostic training on invasive or limited distribution arthropod pests of concern to the southern region http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/arthropod/ . Important information on other invasive species programs, interactions between regulatory and the NPDN, and other details relating to invasives will also be presented.