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November 16, 2004

Volume 1, Number 9

Third Annual Regional Meeting was another SPDN Success November 4-5 in Atlanta, GA. 

Meeting evaluation and summary can be found at http://spdn.ifas.ufl.edu/spdn_annual_meeting.html

Minutes of the Committee meetings can also be found on the Committee pages (Training/Education and Diagnostics/ID)

Southern Plant Diagnostic Network

1453 Fifield Hall

Gainesville, FL 32611

Phone:

(352) 392-3631 ext 254

Fax:

(352) 392-6532

E-mail:

clharmon@ufl.edu

We’re on the Web!

http://spdn.ifas.ufl.edu/

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Online Offerings

^NEWAsian Soybean Rust in the US: Confirmed in Louisiana and Mississippi.  Find up-to-date news, biology, response information, and more at http://spdn.ifas.ufl.edu/soybean_rust.htm

^NEWAsian Soybean Rust Pest Alerts available in English and Spanish at http://ncipm.org/soybeanrust/index.html

^NEWNPDN Diagnostic Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures for Asian Soybean Rust can be downloaded from the SPDN soybean rust page or from the NPDN website.  Download the PDF directly from http://spdn.ifas.ufl.edu/SOP%20SBR%20ver1%200_mem.pdf

^NEWNeed help applying for APHIS Permit 526 to receive unknown samples from out-of-state?  Find useful information at http://spdn.ifas.ufl.edu/526_application_help.htm

NewOnline registration for access to the modules starts this week!  To use this new feature, we must have your email address on file.  The old username and password will not work with the new system - your new username will be the first letter of your first name plus your whole last name.  Your new password will be computer generated and individual to you.  Contact Carrie Harmon with questions or to add your email address to the database at clharmon@ufl.edu.

Entomology workshop, SPDN: The SPDN will host an intensive Homoptera workshop http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/homoptera for general diagnosticians and extension specialists at the University of Florida in Gainesville, December 9-11, 2004.  For more information, contact Amanda Hodges achodges@ifas.ufl.edu

Tospovirus Conference, University of Georgia:  Dec 2, 2004.  The objective of this conference is to bring together all disciplines that deal with diseases caused by Tospoviruses and their thrips vectors.  Seating is limited, so please pre-register by November 18^th.  For pre-registration and additional information contact: Natalia Martinez at (229) 386-7230 or nmartinez@tifton.uga.edu.

Nematode Identification Short Course, Clemson University:  Dec 4-11, 2004.  This course has been presented annually for more than 25 years, and has received many favorable comments.  There are a few seats remaining for this year's course.  For more information, please visit http://pppweb.clemson.edu/Nematode.htm

The November 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/November04.pdf.  One of our partners in protecting agriculture in the South, the SRIPMC produces this newsletter and many other useful publications.

^NEWNeed help applying for APHIS Permit 526 to receive unknown samples from out-of-state?  Find useful information at http://spdn.ifas.ufl.edu/526_application_help.htm

First Detector and First Detector Educator testing:

The tests are available on the education modules page. Scantrons are available and can be shipped to you on request. We can even do the grading and enter the registry information for you!  Contact Amanda Hodges at (352) 392-1901 xt 122 or ACHodges@ifas.ufl.edu