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Education and Outreach
Educational modules can be reached at
http://spdn.ifas.ufl.edu/instructional_materials.htm.
SPDN Listserv:
spdn-l@lists.ifas.ufl.edu (SPDN partners and interested
parties can join this list; for more info
please e-mail Carrie Harmon at clharmon@ufl.edu)
SPDN-IT-L@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU (SPDN Information Technology
Listserv)
SPDN-DIAGNOSTICS-L@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU (SPDN Diagnosticians and
State Reps, for more
info please e-mail Tim Momol at tmomol@ufl.edu)
NPDN Training and Education Overview, May 23, 2005 (PDF)
Training and Educations Committee meeting, SPDN, Atlanta: (minutes by Tom Creswell) 4 November 2004
Questions/Comments to discuss regarding training:
- Mini-grants to write modules on listed exotic pests?
- Legality of using this as means of distributing money?
- Who would administer? Overhead?
- Which money? NPDN? NRI grant?
- Lists of trainees are in summary Carrie provided in packet for this meeting.
- Maps of what’s been done
- NAPIS is doing mapping for Amanda
- In the new training cycle we will be requiring registration. Information will be collected for first detector awareness trainings. Web based registration form will be available.
- Review of Levels of training:
- First detector expanded awareness, basics of missions covered, special topic covered such as SOD, no time limit.
- First detector training: registration required, 3 core modules: mission, monitoring, sample submission. Pre and post test using scantrons.
- First detector trainer certification: 6 modules, 4 hours long, scenario module must be presented by Carla Thomas or Eugene Erickson. Not an exciting module. Not needed unless you are doing a scenario soon.
- Regional Hort. Inspection Society training mentioned. (upcoming?)
- Amanda: best trainings are customized to group at hand, if training veggie growers then make it specific to vegetables.
- NPDN Operations meeting is upcoming
- Need more special topic modules.
- NRI vs NPDN coverage on topics needs to be decided.
- Future trend may be for less face to face training. More online.
May want to use mini-grants to specialists to develop web materials, extension materials.
Create a committee of Extension specialists, NCDA people and agents to prioritize knowledge needs.
Meeting notes:
- Summarize past year:
- Southern region had some of the first “1st detector educator” programs rolled out.
- Amanda: we envision you adapting modules to your personal experience and adding your examples.
- NACAA meeting feedback: CCAs would like more in-depth training.
- Disadvantage of face to face training: All are forced to sit through it all, but if done well can still be effective.
- Karen Snover-Clift will be leading training effort for NACAA meeting in Buffalo 2005, July.
- Problems with 2004: registration pre-tests not taken up at right time.
- Keith Douce: GA will not get agents to sit through training because they have regimented, limited time for training.
- Online training may be a solution for this kind of limitation.
- David Cook: Growers wanted to know “what can I expect on exotics?” I went back and revamped each module to be specific to TN. Emphasized monitoring modules. Condensed art and science of diagnosis: said “this is diagnostic lab’s job, send sample in”.
- Kathy Wright: An adult learner wants to know what is practical now, what I need to know now.
- In monitoring session, give reminder of select agents. TN’s example of Soybean Aphid showing up in TN created great interest in the rest of program.
- Tim M: people are turned off if you talk too much about regulatory aspects of finding stuff. Don’t talk about it extensively in all modules. Mention that the new network is improving the diagnosis capability of other problems.
- Phil and Carrie gave 4 hour talks, with talk about SOD as draw but covered all the modules in the process (sort of bait and switch).
- David: tell people why we are trying to detect early: to stop early, eradicate. Stop before spread. Gave worst case scenario of Irish potato famine, dutch elm, chestnut blight, wooly hemlock adelgid changing ecosystem of Smoky Mountains.
- Gerald: would like to have regional adapted examples? Need to take what we have built and make customized modules?
- Kathy: what are the basic outcomes? No matter what the module looks like what are the basic learning objectives?
- Kathy: Learning objectives: example: p. 12. says “briefly describe Ag. Bioterrorism. Illustrate organization of NPDN.” How are they expected to do that? Objective may need to be “learn what NPDN acronym means”. Giving the learner the objectives has been shown to increase learning by as much as 40%.
- Gerald: Could we create a library of questions? Pick one of 4 on this topic.
- David: we call it a survey or evaluation of the training rather than a test to lower test anxiety.
- David: Sample submission module was shortened, it has some redundancy
- Amanda: we’ve had questions on what do we HAVE to teach so we created the manual and learning objectives.
- Gail: Suggest mini-grants to develop modules.
- Potential topics (we brainstormed these):
- Select agents
- SBR
- Pink Hibiscus mealybug
- Soybean aphid
- SOD
- New tospos
- Top ten worst insects
- Pocket guides to pests or diseases
- Invasive weeds
- Greenhouse pests monitoring – using Ralstonia as model
- Landscape monitoring
- Steve Cain: Communication with public
- Module for trainers is on the web already
- Any high risk pest
- Will these be used as continuing education modules?
- Tim: these could be in-depth modules that Crop Consultants have been asking for.
- Continuing certification: update training, new people coming into system. CEUs could be provided to CCCs if we fit their cert. process.
- Diagnostics group has already done lot of base work on modules.
- Kathy: The basic idea of NRI Grant content management system is to: catalog images, chunks of text, videos, etc. then repurpose chunks for other learning as needed.
- NRI – help design RFPs
- Who would be able to apply for mini-grants? Anyone who provides CV? Ext. specialists? USDA, CREES may limit it.
- Gerald: As move to NRI grant there would be less face-to-face training, but still need some if new things crop up.
- Keith: what is the incentive to be trained? Pesticide applicator CEUs? Charge for diagnosis waived? Freebies like APS compendia, Digital cameras? Hollier: many people just want the info, esp. the consultants are looking for new things.
- The lack of incentive has not been an impediment.
- NRI materials
- EDEN modules good, lot of text, interesting material.
- KY’s ext. director asked that EDEN’s material be used because it was extension developed. EDEN’s mission is mitigation, response. Agents should have both EDEN materials and NPDN materials.
- Nesmith: Do you have a true pre-exam that would document that someone already knows all the material? An exam that could be use to “test out” of a module? National NPDN training committee would have to approve it.
- Kathy: we need a marketing effort.
- Amanda: what are you planning in your state for next year? Our future funding depends on meeting the commitments.
- Nesmith: want to give tests to earlier trainees.
- May need to 6 month follow-ups on people who have been trained.
- Kathy: have done phone calls to people trained 6 months earlier and go through the post tests to test REAL transfer of knowledge. Testing should be throughout the training to inhibit forgetting.
- Clayton: what is the diff. between that and pre/post testing? Kathy: It impedes forgetting. We need to rehearse things to learn them; if you space rehearsal throughout the learning it reinforces the learning.
- Emerg. Disaster Mgr in KY says: that training is fine, but what we really need is a quick reference for our “red book”.
- Gail: what is goal for 2005? Last year, 2004, we sat goal of 500 trainees and did better.
- Gerald: Am getting requests for 1st Detector Expanded Awareness 45 min. talks. May be better to focus on Expanded Awareness training.
- Dreams: training needs? Mini-grant part of this? Give attendees APS compendia? EAS pubs?
- Gerald: Raise awareness, many people who should know about the NPDN don’t. Kathy: market NPDN awareness by prof. marketers may be good use of money.
- How do you communicate better within a state: USDA/APHIS/PPQ, CAPS, NPDN, State Dept. of Ag., IPM, Ext. Specialists, Combine training with other groups? Product would be a color brochure with joint logo and branding to take back. The main goal would be the partnership.
- Calendar with select agents.
- Dreams: money for printing pocket guides.
- Faculty need to have a product to show for time spend on NPDN work.
- Possible 18K per state for education and training?
- Nesmith: will we get 9K for training for sure? Use remainder (9K) for cross-cutting mini-grants? Each region is handling budget differently.
Members present:
Keith Douce, UGA,
Amanda Hodges UF,
Tim Momul UF,
Joe Krausz T A&M,
Clayton Hollier LSU,
Phillip Harmon UF,
Kathy Wright Kansas State,
Tom Creswell NCSU,
Gerald Holmes NCSU,
David Cook TN,
William Nesmith KY,
Gail Wisler UF.
Susan Halbert, UF
Training and Education Committee Plans for SPDN/NPDN:
SPDN Education Committee:
Gail Wisler (UF): gcwisler@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
Tim Momol (UF): tmomol@ufl.edu
Tom Creswell (NCSU): tom_creswell@ncsu.edu
Gerald Holmes (NCSU): gerald_holmes@ncsu.edu
Pam Roberts (UF): pdr@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
National Training/Education Committee:
Gail Wisler (UF): gcwisler@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
Patrick Hart (MSU): hart1@msu.edu
Ned Tisserat, (KSU): TISSNE@plantpath.ksu.edu
Karen Snover; (Cornell): kls13@cornell.edu
Carla Thomas (UCDavis) carlasthomas@earthlink.net
Steve Cain (EDEN) cain@purdue.edu.
Peter Goodell (UC): ipmpbg@uckac.edu
National Educ. Com. (3/6/03)
Activities:
"Educate to detect": An in service training (IST)
for county agents and private consultants:
Use this as a practice and model for regional/national modules.
Training programs are scheduled
for Feb. 25-26 and March 25-26, 2003 in Florida.
CD/DVDs for training modules to be produced:
The list below is based on the in-service training in February
and March for county faculty
and private consultants in Florida. These are practice
sessions for our CD production.
So far, we are concentrating on these areas for "first detector
educator" training.
CD's will be provided to the southern states and elsewhere.
If desired, our UF/IFAS
Communications personnel will work with similar staff from
land grant
universities participating in the NPPDDN.
- NPPDDN Mission (regional emphases can be made)
- Digital Imaging for Diagnostics and Survey
- Use of Web-based DDIS for monitoring "high risk" pests
- Pest Monitoring and Insect Traps
- Art and Science of Plant Disease Diagnosis
- Monitoring and Sampling for Plant Diseases
- Nematode ID and Monitoring
- Weed ID and Monitoring
CDs to be developed according to the nematode assay model
that can be viewed at:
http://plp3002.ifas.ufl.edu/assignment.htm
(Please see this as an example of our Communications Dept.
products. This video was
made for the Fundamentals of Plant Pathology laboratory
via distance ed.)
Flip pads (laminated field ID cards with photos
and basic information on recognition, diagnosis and response) to
be developed for pests and pathogens of biosecurity significance.
Southern Division APS planning for APS workshop and business
meeting.
This is planned for Tuesday April 8th from 5:00-7:00 PM
in South Padre Island, Texas.
Light snacks will be provided. Steve Cain from EDEN
and Kitty Cardwell from
CSREES will be joining us. We hope that CSREES funds
will be released by then
so you can handle your own travel reimbursements.
5-6 pm SPDN Progress Report
6-7 pm SPDN Business Meeting
APS 2003 annual Meeting Diagnostic Workshop
(Charlotte, NC ):
planned by G. Wisler and L. Levy
How can the needs of the county agent be facilitated within the
National Plant
Diagnostic Network ( NPDN)? Larry Halsey, University of Florida,
IFAS, Jefferson
County.
Detection and identification of Ralstonia solanacearum race
3 . Caitilyn Allen,
University of Wisconsin
CVC caused by Xylella fastidiosa. John Hartung, USDA,
ARS, FL
High risk insects. Richard Sprenkel, University of Florida
IFAS, NFREC.
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Southern Plant Diagnostic
Network (SPDN): “Educate to detect”
In-Service Training PROGRAM TITLE: Monitoring and
Diagnosing for “High Risk” Pests
LOCATION(S): Could be done in multiple location
using interactive video such as Polycom
NUMBER OF DAYS: 1 day, 4-hr hands-on lab, 4-hr lecture
and discussion
OFFERING UNIT(S): Plant Pathology, Entomology/Nematology
and Agronomy (Weed Science) Departments
INTENDED AUDIENCE: All agents in agriculture,
horticulture and natural resources
DISTANCE EDUCATION SUPPORT NEEDED: Polycom units
in main campus and remote locations
DESCRIPTION:
Lecture session from main campus will cover presentations
on: Mission SPDN, diagnostic SOPs, pest monitoring and diagnosis of
“threat” pests, digital imaging, distance diagnostics, and use of
network. Presentations will be broadcast from main campus or
remote location. Hands-on lab sessions will be conducted in main
campus and remote locations. Lab sessions will discuss scouting,
how to take plant and/or soil samples, host symptom identification,
and use of some lab equipment, demonstrate techniques for processing
sample (i.e. microscopic examination of leaf tissue), and how to report
findings. Lab Participants will receive “First Detector Educator”
certificate. First Detector Educators and on-line modules will train
“First Detectors” in their county area and these trainings will provide
“SPDN first detector” certificate
PURPOSE and OBJECTIVES: Southern states recently
received a grant award to help combat “crop bio-terror” by protecting
crop plants from new introduction of pathogens, insects, nematodes
and weeds.Twelve states in the southern US are established Southern
Plant Diagnostic Network (SPDN) to improve regional capabilities for
rapid and accurate identification and diagnoses to safeguard against
newly introduced and re-emerging pests and pathogens, genetically modified
pathogens, pesticide-resistant pathogens and natural changes in endemic
organisms. Objectives of this IST are to create an awareness of bio-terrorism,
SPDN and train educators on how to notice and report new and high risk pest
events and take appropriate action. Hands-on lab sessions will cover this
topic: “Effective tools and methods for monitoring and diagnosing pest
problems”.
8 CEUs and CCAs will be available
For the "unknowns" we are concentrating on these areas for
"first detector" training:
- monitoring plant diseases and pests (random and targeted,
symptoms and signs, hand lenses,
microscopes, digital camera, search mode, survey mode).
- immunostrip ELISA (TSWV) or ELISA kits (Ralstonia
solanacearum )
- quality sample submission and security
- spore traps, insect traps, etc.
- field patterns
- PPQ and other fact sheets on potential "high risk" diseases
(soybean rust) with symptoms and signs
- Use DDIS to rapid screen of the common pest from "unknown"
pest and for survey
- if "unknown" detected - how to survey? need for confirmed
diagnosis, sampling etc.
- Field identification of selected cucurbit diseases
with hand lenses
(page 76-78, APS Compendium of Cucurbit Diseases)
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/cucurbit/disease/lensID.htm
- Monitoring Methods and Tools ( Page 11-13, IPM
for Floriculture and Nurseries,
University of California, Div of Ag and Natural Resources,
Publication 3402)
Sources for additional training materials to support continuous
education and connect educators
and first detectors for updated info on SPDN:
The National Plant Pest and Disease Diagnostic Network
(NP2D2N)
http://npdn.ppath.cornell.edu/
Great Plains DN
http://www.gpdn.org/
North East PDN
http://nepdn.ppath.cornell.edu/
North Central PDN
Southern PDN
http://spdn.ifas.ufl.edu/
Western PDN
These are the topics suggested by the national committee
(in CAPS)
that needs to be covered in trainings.
SPDN MISSION and BIOSECURITY
Video presentation on a CD by Gail Wisler UF/IFAS
Plant Pathology Chair, SPDN Director
(will be ready for Texas meeting)
APSnet Feature Story, Cook et al. (October 2002)
http://www.apsnet.org/online/feature/bioterrorism/
ART AND SCIENCE OF DIAGNOSIS
Riley et al. (2002) APS Education Center Introductory Topics
http://www.apsnet.org/education/IntroPlantPath/Topics/plantdisease/
Riley, M. 2003. Basic Microscopy - An Important Skill for
Plant Pathologists.The Plant Health Instructor. DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2003-0130-02
http://www.apsnet.org/education/LabExercises/microscopes/top.html
NCSU Plant Pathology Extension
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/plantpath/ExtensionPro/extensio.html
UGA Plant Pathology Extension
http://www.plant.uga.edu/Extension/home.htm
UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Extension
http://plantdoctor.ifas.ufl.edu/plantpath.html
for master gardeners:
Dr. Ken Pernezny- UF/IFAS EREC, Belle Glade, Florida
http://erec.ifas.ufl.edu/MG/Index.htm
University of Wisconsin
http://www.plantpath.wisc.edu/PDDCEducation/EducationIndex.htm
FUNDEMENTALS OF PLANT PATHOLOGY (Dr. Bill Zettler, UF/IFAS,
Plant Pathology Department)
At this web page
http://plp3002.ifas.ufl.edu/
click on “Lab Schedule” to watch video
QUALITY AND SECURE SAMPLE SUBMISSION
example from U of F:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SR007
MONITORING FOR HIGH RISK and UNKNOWN PESTS
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/ep/
University of Wisconsin: IPM Scout School - Diseases of
Field and Forage Crops
http://www.plantpath.wisc.edu/PDDCEducation/EducationIndex.htm
http://ceris.purdue.edu/napis/
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/clinic/Emerging/
http://tmomol.ifas.ufl.edu/emerging.html
DISASTER INFORMATION
http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/eden/
EDEN
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/disaster/
NCSU
PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PROGRAMS IN PLANT PATHOLOGY AND RELATED
FIELDS
http://www.dpm.ifas.ufl.edu/
http://www.plant.uga.edu/MPPPM.htm
http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/php/perspective/doctor/
PEST ALERT SITES
http://www.nappo.org/
http://extlab7.entnem.ufl.edu/PestAlert/
http://ipm.ncsu.edu/current_ipm/pest_news.html
http://spdn.ifas.ufl.edu/
DIGITAL IMAGING AND DATABASES:
AN OTHER TOOL FOR PLANT DIAGNOTICS
http://www.dddi.org/
(UGA)
http://ddis.ifas.ufl.edu/
(UF)
http://www.gpdn.org/
(KSU)
http://www.plant.uga.edu/Extension/fungilib.htm
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/DDIS1
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/DDIS2
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/DDIS3
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/DDIS4
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AE225
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Memo: Waiver for “high risk pest” sample fee
March 11, 2003
To: Florida Extension County Faculty
From: Sate Major Program FL 131 - Quality and Management of State Diagnostic
Services
Regarding: Waiver for “high risk pest” sample fee
This policy will be effective in Florida starting March 20, 2003 to encourage
sample
submission of high risk pests to clinics and enhance educational activities
of county agents.
These are the Clinics that will accept “high risk pest” samples under
this policy:
Plant Disease Clinic, Gainesville, FL (Bob McGovern)
Insect Identification Laboratory, Gainesville, FL (Lyle Buss)
Nematode Assay Laboratory, Gainesville, FL (Billy Crow)
Plant Diagnostic Clinic, NFREC, Quincy, FL (Tim Momol)
Plant Disease Clinic, SWFREC, Immokalee, FL (Pam Roberts)
Plant Disease Clinic, TREC, Homestead, FL (Bob McMillan)
Clinics will waive the sample fee for county faculty if they are sending
a suspected "high risk" pest sample for identification purpose. In order
to qualify for this waiver, county faculty need to receive a "First Detector
Educator" certificate from the Southern Plant Diagnostic Network (SPDN)
and Florida Extension (State Major Program FL131 - Quality and Management
of State
Diagnostic Services).
Definition of "high risk pest sample”: Any plant samples with unusual
symptoms, pathogens or insects that have not been seen previously by county
faculty (sender) in his/her county. A high risk pest sample needs to be packed
according to the information provided by University of Florida /IFAS Clinics.
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Memo: 24/7 respond in Florida under SPDN program
April 1, 2003
ELECTRONIC MEMORANDUM
TO: County Extension Faculty,
Extension Specialists
FROM: Joan A. Dusky
SUBJECT: Southern Plant Diagnostics Clinic 24/7
As a result of heightened security concerns, plant diagnostics clinics
throughout the country were asked to be available 24/7. The University
of
Florida Plant Diagnostics Clinics, which are linked to the recently
created
Southern Plant Diagnostics Network (SPDN - this and others were created
as
part of the Homeland Security Act), are ready to respond to any
emergency
of plant biosecurity issues on a 24/7 basis, either in person or by
phone.
The information listed below provides contact numbers in the event that
you
suspect a "high risk" pest sample (insect, disease, nematode, etc.).
Phone numbers to be dialed in case of emergency:
Plant Diagnostic Clinic, Gainesville - Dr. Bob McGovern,
(352) 392-1795
Plant Diagnostic Clinic, NFREC-Quincy - Dr. Tim Momol,
(850) 875-7140
Plant Disease Clinic, SWFREC-Immokalee - Dr. Pam
Roberts, (239) 658-3432
SPDN Director - Dr. Gail Wisler, (352) 392-3631 ext.
210
JAD/jmv
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Example of the voice mail message for 24/7 respond:
This is the voice mail for the NFREC-Quincy Plant Diagnostic Clinic,
at the University of Florida/ IFAS.
Please leave your name and phone number and Hank Dankers will get back
you as soon as possible.
If this is an urgent call concerning the emergence of a plant disease
or pest related to a biosecurity issue,
please call Tim Momol at (cellular phone number). Southern Plant Diagnostic
Network established in
compliance with the Homeland Security Initiative of USDA.
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University Related Plant Disease and Soil Testing Services
http://www.apsnet.org/directories/univ_diagnosticians.asp
US and LGU Extension Specialists
“The plant pathology and nematology specialists are listed
alphabetically by state. Click on the appropriate link below and
scroll or use the bookmarks to find the most appropriate specialist
in your area. The Responsibility section lists each individual's speciality.
For the key to these codes, click here or on Responsibility once within
the directory. Important Note: Names marked with an asterisk (*)
are an Extension Plant Pathology/Nematology leader or individual designated
to receive materials in short supply.” APS web site:
http://www.apsnet.org/directories/extension/top.asp