APS 2008:
Volunteers Needed for the NPDN Booth
 
As you know the annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society (APS) will be held this year in Minneapolis, MN.  
This year's event is set for July 26-30, 2008. 
 
This year NPDN will have a exhibit with an computer based quiz and
incredibly wonderful prizes to give away.                     
 
Volunteers are needed to staff the NPDN booth during the three day event.
Staffing the booth would consist of answering simple questions, possibly
recording names and phone numbers and assisting in putting individuals in
touch with their appropriate NPDN representative, and managing a computer
based quiz and awarding the appropriate prize.   
Volunteer times are as follows -
 
Sunday, July 27 6:00-8:00pm
Monday, July 28 8:00-6:00
Tuesday, July 29         8:00-3:00
 
To volunteer to serve at the booth, Please contact:
 
Lee Duynslager
duynslag@msu.edu
APS Meeting NCPDN PDIS Coordinator
 
To view current schedule click here. 

This webpage was created to inform the general public of the existence of the National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) and to facilitate NPDN committee function, activities, and organization.

Information available to the general public resides on this home page. Additionally, each of the 5 regions has their own regional website that may contain regionally specific information. Regional websites can be accessed by selecting the regional acronym from the “NPDN Web Ring” box located on the left-hand side of this screen.

Questions about this program from the public should be directed to the following contacts:

1. Ray Hammerschmidt, Director, NCPDN, Michigan State University

2. Kitty Cardwell, National Program Leader, CSREES, USDA

3. Carrie Harmon, Secretary NPDN, University of Florida

For more information about accessibility of this web site click here.

Diagnostic Laboratories by State:

For multiple laboratory listings by state, please refer to each regional web site.

GPDN=Great Plains      NCPDN=North Central      NEPDN=Northeast      SPDN=Southern      WPDN=Western

Alabama (SPDN)	Louisiana (SPDN)	Ohio (NCPDN)
Alaska (WPDN)	Maine (NEPDN)	Oklahoma (GPDN)
Arizona (WPDN)	Maryland (NEPDN)	Oregon (WPDN)
Arkansas (SPDN)	Massachusetts (NEPDN)	Pennsylvania (NEPDN)
California (WPDN)	Michigan (NCPDN)	Rhode Island (NEPDN)
Colorado (GPDN)	Minnesota (NCPDN)	South Carolina (SPDN)
Connecticut (NEPDN)	Mississippi (SPDN)	South Dakota (GPDN)
Delaware (NEPDN)	Missouri (NCPDN)	Tennessee (SPDN)
Florida (SPDN)	Montana (GPDN)	Texas (GPDN)
Georgia (SPDN)	Nebraska (GPDN)	Texas (SPDN)
Hawaii (WPDN)	Nevada (WPDN)	Utah (WPDN)
Idaho (WPDN)	New Hampshire (NEPDN)	Vermont (NEPDN)
Illinois (NCPDN)	New Jersey (NEPDN)	Virginia (SPDN)
Indiana (NCPDN)	New Mexico (WPDN)	Washington (WPDN)
Iowa (NCPDN)	New York (NEPDN)	West Virginia (NEPDN)
Kansas (GPDN)	North Carolina (SPDN)	Wisconsin (NCPDN)
Kentucky (SPDN)	North Dakota (GPDN)	Wyoming (GPDN)

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