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Emerald Ash Borer Identified in New York Add New Announcement
EAB
Emerald Ash Borer was positively identified in an ash tree located in Randolph, New York, Cattaraugus County, on June 17, 2009.  For more information refer to the NYS Invasive Speices Information web site.

The official announcement is located on the New York Sate Department of Environmental Conservation.

2nd National Meeting of the NPDN Add New Announcement
Save the Date!
December 6-10, 2009   Miami, Florida

Mark your calendar for the second national meeting of the National Plant Diagnostic Network.  Interact with your colleagues from other states, regions, disciplines, or agancies.  Click here for more information.

First Detector Training Add New Announcement
Training

 

First Detector Training promotes awareness and early detection of exotic pests in the field. NPDN recently released a free online professional development program that teaches how to monitor and respond to high-risk insects, weeds, and plant pathogens in crops including food, horticultural, and ornamental growing systems.Go to First Detector Training for more information.

NPDN Edit

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 Edit

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

Upcoming Events Add New Event

NPDN Five Year Review Documentation Add New Document
 Title
Executive Summary Report  ( pdf, 47 KB)
Table of Contents for Five Year Review Document  ( pdf, 46 KB)
CSREES NPDN Five Year Review  ( pdf, 9 MB)
Summary of Recommendations From Review Team  ( pdf, 71 KB)

Collaborators Edit

Homeland Security
USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory
National Plant Board

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