2011 National Meeting
The Third National Meeting of NPDN
Proceedings from the 2011 meeting
Meeting Documents
Posters presented at the meeting (PDF's)
New Pest Detections/State Updates
- Detection of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on whitloof chicory (Cichorium intybus L.)
- Spruce death spiral: A new turf herbicide and non-target plant injury in Indiana
- First reports for New Hampshire: new pathogens, new pathogen-host combinations, and new insect pests
- Invasive pest detections in Tennessee
Pest Surveys
- Identity and pathogenicity of Fusarium spp. isolated fom sunflower
- Small grain viruses in North Dalota
Diagnostic/Identifications/Detection Methods
- Use of loop-mediated isothermal amplification(LAMP) as a diagnostic tool in a university plant diagnostic laboratory
- Evaluation of the GEN III Omnilog ID System for the detection of Clavibacter michiganensis subspecies
- Study of the Barley yellow dwarf virus species PAV and PAS: distribution, virus quantification and host resistance
- Rapid Immunoassay Combined with Magnetic Bead technology for On-site Detection of Potato leafroll virus
Network Information
- NPDN Parnerships and Progress through Excercises
- Regional Highlights from the Northeast Plant Diagnostic Network (NEPDN)
- The National Plant Diagnostic Network National Database Program Area Committee)
- The National Plant Diagnostic Network Diagnostics Program Area Committee
- STAR-D, a System for True and Reliable Diagnostics; NPDN's Laboratory Accreditation Program
- Update from the Plant Disease Information Office in Connecticut
Training and Education
- GPDN web seminar series, 2008-2011
- Identifying invasive potential of biofuel crops using weed risk assessments
- Creating field scenarios to facilitate hands-on pest and disease diagnostic training for the Midwest agricultural community
- Integrated Consortium of Laboratory Networks Tabletop Exercise on Rathayibacter Toxicus
- The Sentinel Plant Networks: an NPDN partnership with public gardens
Information Technology