Announcement

On behalf of the Accreditation Committee, I am excited to announce the first NPDN Core Accredited Lab: Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development! The lab became accredited on October 01, 2024.

Congratulations to Elizabeth Dorman and Dr. Stefanie Rhodes for this significant accomplishment!

We are excited to announce the next Emerging Viruses in Cucurbits Working Group (EVCWG) webinar/discussion opportunity, “Begomoviruses in Cucurbits: What You Should Know” 

When: October 3, 2024, from 12:00 – 1:30 PM Central Time

We hope you will be able to join us! This event is free to attend, but registration is required.

Registration: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9hHH8cFvR0mO-GnxuNIiUw

Registration for The 23rd Ornamental Workshop on Insects and Diseases (held at the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh NC, October 22nd-24th) ends on October 15th

Register soon and submit your presentation and poster titles: https://ecoipm.org/ornamental-workshop/

Please use the google form linked below to submit your presentations and posters for the Ornamental Workshop.
https://forms.gle/8XAAmw2Gj5KZPNb3A

With the upcoming release of Lab Methods Proficiency Test (PT) panels on August 26, USDA APHIS PPQ’s Plant Pathogen Diagnostics Certification Program (PPDCP) will begin onboarding new diagnosticians to the program. Three conditions must be met by each prospective participant: they must (1) work in a lab that has previously participated in PPQ PTs, (2) submit a PPDCP-F-007-0 Participant Bio Form, and (3) complete and pass a Lab Methods PT or PTs. PPDCP will host a virtual information session for new participants on August 27 at 2:00 PM Eastern.

In case you missed the communication from APHIS (sent to APHIS Stakeholder Registry on 6.27.2024):

Dear APHIS permittees,

This message is for permittees who hold a permit issued in ePermits. APHIS will decommission ePermits in 2024. 

Please join us on September 9 - 13, 2023 in Santa Fe,New Mexico for the 69th Western International Forest Disease Work Conference (WIFDWC)! You can also visit www.wifdwc.org for more information.

Registration 

Register online by August 9th at:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/westerninternationalforestdiseaseworkconferencewifdwc

Want to help determine how much funding goes to diagnostic projects?  USDA-APHIS is soliciting reviewers for the PPA 7721 suggestions.  

Registration is open for the Ornamental Workshop held October 22-24 at the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, NC. 

Find more information here: http://ecoipm.org/ornamental-workshop

Register here: http://go.ncsu.edu/ornamentalregistration2024

After registering you will receive info about room blocks automatically.

A call for talks and posters will follow. 

Steve

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The Turfgrass Pathology Committee will be hosting a Turfgrass Disease Diagnostics Workshop at Plant Health 2024 in Memphis this year. The workshop will be taught by the Committee’s own Jim Kerns and Lee Butler from NCSU!