PPCDL Workshops: Our 23rd Year Offering Advanced Diagnostic Workshops
Karen Snover-Clift and Barb Riker, Cornell University (NEPDN); Eric Newberry and Gem Santillana, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T, PPCDL
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2025
Karen Snover-Clift and Barb Riker, Cornell University (NEPDN); Eric Newberry and Gem Santillana, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T, PPCDL
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2025
Karen Snover-Clift and Barb Riker, Cornell University (NEPDN); Dr. Megan Romberg and Dr. John McKemy, USDA-APHIS-PPQ
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2025
Come join us at the NPDN Town Hall during the American Phytopathological Society Hawaii meeting! This will be an open forum on August 4 from 3:30-pm-5:30pm in room 319 B.
Greetings Oak Wilt Testing Community,
At PureBIoX we are excited to announce that, thanks to a recent partnership with the University of Minnesota, our oak wilt rapid detection kit -- AgroLAMP™ Oak Wilt Kit -- will be free of charge for academic and state laboratories for the 2025 season. More details can be found here.
Clarissa Balbalian (Chair, National Data Committee)
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 6, June 2025
Alicyn Smart – Executive Director, NPDN
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 6, June 2025
Megan Romberg, National Mycologist/Plant Pathologist, USDA-APHIS
Edited and reviewed by Sara R. May* The Pennsylvania State University (NEPDN), Lina Rodriguez Salamanca* Virginia Tech (SPDN); Karen Rane** Emeritus diagnostician University of Maryland (NEPDN)
*Member of the NPDN Protocols and Validation Committee
** Member of the NPDN National Data Committee
Alexandria 'Alex' Wenninger University of Alaska Fairbanks - Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extension - Integrated Pest Management Program (WPDN)
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 6, June 2025
Alicyn Smart – Executive Director, NPDN
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 6, June 2025
Saturday, August 2 • 1:00–5:00 p.m. • $89

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