Announcement

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!

Attached is information about a webinar that may be of interest to diagnosticians and others that work with cucurbit crops. 

Watermelon Chlorotic Stunt Virus: What you should know

Wednesday April 10, 2024 @ 2:30-3:30 PM Central Time

Upcoming EVCWG Webinar/Discussion on Watermelon Chlorotic Stunt Virus

When: April 10, 2024 12:30 PM Pacific

Good morning NPDN friends,