Pest Detection

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Pest Detection

• And CAPS

Coanne E. OHern National Survey
Coordinator USDA-APHIS-PPQ-PDMP Riverdale, MD
National IPM Coordination Meeting Washington,
DC Sept. 14-15, 2004
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Structure of PPQ
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PDMP Organizational chart
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CPHST
(Center for Plant Health, Science and Technology)

• Scientific support for the Agency programs
• Projects (risk-based mapping etc.)
• PRAs
• Pest ranking for CAPS/PD list.
• GPDD (Global Pest Disease Database)
• Survey aids/new tools for survey

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CAPS

Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey
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What is CAPS?

• Combined cooperative effort
• Federal and State organizations
• Survey for plant pests, bio-control organisms
  and weeds

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CAPS Components

• Field surveys
• Laboratory identification
• State project databases
• National database (NAPIS)
• Electronic information exchange
• Strong interagency relationships

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How are surveys prioritized?

• National Lists
• Regional Lists
• State Lists
• Survey proposals developed by state
• Regional CAPS committees review
• Sent to Regional Director with recommendations
  for approval

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Funding

• Previously
• 6 mil for PD program

• Now
• 24 mil approximately for FY2004
• Increase possible for FY 2005
• Goal to obtain 100 mil
• Core funding estab. for States

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Where we are now

• Restructured CAPS system
• Pest lists/Prioritization
• Increased Funding
• New technologies
• Homeland Security
• National Invasive Species Council

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Where we are going
Emerald Ash Borer

• Increased exotic pest detection surveys across
  the U.S.
• Further Pest list usage and commodity surveys
• Continue to build infrastructure for pest
  detection as new become available
• Development of offshore pest information system
• Use survey tools such as Risk Mapping, GIS/GPS
  systems, pathway analyzes and pest risk analyses
  to further the goals of PD
• VS/PPQ Collaboration
• Partnering with other agencies/groups

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Support and Enhancements

• CPSHT
• Industry interested in helping us
• Volunteer programs
• CSREES and the NPD other units?
• Added Pest Survey Spec positions (26)
• Added ID positions (5) within the
• NIS structure

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
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Tools to do the job
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NAPPFAST Probability Maps
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ISIS

• Integrated Survey Information System
• Cooperative agreement with the J.D. Edwards
  Honors Program- Univ. of NE
• Used for data collection on PDAs

This the screen on a computer desktop
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CAPS Database

• NAPIS National Agricultural Pest
  
  Information System
• Housed at Purdue University thru a coop.
  agreement
• Tracks pest distribution
• Provides data management
• Websites
• Maps pest distribution
• Public website, restricted website for CAPS
  cooperators
• Database requires an ID and password

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NAPIS Public Website
URL http//ceris.purdue.edu/napis
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Collaborations
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NPDN

• National Plant Diagnostic Network
• Importance of early detection
• CSREES Initiative for the Plant Diagnostic Labs
  (5)
• NAPIS/Purdue part in initiative
• PPQs role as a partner

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Volunteers

• ALB in Chicago
• NE Private consultant company using PDAs in
  corn and soybeans
• NE Univ. of NE for spatial info on invasive
  weeds
• 4-H help in mapping nursery and high hazard
  sites.
• Cactoblastis cactorum survey in southern states
• Master Gardeners in NJ

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Vision for the Future

• Continue to make our mission known
• Fine tune the system
• Use of offshore information
• Continue to find new methods for doing
• work
• Form alliances/partnerships with others
• Continue to partner and expand the NPDN
• Need to have more eyes and ears

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Working Together

• To increase earlier detection of plant pests
• To increase communication
• To help prevent bio-terrorist events
• To increase infrastructure for identification of
  pests
• To increase collaboration

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How we fit together?

• NPDN
• Training
• Outreach materials
• Emergency Response
• State CAPS committees
• Eyes and ears for pest detection
• Listen to what each has to offer
• Compare notes on who are our
  cooperators and collaborators
• Figure out our connections to IPM Centers

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Where to go next?

• Huge and complex question!!
• Have to realize we have different missions
• Share information share expertise
• Know what you do well market it
• Always keep looking for new ways to branch out.

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Questions? Comments? Ideas?
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• Coanne E. OHern
• National Survey Coordinator
• USDA-APHIS-PPQ
• 301-734-8717
• Coanne.e.ohern_at_aphis.usda.gov