First Detector
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The newsletter for the NPDN First Detector Community
 
   July 2010

 

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Highlights from the July 2010 First Detector Newsletter
  • NEW!  Bactrocera dorsalis.  Population of Oriental fruit fly discovered in Sacramento county, California HERE. 
  • NEW!  Ceratitis capitata Mediterranean fruit fly found in Palm Beach county Florida.  HERE.
  • NEW! Update on the spread of the cotton seed bug HERE.
  • NEW!  PUpdate on Emerald Ash Borer in Canada.  A first report of the presence of EAB in Brantford, Canada. HERE. 
  • NEW!  Recent detection of Phytophthora ramorum in Pennsylvania HERE.
  •  NEW!  Plum Pox Virus (PPV) Niagara, Orleans, and Wayne counties, NY added to the quarantine area HERE.
  •  NEW!  European Larch Canker (ELC) five townships in Maine added to quarantine area HERE.
  • NEW!  Confirmation of Citrus Greening in the Virgin Islands HERE.
      
     

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 In This Issue....

  • Late Blight and Downey Mildew Popping up Again
  • Medfly in Florida
  • Wheat Struggles in Ohio

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