May 2007 NPDN First Detector newsletter

Network News

The newsletter for the NPDN First Detector Community

May 2007

Volume 4, Number 3

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Editor: Carrie L. Harmon

Online Offerings

NPDN National Meeting Proceedings now available! The Proceedings of the 2007 Meeting of the National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) is now available. Published by the Plant Management Network, www.plantmanagementnetwork.org, the proceedings includes PowerPoint presentations, posters, event photographs, and session notes from a meeting held January 28-31, 2007. Miles Wimer, Director, Plant Management Network

Links to the program, minutes, and meeting information are available at: http://www.npdn.org/, under "Meeting Information".

Need images of pests, pathogens, or plants? A new resource, www.ipmimages.org has become available as a product of a collaboration between the Bugwood Network, SPDN, and the Southern Region IPM Center. Read more here and find out how to seach and use a database of thousands of images.

Read up on the Invasive Arthropod Workshop held May 2007 at Clemson. This article about the workshop includes images and links.

Pest and Pathogen News

Soybean rust reports: Currently active sites have been detected in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. Read more at http://www.sbrusa.net.

From the NAPPO Phytosanitary alert system (www.pestalert.org):

	Update on Quarantine Areas for Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM), Epiphyas postvittana - United States - 05/04/2007
	Anastrepha ludens (Mexican Fruit Fly) - Quarantined Area in Webb County, Texas - United States - 04/25/2007
	Gladiolus Rust, Uromyces transversalis (Thum.), detected again in Florida - 04/16/2007
	First report of Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus in North Carolina, United States - 04/11/2007
	Ug99 race of wheat stem rust continues to spread - 01/17/2007
	Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar)-Update on Regulated Areas within the United States 03/20/2007

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Making the Most out of LucID Identification Tools: Read more about this workshop, to be held in Gainesville, FL, Tuesday, June 26, 2007. Information and registration.

Join us for the Third Annual Soybean Rust Short Course, July 11-12, 2007 in Quincy, FL! Registration is free (the course is sponsored by the North Central Soybean Research Program), but you must pre-register online. Find course information here. Space is still available!

Plan Now for the 2007 National Soybean Rust Symposium
Now on its third consecutive year, APS is pleased to announce that the 2007 National Soybean Rust Symposium will be held December 12-14, 2007, in Louisville, Kentucky. Participants will again experience high-quality programming and the unique opportunity to compare soybean rust experiences and perspectives with a broad audience. Mark your calendars and plan to attend this premier event! More details available at http://www.apsnet.org/online/SBR/.

Mark Your Calendar! The Sixth International IPM Symposium, "Transcending Boundaries," will be held in Portland, Oregon March 24-26, 2009 at the Portland Convention Center. The Fifth IPM Symposium, held in 2006, attracted more than 650 research, education, government, industry and environmental and health professionals from 23 countries for three days of presentations, networking and organizational meetings on key pest management issues. For up-to-date information on the Symposium, visit website: http://www.ipmcenters.org/ipmsymposium09/.