Southern Plant Diagnostic Network

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National Plant Board
The state plant pest regulatory organization of
the United States
NASDA 2005 Cooperstown, NY September 16-21
Kenneth J. Rauscher Michigan Department of
Agriculture Lansing, Michigan
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National Plant Board

• Annual Meeting - Biloxi, Mississippi August 7-11,
  2005
• Our thanks to Dr. Lester Spell and his staff

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NPB Resolutions/Action Items

• Soybean Rust Program Oversight
• US DHS Custom and Border Protection Vacant
  Positions at Ports of Entry
• Wood Boring Pests Asian Long-horned Beetle and
  Emerald Ash Borer
• Emerging Plant Pests and Pest Detection
• Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden Oak Death)
• National Honey Bee Survey
• National Seed Health Accreditation

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2005 Activities
Exotics - progress made

• S.O.D. (P. ramorium)
• Citrus Canker
• Emerald Ash Borer
• Asian Long-horned Beetle
• Soybean Rust
• Sirex noctillo
• Citrus Greening
• White Fly - Q strain
• Gypsy Moth

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2005 Activities
Exotics - funding ...
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2005 Activities
Knotty Issues

• Pine Shoot Beetle
• Quarantine
• Post Risk Assessment
• Seed Potato Certification MOU
• DHS - CPB

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Other NBP Initiatives

• CPHST Laboratory Review
• Peer Review
• Pest Risk Assessment Process
• Study Committee Dorthea Zadig
• Steering Committee Bill Dickerson
• Biotechnology Regulatory Services
• Request for Input with Regulatory Process
• NASDA
• Pilot Program for Biotech Inspectors

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Future Meetings

• National Plant Board
• 2006 August 13-18, Milwaukee-Wisconsin
• 2007 Hawaii
• Central Plant Board
• 2006 February 6-9, Fargo-North Dakota
• Eastern Plant Board
• 2006 April 3-6, Rehobeth Beach-Delaware
• Southern Plant Board
• 2006 April 9-12, Savannah-Georgia
• Western Plant Board May (TBA), California