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  • Early Detection is Key: University of Guam Keeps an Eye Out for Deadly Tomato Pests

    Oct 8, 2020
    https://www.uog.edu/news-announcements/2020-2021/2020-uog-early-detection-of-pe…

    University of Guam.

    The University of Guam received another round of funding in September under the U.S. Department of Agriculture Plant Protection Act for the surveying and monitoring of invasive pests of solanaceous crops that are on USDA’s Priority Pest List for 2021. Solanaceae, or nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that include tomato, eggplant, and chili pepper. As part of the national effort this year, UOG was awarded $38,000 to survey and monitor for two pests: Tuta absoluta, which is a moth and type of leafminer capable of destroying an entire crop, and Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2, which is a bacterium, known as a bacterial wilt, that infects through the roots and is deadly to plants.

    The work through UOG better prepares the island to manage these invasive species if or when they arrive. "There are certain pathogens and insects that have a reputation of being really bad. These are two of them," said project lead Robert L. Schlub, a researcher and faculty member of UOG Cooperative Extension and Outreach with a doctorate in plant pathology. "They aren’t on Guam, but if they show up, we want to know so we can help get them under control."

  • EDIS - Avian Influenza in Poultry

    https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/ps032

    University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension.

    Electronic Data Information Source Publication #PS38

  • EDIS - Rusts on Ornamentals in Florida

    https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/pp172

    University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension.

    Electronic Data Information Source Publication #PP256

  • EDIS Topic - Citrus Black Spot

    https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topics/citrus_black_spot

    University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension.

    Electronic Data Information Source - publication resources

  • EDIS Topic - Citrus Canker

    https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topics/citrus_canker

    University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension.

    Electronic Data Information Source - publication resources

  • EDIS Topic - Citrus Greening (Huanglongbing)

    https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topics/citrus_greening

    University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension.

    Electronic Data Information Source - publication resources

  • EDIS Topic - Zika Virus

    https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topics/zika

    University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension.

    Electronic Data Information Source - publication resources

  • eDNA Research Continues Expanding

    Aug 17, 2023
    https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/rmrs/news/featured/edna-research-continues-exp…

    USDA. FS. Rocky Mountain Research Station.

    Environmental DNA (eDNA) has gone from new science on the block to a star of the show. With just a water, soil, or snow sample, ecologist Tommy Franklin and fellow scientists at the Rocky Mountain Research Station are detecting rare aquatic and terrestrial species by identifying the genetic material they leave behind.

    Scientists at the Rocky Mountain Research station recently used eDNA to preserve headwater bull trout populations in a warming climate, track white nose syndrome — a killer bat fungus, and reveal the role of human transport in the spread of invasive northern pike in the Columbia River basin. A recent article highlights eDNA research at the station and features National Genomics Center Director Mike Schwartz.

  • Environmental DNA from Bats may Help Track Killer Fungus

    Aug 23, 2022
    https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/news/highlights/environmental-dna-bats-may-hel…

    USDA. FS. Research and Development.

    Assays of environmental DNA — traces of genetic material found in air, soil, and water — may improve scientists’ ability to detect bat roosts and track the spread of white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by a killer fungus spread easily in the close quarters of hibernacula. In this research, scientists experienced success in detecting bats in field collected samples of environmental DNA, though the technology is still in the experimental stage.