The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced four grants totaling more than $13.6 million to combat a scourge on the nation's citrus industry, citrus greening disease, aka Huanglongbing. The funding is made possible through NIFA's Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill.
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USDA Invests $13.6 Million in Citrus Greening Research (Jan 19, 2017)
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Post Date: Jan 26, 2017
Executive Order 13751 - Safeguarding the Nation from the Impacts of Invasive Species (Dec 5, 2016)
FederalRegister.gov.
This order amends Executive Order 13112 and directs actions to continue coordinated Federal prevention and control efforts related to invasive species. This order maintains the National Invasive Species Council (Council) and the Invasive Species Advisory Committee; expands the membership of the Council; clarifies the operations of the Council; incorporates considerations of human and environmental health, climate change, technological innovation, and other emerging priorities into Federal efforts to address invasive species; and strengthens coordinated, cost-efficient Federal action.
Post Date: Dec 05, 2016
AgResearch Magazine - Tiny Insects Take a Big Bite Out of Giant Reed (Oct 2016)
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Along the Rio Grande in Texas, tiny insects are taking a big bite out of an invasive weed that competes for limited water resources vital to agriculture and native vegetation. Several years ago, ARS scientists released two insect species as part of a biocontrol program to kill giant reed (Arundo donax).
Post Date: Oct 03, 2016
Service Acts to Prevent Harm to Native Wildlife from 11 Nonnative Species (Sep 29, 2016)
DOI. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Injurious wildlife provision of the Lacey Act provides effective tool to halt the introduction and spread of species that have been identified as imminent and serious threats. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took action to help ensure 10 nonnative freshwater fish species and one nonnative freshwater crayfish species do not become established in the United States and damage native wildlife and habitats.
Post Date: Oct 03, 2016