NPDN 2007 Meeting - The Western Plant Diagnostic Network

NPDN National Meeting 2007

Poster Abstract

The Western Plant Diagnostic Network

Authors: RICHARD M. BOSTOCK (1), Carla S. Thomas (1), Richard Hoenisch (1), Andrew Coggeshall (1), Umesh Kodira (2), Timothy Tyler (1)

Affiliations: (1) National Plant Diagnostic Network, WPDN; (2)CDFA

WPDN is a consortium of land grant institutions and state departments of agriculture throughout the 10 western United States and U.S. territories in the Pacific that provide services for plant disease diagnosis, plant identification, and insect/pest identification. WPDN provides funding and support for diagnostic labs for salaries, equipment, training of diagnosticians and first detectors, and surge capacity. WPDN also maintains a regional database of diagnostic records from these labs and forwards this information to the NPDN National Repository. The WPDN provides national leadership for the NPDN Epidemiology and Exercise programs and supports the WPDN First Detector Training program. The WPDN has produced two Homoptera identification workshops in support of entomologists. The WPDN has established three sentinel labs with the - California Dept of Food and Agriculture, Oregon State University and University of Hawaii/Hawaii Department of Agriculture - for surge and expert support for other labs. The WPDN has provided resources for diagnostic laboratories and training programs throughout the region.

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