National Plant Board, Board of Directors Report

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National Plant Board, Board of Directors Report

• Shashank Nilakhe, PhD
• Texas Department of Agriculture

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Meetings

• June 13-14, 2006, Lansing, Michigan.
• November 16-17, Washington, D.C.
• BRS meeting, November 15.
• Conference calls.

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Lansing Meeting - Rauscher

• Movement of nursery stock Theme for this
  meeting. State certification vs. national
  certification (clean stock program). SOD may lead
  to the latter.
• Citrus canker and the potato cyst nematodes
  continue to be major concerns.

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Opening Remarks, Paul Eggert

• The plant world is getting more attention. Citrus
  canker, EAB have emerged as national issues, also
  use of plants for fuel.
• No reduction in program budgets.
• Congress shifted CC funding to CHRP.

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FY 2007 Budget Requests
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Action Items from November/March Meetings

• Formal program review, build a template.
• Develop a comprehensive weed strategy.
• Revision of departmental permits implementation
  to begin in August.
• Increased detection of non-regulated pests. Dutch
  bulb imports. Their tolerance is 10-15, U.S.
  allows 1. Set tolerance in the contract.

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CAPS, Dave Kaplan

• Billy Newton on 90-day TDY.
• Will appoint a CAPS director.
• External review showed NAPIS inconsistent with
  CAPS.
• National CAPS Advisory Committee.

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Citrus Canker, Kaplan

• Lawsuits stopped the program and hurricanes
  spread the disease.
• Abandoned 1.2 eradication effort, CHRP emerged.
  Businesses to sign a compliance agreement.
• CFR needs to reflect disease mgmt as opposed to
  eradication. CC distribution in FL unknown.
• Released 100 million for tree compensation.

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SOD, Jonathan Jones

• Sixteen CA and 1 OR counties infested.
• Added 16 species. Now it 100 spp. Total.
• Traceforward protocol established Traceback
  protocol pending confirmed nursery protocol
  under revision. Forest and wild-lands protocols.
• Inspections conducted under the Federal Order not
  enough to protect against the disease.

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SOD, Jonathan

• Staring 2008, no federal inspection of nurseries
  outside the quarantined area.
• In 2005, Camellia accounted for 50 of the
  positive plants, rhododendron 38, viburnum 6,
  pieris 3 and kalmia 2.
• Positive nurseries In 2003, 21 2004, 178 2005,
  99 and 2006, 38 (CA 22, OR 12, 1 WA, 1 MS, 2
  FL).

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SOD, Jonathan

• Fed. Order sunsets in 2007. Brad White Western
  states and forest industry say, keep the Fed.
  Order. Criteria needed to place a state under and
  to remove from the Fed. Order.
• Carol Holko GA has its own BMP plan.
  ANLA/Industry plan deals with prevention,
  training, monitoring, record keeping, enforcement
  (3rd party audit) August deadline.

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National Nursery Certification Program, Alan Green

• NAPPOs RSPM 24 about Plants for planting
  standard adopted in October.
• Systems approach (clean stock, accepted levels of
  regulated non-quarantined pests, no quarantined
  pests, production practices, quality control,
  quality manual, recordkeeping, traceability) for
  import and export. Q37 rule would mirror NAPPO
  std.

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Pilot certification program, Bob Bailey

• Canada developed this program based on systems
  approach and tested it in 4 nurseries each in CA
  and OR.
• Consistently produced high quality products.
• PPQ approves USNCP Manual.
• Phytos issued via PCIT.

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Pilot Program, Gary McAnininch, ODA

• Three medium sized nurseries ship 300 loads/year
  to Canada.
• Financial burden to the nurseries.
• Lots of manpower needed (6 months for the
  manual). No shipping point inspection.
• Nursery and auditor must take it seriously.
• Need to compare USCNP with the current method for
  pests and diseases.

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Numerous

• Osama One sample tested positive for PCN
• Kaplan/Mungari For 2006, Sirex survey 1,000 taps
  set in NY, PA, VT, MI. FS and Canada also
  surveying. Draft PRA and EA ready.
• Mike Ward lab accreditation process, quality
  manual, review, audit, proficiency testing, fees,
  (seed testing for export).

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Numerous

• Gordon Gordh NPPLAP (Ntnl. Plant Pathogen Lab
  Accreditation (P. ramorum).
• Alan Green Ntnl cargo release plan. Mike Firko
  Aquatic snail permits. EAB Tour.

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November 16-17, Washington D.C. Meeting

• Dunkle Delayed Canada user fee implementation
  until January 2007. Canada to implement plum pox
  eradication as U.S.
• Rauscher SOD, most significant issue. Good
  session of Forest Health.
• Kaplan Emergency Management Leadership Council
  (APHIS coordination).

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Washington Meeting

• Sirex, Alan Dowdy Federal order draft ready. PRA
  done. Proposed Rule underway. OGC says lack of
  funding may hinder FO implementation.
• SOD, Valerie de Feo, Carol Holko Working Group.
  BMPs. Risk-based inspection regime. PRA needed.
  Clean stock program. Inexpensive rapid diagnostic
  test (takes 10 days now).

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Washington Meeting, Continued

• EAB, Vic Mastro Promising semiochemicals.
  Spinosad a good option. Phil Bell says Illinois
  response slow. USDA may quarantine the whole
  state. Eradication in MD underway.
• Spiderwort, Al Tasker FL distribution unknown.
  Cotton growing states should be concerned.
  Infested counties 29 GA, 2 MS, 1 AL, 1 NC. Funds
  given for treatment, survey and outreach.

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Washington Meeting

• Seed potato MOU, Will Wise. 14 of 15 seed potato
  producing states will sign.
• CAPS, Joel Bard gave update.
• Dutch pre-clearance trip report, Rauscher.
• Enforcement, Bill Wade, Paula Training,
  documentation for IES investigation.
• ERP Training, Osama. Joe covey, taxonomic
  support. Pat Gomes, CHRP. NASDA Conf. Call, EAB,
  quarantine IN, IL, OH.

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Washington Meeting, Last Slide

• ALB, Mike Stefan 2006 budget reduced by 10
  million. Eradication by 2014.
• PCN, Osama El-Lissy 33K samples from 800 fields,
  7 fields positive. Field and piler dirt surveys.
  69/sample. Complete surveys by spring 2008 using
  CCC funds.