Cooperative Agreement 1282260921CA

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), provides $150,000 in funding to the Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) to conduct a comprehensive pest survey of Arizona's nursery industry. The key activities include: Deploying traps and conducting targeted inspections to detect high-risk pests such as the red imported fire...

This $160,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025) will fund a commodity-based survey to detect the presence of the Cotton Seed Bug (CSB), Box Tree Moth (BTM), and Pink Hibiscus Mealybug (PHM) in California nursery and ornamental plant production facilities. The survey will be conducted by the California...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $850,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to implement a systems approach for selected Hawaiian nurseries. The goal is to create pest-free areas for important export production and apply novel sanitization methods as part of the post-harvest system for nursery products destined for critical export destinations. Key activities include using a vacuum steam unit to...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the USDA's Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) provides $315,000 to Dominican University of California to manage the NORS-DUC facility, a simulated ornamental plant nursery where research is conducted on quarantine pests and pathogens to support USDA plant protection and biosecurity efforts. Key activities include: 1)...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $160,000 Cooperative Agreement under CFDA Program 10.025 - Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care to the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA). The purpose of this award is to conduct a commodity-based survey to detect the presence of nursery and ornamental pests, including the Cotton Seed Bug, Box Tree Moth, and Pink Hibiscus Mealybug, in California. The survey...

This $150,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program supports an interdisciplinary research and extension project at Florida A&M University (FAMU). The project aims to develop and implement integrated pest management (IPM) strategies targeting six priority areas: 1) IPM for specialty crops, 2) IPM for communities, 3) IPM for pollinator health, 4) IPM for pesticide...

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $112,745 Cooperative Agreement to Washington State University under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025). The purpose of the award is to mitigate the effect of pathogens in the nursery setting, specifically by developing science-based best management practices and risk mitigation strategies to exclude, contain, and control regulated pests from the nursery production...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has awarded a $315,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Dominican University of California under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025). The primary purpose of this 1-year agreement, effective July 1, 2024, is for the university to manage a simulated ornamental plant nursery facility that enables research on quarantine pests and pathogens, such as Phytophthora ramorum,...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Program (CFDA 10.025) provides $112,092 to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to expand public outreach and education efforts related to early detection and control of invasive forest pests. The key activities include continuing to coordinate online resources on invasive species, creating...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Arizona Department of Agriculture for the "2024 Arizona Nursery and Retail Plants Pest Survey" under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The project aims to conduct year-round, targeted inspections and surveys at high-risk nurseries and rose fields across Arizona to detect and mitigate the...