Cooperative Agreement 1581300198CA

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $261,293 cooperative agreement to Bioprodex, Inc. from May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2022 under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). The award will support Bioprodex's efforts to register the fungus Verticillium nonalfalfae for control of tree-of-heaven, an invasive plant species. By registering this biological control agent, the agreement aims to provide...

This cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service provides $602,652 to Bioprodex, Inc. to gather data for the registration of Verticillium nonalfalfae as a bioherbicide to control tree-of-heaven weed (Ailanthus altissima), a key host plant for the regulated pest spotted lanternfly. The award period is from May 1, 2022 through October 31, 2023. The work supports the agency's Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal...

This $145,149 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) will fund research to revise species limits and improve diagnostics for the Euwallacea bark beetle group, which includes numerous pest species. The project will use advanced molecular techniques to sequence museum specimens and conduct a morphological revision to clarify...

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 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)...

This $115,250 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the United States 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 survey to detect the presence of newly invading exotic wood-boring insect pests in California. The primary activities include deploying insect traps across 4-6 counties, conducting visual surveys, and submitting suspect samples to a...

This $115,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Program (CFDA 10.025) supports the host specificity testing of Dryinus sinicus, a nymphal parasitoid of the Spotted Lanternfly (SLF), and the preparation to receive D. sinicus for rearing at the New Jersey Department of Agriculture's (NJDA) facilities. The key activities under this award...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) to the American Samoa Government Department of Commerce on January 7, 2025. The grant aims to generate an invasive species eradication system that incorporates improved surveillance and documentation procedures for the territory. This will involve establishing an accessible database of new and existing...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $117,500.00 and awarded on Aug 30, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), is part of the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The primary purpose of this agreement is to develop and implement geometric morphometrics and machine learning tools for the identification of bean beetles of quarantine importance. This will provide additional tools...

The University of California, Davis was awarded a $238,895 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management under the Threatened and Endangered Species Program (CFDA 15.246). The purpose of this 4-year project is to develop and implement strategies to protect the threatened Ione manzanita (Arctostaphylos myrtifolia) from mortality caused by the introduced root pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi. Key objectives include: 1) Evaluating whether phosphite...