Cooperative Agreement 1981300868CA

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $245,514 Cooperative Agreement to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025). The award runs from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023 and supports the continued exclusion of the European grapevine moth (EGVM), Lobesia botrana, from California and the West Coast through detection and monitoring...

This $324,262 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program supports the development and validation of a grower-friendly, lure-free "trap cropping" system to monitor and manage key insect pests of apples in the Northeast. The research team has developed a novel approach involving grafting six pest-attractive apple cultivars onto perimeter-row trees to serve as permanent...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025), provides $149,704.00 to the University of Florida to develop an automated fruit fly trap for use in the Puerto Rico Systems Approach for mangoes exported to the European Union. The project will involve training an image recognition algorithm to be used...

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $130,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025) to the New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets (NYSAGM). The purpose of this agreement is to monitor for the presence of insects and diseases that can cause significant damage to the grape industry in New York State. Key activities include...

The Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Florida was awarded a $139,181 Cooperative Agreement from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care (CFDA 10.025) grant program. The purpose of this 12-month award is to develop and test a non-sticky, "dry" trap for monitoring the quarantine pest, tomato leaf miner (Phthorimaea absoluta; Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), as an alternative to the currently...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA No. 10.329 - Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants Program) provides $323,989 to the University of Florida to develop and implement a push-pull technology system to mitigate the spread of whitefly infestation in vegetable crops like cucurbits and tomatoes. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year grant include: 1) determining the most...

The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) awarded a $130,000 Cooperative Agreement to the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (NYSAGM) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The funding will support a grape commodity survey to monitor for the presence of exotic insects and diseases, including the European grapevine moth, European grape berry moth, Christmas...

The New York Department of Agriculture & Markets was awarded a $130,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (CFDA 10.025 - Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care) to conduct a grape commodity survey in New York to monitor for the presence of exotic insect pests and diseases that could pose a significant threat to the grape and wine industry. The survey involves deploying 372 traps in 4 grape nurseries and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025) provides $430,000.00 to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to conduct a commodity-based survey of grape vineyards in California. The survey aims to detect the presence of four priority pests - false codling moth, European grape berry...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (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 California Department of Food and Agriculture's (CDFA) Asian Defoliating Moth (ADM) survey program. The program will deploy a network of pest traps across California from June through September to detect the presence of five invasive moth species that...