Cooperative Agreement 5853053170F0

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $143,072 Cooperative Agreement under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025) to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside. The primary purpose of this agreement is to consolidate 10 singleplex real-time PCR (qPCR) assays currently used by the California Citrus Clonal Protection Program (CCPP) into three multiplex qPCR assays, and...

This cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service will fund the development and validation of fungicide resistance monitoring tools for Botrytis species in specialty crops. Michigan State University will receive $133,735 to enhance fungicide resistance management through improved detection and monitoring of resistance development. Specifically, the university will develop molecular markers for fungicide resistance to FRAC groups 2, 7, 9, 11, and 12,...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Award Overview The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a Cooperative Agreement of $165,473 from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025). The award, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026, aims to enhance citrus germplasm mobility between California and Florida by developing and validating standardized diagnostic...

The Regents of the University of California at Riverside will conduct gene editing research on the glassy-winged sharpshooter to eliminate transmission of Xylella fastidiosa bacteria under a $102,839 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service. The research supports the agency's Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA #10.025) by working to protect U.S. agriculture from economically injurious plant and...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $100,000.00 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 support a comprehensive survey to detect the presence of several invasive agricultural pests in California. The survey will focus on identifying any incipient populations of the tomato leaf miner (Tuta absoluta), false codling moth (Thaumatotibia...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $100,971 Cooperative Agreement to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The purpose of this 1-year award, effective July 1, 2024, is to develop high-throughput sequencing methods to rapidly detect and identify members of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of California, Davis received a cooperative agreement award of $116,449 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). The award, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026, supports validation of a high-throughput sequencing (HTS) protocol for detection of viruses in specialty crops including...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has been awarded a $430,000 Cooperative Agreement 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). The purpose of this grant is to conduct a commodity-based survey of grape vineyards in the top 10 grape-producing counties in California to detect the presence of several priority pests,...

This $430,000 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 Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025), supports a commodity-based survey of grape vineyards in California. The survey focuses on detecting the presence of priority pests and pathogens, including false codling moth, European grape berry moth, Christmas berry webworm, and three grapevine phytoplasma...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Funding Agency: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Federal Grant Program: Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care (CFDA 10.025) Award Amount: $158,297 Award Period: July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026 This Cooperative Agreement funds the development and validation of rapid diagnostic assays for detecting Phytophthora species in nursery irrigation and surface water systems. The primary deliverable involves evaluating a filtration...