Cooperative Agreement AP19PPQST00C164

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), is focused on developing rapid and sensitive diagnostic assays to detect Phytophthora species in nursery irrigation and surface water. The total funding amount is $158,297, with a period of performance from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. The project aims to evaluate a filtration...

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 Cooperative Agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) provides $617,046 to North Carolina State University to continue developing in-field volatile organic compound and microneedle patch-supported loop-mediated isothermal amplification sensors that can differentiate two important plant pathogens, Phytophthora ramorum and Phytophthora kernoviae. The award period is from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023. These innovations...

This 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 $1,132,843 to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to support efforts to prevent the spread of the Phytophthora ramorum pathogen, the causal agent of Sudden Oak Death, through regulated nursery stock and articles shipped interstate from California. Key...

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 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 $152,065.00 to the University of Florida to identify the inoculum source of Phyllosticta citricarpa, the causal agent of citrus black spot, in Florida citrus canopies, and investigate how far the pathogen can spread from the leaf litter into the...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the United States 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), will provide $272,000.00 to the State of Washington Department of Agriculture (WSDA) to support pest detection, monitoring, and regulatory activities related to the Phytophthora ramorum pathogen. Key activities to be conducted include surveying the Tahuya...

Oregon State University was awarded a $220,200 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The grant aims to develop genomic resources to investigate how the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora pluvialis can adapt to new tree hosts in Pacific Northwest forests. Specific objectives include generating a high-quality reference genome for P. pluvialis, testing if...

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...