The primary purpose of this cooperative agreement is to support thedevelopment of new pest response guidelines (nprg) for USDA aphis ppqthat will provide relevant and applicable information for a…

This $364,370 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will support the development of new pest response guidelines for the Plant Protection and Quarantine program. North Carolina State University will work with program staff to determine which pests require guidelines, perform literature reviews on the selected pests, and write guidelines for each pest assigned. The guidelines will include taxonomy, biology, ecology, important hosts, dispersal ability, identification tools, survey methods, and available management options. A minimum of eight new pest response guidelines will be completed by the end of the period of performance in May 2023. The efforts under this award will benefit the emergency response team and other USDA stakeholders by informing decisions after the detection of a new pest in the United States. This funding supports the goals of the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA No. 10.025) to protect U.S. agriculture from economically injurious plant and animal diseases and pests.

The primary purpose of this cooperative agreement is to support thedevelopment of new pest response guidelines (nprg) for USDA aphis ppqthat will provide relevant and applicable information for a plant healthemergency response.activities will include working with ppra to determine the list of peststhat require an nprg, performing literature reviews to collect allrelevant information about assigned pests, and writing nprgs, includingdelimitation surveys, for each assigned pest.deliverables will be a minimum of 8 nprgs completed within the period ofperformance as well as a semi-annual and final project report.efforts will benefit the emergency response team other USDA stakeholderswho will use nprgs to inform decisions after the detection of a new pestin the united states. Information included in nprgs includes pesttaxonomy, biology, and ecology, important hosts, dispersal ability, identification tools, survey methods, and available management options.