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

The primary purpose of this cooperative agreement is to support the development of new pest response guidelines (nprg) for USDA aphis PPQ that will provide relevant and applicable information for a plant health emergency response. Activities will include working with ppra to determine the list of pests that require an nprg, performing literature reviews to collect all relevant information about assigned pests, and writing nprgs, including delimitation surveys, for each assigned pest. Deliverables will be a minimum of 8 nprgs completed within the period of performance as well as a semi-annual and final project report. Efforts will benefit the emergency response team other USDA stakeholders who will use nprgs to inform decisions after the detection of a new pest in the united states. Information included in nprgs includes pest taxonomy, biology, and ecology, important hosts, dispersal ability, identification tools, survey methods, and available management options. Efforts will benefit USDA-aphis-PPQ in allocating agency resources for preparedness and to respond in the event of a new pest detection. The award will not result in subawards.