AWARD PURPOSE: THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS ONE OF THREE FUNDED AS PART OF A COORDINATED STATEWIDE ASIAN DEFOLIATOR SURVEY. EACH AGREEMENT WILL FUND SIX TRAPS PLACED AT 10 HIGH RISK SITES TARGETING 11 EXOTIC MOTH SPECIES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: PHEROMONE TRAPS WILL BE PLACED AND MONITORED AT 10 SITES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE (TN) TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF 11 SPECIES OF ASIAN DEFOLIATORS. CATCH FROM ONE OF THE TRAPS TARGETING 5 IMPORTANT SPECIES (INCLUDING LYMANTRIA DISPAR ASIATICA) WILL BE SENT TO THE PPQ FOREST PEST METHODS LABORATORY FOR MOLECULAR ANALYSIS. DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: ACROSS THE THREE COORDINATED SURVEYS MAKING UP THIS STATEWIDE SURVEY, PRESENCE/ABSENCE DATA FOR 11 IMPORTANT ASIAN DEFOLIATORS AT 60 HIGH RISK SITES WILL BE COLLECTED. INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES): TENNESSEE FARMERS, EXPORTERS AND THE TOURISM INDUSTRY WILL BENEFIT FROM THE RESULTS OF THIS SURVEY, AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC. WHETHER THE RESULTS ARE CONFIRMATION OF NEGATIVE DATA (I.E., PESTS NOT PRESENT IN TN) OR THE ABILITY TO DETECT THE PEST(S) EARLY ENOUGH TO INITIATE AN EARLY ERADICATION RESPONSE. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IF KNOWN OR SPECIFIED AT THE TIME OF AWARD: N/A. COST CATEGORIES: PERSONNEL: $13,200; FRINGE BENEFITS: $2,162; TRAVEL: $2,520; SUPPLIES: $150; OTHER: $150 (POSTAGE); INDIRECT COSTS: $1,818