Cooperative Agreement AP26PPQFO000C471
- The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a cooperative agreement to the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity for $109,307 on August 1, 2026, to conduct a statewide nursery and ornamental survey designed to detect invasive phytopathogens and protect specialty crops and agricultural biosecurity in Hawaii. Over one year, the recipient will conduct visual surveys at 85 sites representing approximately 50 percent of nurseries, garden stores, and...
- The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded the University of Guam $300,040 on September 1, 2026, through Cooperative Agreement AP26PPQFO000C384 to mitigate the risk of coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) spreading through the Micronesia region and control CRB populations in Guam. The University of Guam will maintain detector dog inspections for CRB in outbound cargo destined for CRB-free Pacific islands, maintain a CRB panel trap network at ports of entry, and...
- The purpose of this $145,987 Cooperative Agreement award by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under CFDA Program 10.025 - Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care is to develop high-throughput sequencing methods to rapidly detect and identify members of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex directly from plant samples. The project aims to expand the range of plant hosts for which the sequencing method has been validated,...
- The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded the California Department of Food and Agriculture $100,000 on July 1, 2026, as a Cooperative Agreement to conduct a survey detecting four invasive solanaceous crop pests in California. The survey targets tomato leaf miner (Phthorimaea absoluta), false codling moth (Thaumatotibia leucotreta), pale cyst nematode (Globodera pallida), and tomato brown rugose fruit virus (Tobamovirus). The recipient will deploy 200 traps...
- 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...
- Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Guam received $271,621 under a 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 program (CFDA 10.025), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026. The award supports biosecurity and pest surveillance activities designed to prevent the spread of Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) throughout the Micronesia region...
- 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...
- Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Hawaii at Manoa received a $102,151 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), effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The agreement funds comprehensive agricultural pest surveillance activities conducted in Hawaii, combining palm commodity, citrus commodity, and tropical...
- 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...
- Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $205,355 Cooperative Agreement to the University of California, Davis, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026, under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025). The award supports research to improve virus detection techniques and update quarantine measures for strawberry (Fragaria) and blackberry/raspberry...
AWARD PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO CONDUCT SURVEYS FOR PATHOGENS OF SOLANACEOUS COMMODITIES AT LOCAL FARMS AND DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: SYMPTOMATIC PLANT SAMPLES SHALL BE COLLECTED FOR FURTHER CONFIRMATION WITH MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS. AGDIA IMMUNOSTRIPS WILL BE USED FOR CONFIRMATION OF RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM RACE 3 BIOVAR 2 AND TOBAMOVIRUS TOMATO BROWN RUGOSE FRUIT VIRUS. ORTHOTOSPOVIRUS GROUNDNUT BUD NECROSIS VIRUS WILL BE CONFIRMED WITH AGDIA ELISA KITS (HIGHLY SENSITIVE DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS) CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA AUSTRALIENSE 16SRXII-B WILL BE CONFIRMED WITH TRADITIONAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) AND SEQUENCING OF SUGGESTED MARKERS FROM PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATION. DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: - RE-INITIATION OF SOLANACEOUS PLANT PATHOLOGY SURVEYS PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED BY UNIVERSITY OF GUAM (UOG); - INCREASED CAPACITY IN UOG-WESTERN PACIFIC TROPICAL RESEARCH CENTER (WPTRC) TO DETECT PATHOGENS VIA MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; - CREATION OF A DATABASE AT UOG OF NEGATIVE DATA TO SUPPORT FUTURE EXPORT MARKET DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AND QUARANTINE NEGOTIATIONS WITH REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS. INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES): NURSERIES/PLANT PRODUCTION FACILITIES, PLANT RE-SELLERS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC/CONSUMERS OF NURSERY PRODUCTS. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IF KNOW N OR SPECIFIED AT THE TIME OF AWARD: NO SUBAWARDS. FINANCIALS: PERSONNEL = $41,840; TRAVEL = $1,250; SUPPLIES = $6,343; INDIRECT = $7,415
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $56.8k | 7/24/26 |