Project Grant 22DG11046013605

This $117,047 cooperative agreement awarded by 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) will support host-specificity testing of the biological control agent Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris. This parasitic wasp is being evaluated as a potential long-term control option for the South American tomato pinworm, an invasive pest that poses a significant threat to...

This $150,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by 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) supports the mass production, distribution, and evaluation of Lilioceris egena, a new biological control agent for the invasive air potato weed. The key activities include: Maintaining laboratory colonies of the L. egena beetle, optimizing its non-quarantine rearing, and...

This $161,733 Cooperative Agreement awarded by 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) supports research and activities to evaluate the biological control of Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) in Oregon. The key objectives are to: 1) Compare SWD population levels between 10 paired release and control sites; 2) Collect wild SWD-infested fruit to determine the presence...

This federal 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 program (CFDA 10.025), is focused on developing a biological control strategy for the European Cherry Fruit Fly (ECFF), an invasive pest recently detected in New York. The $115,000 award to Cornell University will support surveys to determine the distribution of ECFF and identify...

This $248,718 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by 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), supports research on biological control methods for invasive insects threatening forests and landscapes. Specifically, the University of Rhode Island (URI) Research Office will: 1) Conduct host specificity testing of parasitoids for the control of the Spotted Lanternfly;...

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS), will provide $250,195.68 in biological control agents to reduce the risk of spread of Huanglongbing (HLB), a citrus disease, into Texas and California. Through the Cooperative Agreement award made on June 1, 2021 under the USDA APHIS Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), UTRGV will mass...

The Idaho Department of Agriculture was awarded a $620,882 cooperative agreement by the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 under the Consolidated Pesticide Enforcement Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA #66.700). The award continues the recipient's implementation of pesticide regulatory and enforcement programs in Idaho through June 2022. Key activities supported include compliance monitoring, enforcement actions, certification and training for pesticide applicators, and outreach and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $256,079, provided by 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), supports research and field trials to develop control methods for the invasive Box Tree Moth (BTM). The key tasks include: Documenting BTM seasonal phenology and monitoring native natural enemies in Niagara County, New York to understand pest biology and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service totals $269,809 to support mass production, shipment, release and assessment of biological control releases against the Asian Citrus Psyllid. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will produce beneficial insect Tamarixia radiata to help control the economically damaging psyllid pest under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $227,254 Cooperative Agreement to the Citrus Research Board, a division of the California Department of Food & Agriculture, under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care (CFDA 10.025) federal grant program. The primary purpose of this 12-month agreement is to support the development of methods for controlling the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) in residential and unmanaged...