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NPDN Governance Committee Report NPDN Regional Network Meeting Notes |
NPDN National Meeting 2007 Poster Abstract Authors: MARY E. PALM Affiliations: USDA/APHIS/PPQ, Beltsville MD USA Final identification and diagnostic confirmation for foreign and domestic interceptions of quarantine plant pests are the responsibility of the National Identification Services (NIS) branch in the Plant Safeguarding and Pest Identification unit of Plant Health Programs in APHIS/PPQ. NIS coordinates final identifications by staff scientists (Natl. Identifiers), ARS and other cooperating labs. To date, molecular and biochemical diagnostics for PPQ have been performed by ARS and CPHST methods laboratories in Cape Cod, MA (Pest Survey Detection and Exclusion Lab) and Beltsville, MD (National Plant Germplasm and Biotechnology Lab). PPQ recently transferred the operational molecular and biochemical diagnostics to NIS and funded the establishment of a new Molecular Diagnostic Lab (MDL). The MDL is located in Building 580, Beltsville, MD and Dr. Mary Palm is the Lab Director. The MDL will be staffed initially with two principle scientists, and two support scientists. A new national coordinator in Riverdale will coordinate all diagnostic logistics and data dissemination. In early 2007, the NIS Molecular Diagnostic Lab will be responsible for all operational diagnostics of quarantine pests for which there are PPQ approved tests. Organization structure and contact information is provided.View Poster
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