NPDN 2007 Meeting - NPDN and the Purdue Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory - partners in protecting Indiana agriculture

NPDN National Meeting 2007

Poster Abstract

NPDN and the Purdue Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory - partners in protecting Indiana agriculture

Authors: KAREN K. RANE, Gail E. Ruhl

Affiliations: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Forest trees and soybeans are two major Indiana agricultural commodities, both of which are threatened by pathogens with potential devastating economic impacts. Diagnosticians at the Purdue Plant and Pest Diagnostic Lab have used National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) resources to improve diagnostic capabilities and increase first detector preparedness. The P&PDL utilized NPDN resources to educate Indiana residents on Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of Sudden Oak Death (SOD) and Asian Soybean Rust, caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi. We developed web pages and training materials and provided first detector training. More than 1000 growers and others were registered as NPDN soybean rust first detectors. Through NPDN, Purdue diagnosticians received training and purchased equipment to increase molecular diagnostic capabilities. Indiana state and regulatory personnel in conjunction with P&PDL diagnosticians and extension specialists participated in a NPDN soybean rust exercise simulating the first finding of soybean rust in Indiana. These efforts were successfully put to the test when Phytophthora ramorum and Phakopsora pachyrizi were detected for the first time in Indiana in 2006.

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