Why a US National Plant Diagnostic Network?
• Coffee rust into 19th century Ceylon • Late blight of potato into Ireland • 19th & 20th century chestnut blight, Dutch elm disease, & Asian longhorn beetle • Citrus canker & plum pox virus • Pierces Disease of grape vectored by glassy winged sharpshooter Undeniable major impact of introduced pests: It’s not a question of if but of when • Use of plant pathogens as agents in biowarfare • U.S., Soviet Union, U.K., Germany, Iraq, & other countries had programs in anticrop biowarfare Defending crops against agricultural bioterrorism It is unlikely that a serious problem with our crops will be immediately obvious as an attack against our agriculture. Overall Objective To establish a functional national network of existing diagnostic laboratories to rapidly and accurately detect and report pathogens, pests and weeds of national interest, whether intentionally introduced or not. • Prevention: one cant prevent all introductions, so regulatory response is to contain and eradicate once introduc
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