May 31, 2019
ITP has added over 1,200 new IDaids to the collection since October 2018, when ITP’s Search IDaids site was first released, enabling us to reach a significant milestone: over 5,000 IDaids! Many of the new IDaids are individual fact sheets from ITP's own tools, enhancing [...]
April 26, 2019
Spring has sprung! The weather is warming, which motivates people to make that move to a new place or to take a vacation. But these seemingly harmless activities might actually indirectly harm our environment [...]
March 29, 2019
A new resource, “Key to Commonly Intercepted Armored Scales,” has been released. The key covers 156 scale insects from the tribe Aspidiotini in the family Diaspididae (Hemiptera), also known as armored scales. The key’s many illustrated features enhance the identification process, and [...]
March 25, 2019
PPQ's mission is to safeguard U.S. agriculture and natural resources against the entry, establishment, and spread of economically and environmentally significant pests, and facilitate the safe trade of [...]
February 21, 2019
ITP is pleased to announce the release of seven new screening aids for important Coleoptera and Lepidoptera pests. These were designed specifically to be used when examining traps or through visual [...]
December 20, 2018
Seed Identification Guide (SIG), is a newly released guide to the morphology of weed seeds of importance to Canada, available in both French and English. SIG features an illustrated interactive Lucid key [...]
December 11, 2018
On October 19, 2018, USDA officially announced the eradication of pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella), a devastating pest of cotton crops that first invaded the U.S. over 100 years ago. The first two infestations, Texas in 1917 and Louisiana in 1919, were quickly eliminated. In the 1930s, the pest again invaded the Rio Grande Valley, but this time it proved [...]
October 5, 2018
For the past two years, ITP has posted news articles featuring sets of IDaids that focus on selected, relevant PPQ pest topics of concern. We are pleased to announce a new interface where the entire IDaid collection can be accessed. Use Search IDaids to quickly find useful, quality resources [...]
September 20, 2018
ITP is pleased to announce the release of Aquarium
and Pond Plants of the World,
Edition 3 (APPW e3), a major update to the tool’s 2007 second edition. The worldwide
trade in plants for use in aquaria and ponds is a [...]
September 10, 2018
ITP is pleased to announce the release of its latest identification tool, Exotic Bee ID. Bees play a critical role in both agricultural and natural ecosystems, but some bee populations are in decline due to habitat loss, [...]
