May 25, 2017
USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) collaborates with many partners, cooperators, and stakeholders to stay on the forefront of plant health. PPQ develops new scientific plant protection methods and enhancements that help safeguard our nation’s agricultural and natural resources and facilitate safe trade of agricultural goods. PPQ [...]
March 10, 2017
Chondrilla juncea (rush skeletonweed or hogbite) is an invasive, perennial flowering plant introduced in
parts of Australia, South America, and North America. In the U.S., the weed is classified as noxious,
prohibited, or banned in nine western states and present in sixteen states. It can displace native
plants, like the threatened [...]
February 23, 2017
ITP’s identification tools are a significant undertaking for the taxonomic expert tool authors. Tool development often takes multiple years, and tools have many pieces to them. To help facilitate timely delivery and useful products for PPQ, ITP offers each tool author team [...]
December 21, 2016
This set of six IDaids was selected to assist in identification needs following a recent confirmation from the California Department of Food and Agriculture that Phloeotribus scarabaeoides (olive bark beetle) [...]
November 30, 2016
ITP is pleased to announce the release of a new set of fact sheets and images, Hispine Pests of Palms. This website focuses on the chrysomelid pests of palms, which are the most important beetle family that feeds [...]
October 17, 2016
This set of IDaids is the promised follow-up to the June article we published on Xanthomonas pathovars. These pathovars (pathogenic varieties within a species, abbreviated “pv.”) are characteristically [...]
July 29, 2016
This selected set of IDaids spotlights five posters displayed at the 2016 National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) 4th National Meeting, a four-day event consisting of workshops, technical presentations, and poster sessions concentrating on topics for [...]
July 14, 2016
On May 9, APHIS and the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) announced the winners of the 2016 CAPS Recognition Group Award. The award acknowledges the outstanding activities and achievements of members of the CAPS community in supporting the pest detection [...]
