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Florida First Detector Educational Resources for County Agents

Florida First Detector Educational Resources for County Agents. Amanda Hodges, Ph.D. University of Florida/IFAS Entomology & Nematology Department SPDN Co-Associate Director. Need for Plant Biosecurity. Maintain profitability of crop production. Invasive species cost $ billions/year.

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Florida First Detector Educational Resources for County Agents

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  1. Florida First Detector Educational Resources for County Agents Amanda Hodges, Ph.D. University of Florida/IFAS Entomology & Nematology Department SPDN Co-Associate Director

  2. Need for Plant Biosecurity Maintain profitability of crop production Invasive species cost $ billions/year Maintain security of food production Photos :Anne-Sophie Roy, European and Mediterrancean Plant Protection Organization (Left) Jeff Lotz, FDACS-DPI (Right) http://www.invasive.org/

  3. Floridais a high-risk sentinelstate

  4. Mission of the NPDN • Diagnose • Increase national diagnostic capacity • Training to enhance diagnostics • National laboratory standards • Establishing standards for identification • Detect • Train First Detectors to notice high-risk plant pathogens and pests • National registry of First Detectors • Communicate/Coordinate • Communicate with state and federal regulatory agencies Funded in 2002 by USDA-CSREES

  5. National Plant Diagnostic Network GPDN NEPDN NCPDN SPDN WPDN NPDN Database at CERIS

  6. http://www.sepdn.org/

  7. http://fpdn.ifas.ufl.edu/

  8. University of Florida Diagnostic Clinics http://fpdn.ifas.ufl.edu/

  9. Training Announcements and Educator Resources

  10. Education Partnerships

  11. The Role of a First Detector • First Detector Educators (Train-the-Trainer Program) • Cooperative Extension Personnel • First Detectors • Growers • Other Clientele Groups • Master Gardeners • Master Naturalists • Anyone Involved in Plant Management Adrian Hunsberger, UF/IFAS Miami-Dade County Extension SPDN Invasive Arthropod Workshop Photo Credit: Julieta Brambila, USDA-APHIS-PPQ

  12. First Detector Training Basics-Methods for Program Implementation Core Content-National Guidelines • Mission of the NPDN • Monitoring for High-risk Pests • Submitting Diagnostic Samples Florida Training • DDIS • Pests of concern by region and commodity • CD-ROM contains today’s presentations and more updates will be on FPDN as available • http://fpdn.ifas.ufl.edu/

  13. First Detector Training

  14. Collaborative Products Core and Special Topic Modules Regional/National Pest Alerts Mealybug ID Deck Coming Soon! Training CD-ROMs SPDN Invasive Arthropod Workshop Clemson University http://www.ipmimages.org/spdn/invasive/ In Partnership with the Bugwood Network, the University of Georgia December 2005, Chilli Thrips

  15. 94% Satisfied or Very Satisfied with Workshop All respondents learned new information about being a First Detector and/or submitting samples to DDIS 97% Agreed or Strongly Agreed that they would report unusual, exotic pests and that this training enhanced their knowledge of exotic pest problems in Florida. 91% Agreed or Strongly Agreed that they were more confident in their abilities to properly submit a sample following training. Miami-Dade County ExampleLamberts and Hunsberger, 2007

  16. http://cbc.at.ufl.edu/

  17. Register for Upcoming Training

  18. Create an Account for Posting Workshops or Completing Online Crop Biosecurity Training

  19. Post Workshops-Simple Form

  20. Features for Educators Review and Edit Participant Enrollment E-mail participants in advance of a training session Participants do not need to ‘create an account’ to signup for a course. You can provide a hyperlink directly from an existing website Plans for educators to be able to develop customized online surveys following training (coming soon!)

  21. Online Crop Biosecurity Training-Released April 1, 2008

  22. NRI Crop Biosecurity Project Credits for following 4 slides-Gerald Holmes, NCSU Gerald Holmes, North Carolina State University-PD Howard Beck, University of Florida/IFAS, Co-PD Gerry Snyder, Kansas State University, Co-PD In Collaboration with NPDN Training & Education

  23. Questions??? Amanda Hodges, Ph.D. Entomology & Nematology Dept. University of Florida (352) 392-1901 ext. 199 achodges@ufl.edu

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