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CHALLENGES IN PLANT RESOURCE PROTECTION
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NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY

Challenges in Plant Resource Protection

NCSU - PP 495B, 610B, 810B

FAMU – ENY 4907

 

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Principles of Plant Pest Risk Assessment and Management

ALS 5932 section 8303

Spring 2007

 

Instructor

Dr. Stephanie Bloem

Office: 1730 Varsity Dr. Suite 300, Centennial Campus

Phone: (919) 855-7650

Fax: (919) 855-7599

Email: Stephanie.Bloem@aphis.usda.gov

Office Hours: By Appointment

 

Assistant at NCSU in Raleigh, NC

Megan Remmers

Biological Science Technician

Office: 1730 Varsity Dr. Suite 400, Centennial Campus

Phone: (919) 855-7458

Fax: (919) 855-7493

Email - Megan.A.Remmers@aphis.usda.gov

 

Assistant at FAMU in Tallahassee, FL

Dr. Lambert Kanga

Associate Professor of Entomology

Office: 406 Perry-Paige Building

Phone: (850) 599-8478

Lambert.Kanga@famu.edu

 

Assistant at UF in Gainesville, FL

Dr. Robert McGovern

Professor and Director Plant Medicine Program

Office: 1453 Fifield Hall

Phone: (352)-392-3631 Ext. 213

rjmcgov@ufl.edu

 

Lecture Schedule: Tuesday/Thursday, 15:00-16:15

 

NCSU Lecture Location: 327 Daniels Hall

 

Textbooks and References:  No textbook is required for this course.  Required weekly readings will be distributed in class.  Lectures and required readings will complement each other.  Class exercises will provide hands-on experience.

 

Course Objectives: The purpose of this course is to provide students with theoretical as well as applied training in the regulatory aspects of plant protection, using real-world case studies, scenarios and issues.

 

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

 

  1. Describe the mission, structure and function of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), and other related Federal and State Agencies and Laboratories involved in Regulatory Plant Science.
  2. Describe the role of scientific disciplines such as Plant Pathology, Entomology, Weed Science, Botany and Ecology in relation to the regulatory process.
  3. Describe the relevant legal and regulatory instruments at the international and national level, and how these relate to the mission of USDA-APHIS-PPQ.
  4. Describe the role of USDA-APHIS-PPQ in promoting safe trade in agricultural products and in protecting agricultural resources and the environment.
  5. Identify, describe and understand …
    • traditional as well as novel methods of pest surveillance, detection and identification,
    • the objectives and application of pest risk analysis,
    • the technologies available for eradication and integrated management programs for exotic plant pests,
    • the application of off-shore pre-clearance programs,
    • the application of novel tools for field and laboratory diagnostics and
    • the applications and regulation of biotechnology under USDA-APHIS.
  6. Recognize the various job opportunities available in the USDA and in State Agricultural Agencies, know how to find out about them and identify routes they can take to prepare and be competitive for such positions.

 

Grading Policy:

Attendance - 15%

Participation – 15%

Mid-term - 15%

Complete Incident Command System 100 and ICS 200 (interactive CD) - 10%

Class Exercises and Homework - 10%

Project - 20% Pest risk analysis and/or Emergency Action Plan for specified pest

Final Exam - 15%

Grading scale A-F

 

 

PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONES DURING CLASS

Course Syllabus

NCSU - PP 495B, 610B, 810B

FAMU – ENY 4907

UF - ALS 5932 section 8303

Spring 2007

 

 

Lecture date

Topic

Required Readings

1

Jan. 11

Introduction, course format, expectations & grading policy.

Introduction to USDA-APHIS-PPQ.

Acronyms.

Incident Command System.

Acronym handout.

ICS 100 & ICS 200 interactive CD’s.

Shannon, M. J.  1994.  APHIS.

Cavey, J. F.  2003.  Mitigating Introduction of Invasive Plant Pests.

2

Jan. 16

History of regulatory plant science.

The global village - importance of agricultural trade.

Invasive species.

Importance of Definitions.

Henstridge, P. 2002.  History of regulatory plant health in the United States.

Pimentel, D. et al. 2000.  Environmental & economic costs of non-indigenous species in the United States.

McCullough, D.G. et al.  2006.  Interceptions of nonindigenous plant pests at U.S. ports of entry & border crossings over a 17 year period.

APHIS-PPQ fact sheet on invasive species.

IPPC - Glossary of Phytosanitary Terms.

Leading U.S. ports in 2004.

3

Jan. 18

Legal basis – International.

Guest Lecturer: Dr. Christina Devorshak

The WTO SPS Agreement – what you need to know.

History of the Development of the SPS Agreement.

SPS Agreement: Provisions, Basic Rights & Obligations.

Introduction to the International Plant Protection Convention.

4

Jan. 23

Legal basis - International + National.

National Phytosanitary Capacity for WTO Members & Contracting Parties to IPPC.

Plant Protection Act Fact sheet.

Questions & Answers about the PPA.

5

Jan. 25

Review of Legal Basis.

Introduction to Risk analysis.

Ways to go.

6

Jan. 30

The role of science in Regulatory Plant Protection.

Possible Guest Lecturer: Dr. Gordon Gordh.

7

Feb. 1

Risk Analysis.

Tools in the Risk Assessment Toolbox.

Enhanced Hazard Criteria Ranking exercise.

Scenario Analysis exercise.

8

Feb. 6

Risk Assessment – from market access to the business of USDA-APHIS-PPQ-CPHST-PERAL.

APHIS Guidelines for Pathway Initiated Pest Risk Assessments Version 5.02.

ISPM 11 – Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests including analysis of environmental risks & living modified organisms.

9

Feb. 8

Risk Assessment, cont.

Risk Management – the business of USDA-APHIS-PPQ-PHP-CIAO.

 

10

Feb. 13

Risk Management, cont.

Phytosanitary Treatments.

Systems Approaches.

Follett, P.A. and L. G. Neven.  2006.  Current trends in Quarantine Entomology.

Hallman, G.J.  2002.  Quarantine treatments: Achieving market access for agricultural commodities in the presence of invasive pests.

2002.  Preventing the introduction of plant pathogens into the United States: The role and application of the “systems approach”.

Jang, E.B. and H.R. Moffitt.  1994.  Systems approaches to achieving quarantine security.

11

Feb. 15

Phytosanitary Treatments & Systems Approaches, cont.

Risk Communication.

Rule Making.

 

Byrd, D. M and Cothern, C.R.  2000.  Risk Communication.

12

Feb. 20

Port Activities.

Import & Export Operations.

Pre-clearance Programs.

How cargo flows securely to the U.S.

Crop Biosecurity.

SITC.

13

Feb. 22

Inspection Methodology.

Guest Lecturer:  Robert Griffin

Inspection Methodology for Plant Quarantine.

Hypergeometric Tables.

Inspection exercise.

14

Feb. 27

Export certification.

Solid Wood Packing Material.

Guest Lecturer:  Laney Campbell

Lecture outline.

PPQ Wood Packing Materials.

ISPM 12 – Phytosanitary Certificates.

ISPM 15 – Wood Packing Material.

15

Mar. 1

Midterm exam

 

 

Mar. 6

Spring Break

 

 

Mar. 8

Spring Break

 

16

Mar. 13

Survey, detection & identification.

 

17

Mar. 15

Survey, detection & identification, cont.

 

18

Mar. 20

Spatial analysis.

Guest Lecturer - Dan Borchert

19

Mar. 22

Databases & their role in safeguarding agriculture.

Guest Lecturer – Woody Bailey

20

Mar. 27

Applications & regulation of Biotechnology in APHIS.

Ebbels, D.L.  Indexing and diagnosis in plant health.

21

Mar. 29

Introduction to Pest Management.

 

22

Apr. 3

Pest Management - case study arthropods.

Myers, J.H. et al.  1998.  Eradication and Pest Management.

23

Apr. 5

Pest Management - case study plant pathogen, nematode.

 

24

Apr. 10

Modeling principles & the design & use of simulation models in weed management.

Guest Lecturer: Barney Caton

 

25

Apr. 12

Emergency programs 1 - Involvement of State Departments of Agriculture.

Guest lecturer: Betsy Randall-Schadel

26

Apr. 17

Emergency programs 2 - Incident Command System exercise.

Guest lecturer: Betsy Randall-Schadel

27

Apr. 19

The art of negotiation - Bilateral, multilateral & international negotiation.

Possible Guest lecturer: Craig Fedchock

28

Apr. 24

How to get a job with APHIS.

 

29

Apr. 26

Review & Course Evaluation.

 

30

May 1

Final Exam