A Consortium of Regional Networks Working together to protect U.S. agriculture

1 What is the National Plant Diagnostic Network? Founded in 2002 to protect food and agriculture in the United States Brings together staff and scientists in Federal, State, and University plant diagnostic labs Provides money for education, training, workshops, salaries, and labs Forms “the network” for First Detectors through websites and email pest alerts

2 Who are First Detectors? Anyone involved in: Agriculture Food Processing Horticulture Forestry Ecology

3  NPDN First Detector Registration

 Please print clearly & complete all the information

 Confidential!

4 Certificate of First Detector Training Completion

is hereby granted Tom Jefferson for completion of core “First Detector” training modules. November 21, 2014 Woodland CA This certificate has been approved by Marty Draper, Ph.D., NPDN Chair and Rachel McCarthy, M.S., Chair of NPDN Training and Education

Training Session Coordinator

5 For State by State Pest Information For Pest by Common and Scientific Name For Survey Maps and Pest Histories http://ceris.purdue.edu/napis/index.html

6 Solve your pest problems with UC's best science

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/ 7 Summary of NPDN Mission

Communicate Coordinate Cooperate

Eradication of the Pest

8 Bug Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister 1835)

Common names: bagrada bug, painted bug, painted stink bug, African stink

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Bagrada Bug

Female Male

10 Bagrada Bugs are Prolific

Photo by Gevork Arakelian

Photo by Ron Hemberger

Photo by Ron Hemberger

11 Bagrada Bug Distribution and Spread

Bagrada bug spread in US from 2008 to 2014. Utah is also infested. Saltillo in Coahuila state, Mexico, has reported Bagrada bug in May, 2014. First found in LA county in 2008 12 Photo by Delbert Crawford

13 Relative Size of the Bagrada Bug

Size comparison of Bagrada bugs and Convergent Lady Beetles ¼” or 6-8 mm Photo courtesy of: Relative Size of the Bagrada Bug

15 Relative Size of the Bagrada Bug

16 Lepidium latifolium Bagrada Bug Host Range

Photo by Ettore Balocchi Crops: : arugula, , Brussels sprouts, , Chinese cabbage, , collard greens, cress, horseradish, , mustard, radish, (canola), rutabaga, , wasabi, & watercress. Ornamentals include candytuft, Lunaria (honesty) purple rock cress, stock, sweet alyssum, & the weeds London rocket, & shepherd’s purse. Other hosts are , Sudangrass, corn, cucurbits, , cotton, okra, , sugar cane, wheat, and some legumes and those yet to be observed in the western hemisphere 17 Life stages of the Bagrada Bug Adults are 5-7 mm ( ¼ inch) in length

Photos courtesy of F. Haas, icipe Photo courtesy of Elliotte Rusty Harold 18 Bagrada Bug Feeding

Photo courtesy of Ron Hemberger

The rostrum is described as “needle-like” in its ability to piece plant tissue 19 Bagrada Bug Crop Damage

Feeding on a fig

Photo by Judi V. Cugat

Photo by Joselito Villero

Photo by John Palumbo, Univ. of Arizona Bagrada Bug damage to broccoli

20 Damage to cauliflower seedling Bagrada Bug Crop Damage

Bagrada bugs on peppers (Photo by Brendan Kreute, PCA in Ventura Co) 21 Wild Mustards

Photo courtesy of Steven R. Kutcher

Bagrada bugs aggregate and feed on black mustard 22 Photo credits: J. Taylor, OC Parks.

Multiple life stages of Bagrada bug aggregate on many plants, including non-hosts, in the fall when pest populations are high and food is scarce.

23 Pesticide Control of Bagrada bugs

Brigade, Sniper, and Discipline (pyrethroids)

Sygenta ® a pyrethroid

FMC® a pyrethroid

DuPont™ a pyrethroid

FMC® a pyrethroid

Bayer™ a pyrethroid

United Phosphorus, Inc. a pyrethroid

MANA™ a neonicotinoid

Table courtesy of John C. Palumbo, Ph.D., of the University of Arizona, Yuma Agricultural Center 24 A Consortium of Regional Networks

Sample Submission: www.npdn.org www.wpdn.org Quality and Security 25 Sample Quality: Diseases may be on any plant part

Foliage diseases

Lesions / Damage on trunk?

26 Digital Diagnosis

Take at least 5 photos – close up and at a distance 27

Sample Quality

Avoid dead plants Dead Plants Tell No Tales!

►Put your samples in a cold box! ►Have Ziploc baggies ►Bring several Sharpies 29 Sample Quality: Good Packaging

Dry paper to protect Plastic bag to keep soil on roots leaves from contact with30 plastic bag Quality and Secure Sample Submission:

Most insects can be preserved in a vial with 70% isopropyl alcohol

31 Secure Sample Submission

Furnish all relevant information to the Ag Commissioner’s office:

►your contact information

►location, name of grower/owner, date found

►extent of damage, incidence and severity data

►more information means faster, better diagnosis

32 Rick Bostock Martin Draper WPDN Regional Director NPDN Project Leader UCD 530-752-4269 [email protected] [email protected]

Carla Thomas Richard Hoenisch WPDN Deputy Director NPDN Education Coordinator UCD 530-304-0689 UCD 530-754-2255 [email protected] [email protected]

33 Photo by e_monk