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United States Department of Agriculture October 2021 Plant Protection Today PoPS: The Data-Driven Decision-Making Tool The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Plant Protection and Quarantine program recently created an expert group of advanced quantitative analysts. This team has been working alongside researchers at North Carolina State University to develop the Pest or Pathogen Spread (PoPS) forecast, a probabilistic simulation of invasive pest and pathogen spread. PoPS is an online computer model that simulates pest spread and pest management activities on a web map. Read more. PPQ Deploys a High-Tech Tool to Keep Ralstonia Out of the U.S. PPQ remains on high alert for a disease-causing microbe called Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 (RsR3B2). In 2020, PPQ and 44 States launched an emergency response to successfully eradicate RsR3B2 from 650 nurseries. This pathogen threatens high-value U.S. nursery and specialty crop production. To help keep the disease out, PPQ recently deployed a new level of protection at our plant inspection stations: molecular diagnostics. Read more. This USDA Lab Detects the Invisible This month Plant Protection Today continues its Science and Technology laboratory article series by spotlighting the Plant Pathogen Confirmatory Diagnostics Laboratory, formerly known as the Beltsville Lab, located in Laurel, MD. Every day our scientists and technical professionals apply their expertise to safeguarding agriculture and facilitating safe trade. This lab protects American agriculture at the molecular level. Read more.   Check Out These Other Stories How Our Scientific Support Lab Strengthens Domestic and Emergency Programs Inside the Fascinating World of PPQ's Forest Pest Methods Laboratory PPQ Scientists Evaluate Wasps' Ability to Detect and Attack the Asian Longhorned Beetle PPQ Expands Its Detector Dog Team  North America Shines Green to Promote Plant Health Using Biological Control to Protect Trees and Forest Health Explore USDA's Plant Protection Interactive Maps About Plant Protection Today Every day, USDA's Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) employees collaborate with many partners, cooperators, and stakeholders to protect plant health. To stay on the leading edge, PPQ explores scientific frontiers, develops new plant protection methods, and makes critical advancements. These efforts safeguard our nation's agricultural and natural resources while facilitating the safe global trade of agricultural products. Plant Protection Today highlights some of PPQ's most successful and impactful programs and activities. Please send your feedback and comments to: PPQ.Plant.Protection.Today@usda.gov Questions about APHIS programs and services? Contact Us STAY CONNECTED: SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: Manage Preferences  |  Unsubscribe  |  Help This email was sent to ooseims.archieves@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · 4700 River Rd · Riverdale, MD 20737