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Overview of USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Contribution to DWFP

Dan Strickman National Program Leader Veterinary, Medical, and Urban Entomology. Overview of USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Contribution to DWFP. National Program 104. USDA ARS organization Matrix management: Office of National Programs and Area Offices

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Overview of USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Contribution to DWFP

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  1. Dan Strickman National Program Leader Veterinary, Medical, and Urban Entomology Overview of USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Contribution to DWFP

  2. National Program 104 • USDA ARS organization • Matrix management: Office of National Programs and Area Offices • ONP (Dr. Judy St. John): 4 mission areas • Animal Production and Protection (Dr. Steven Kappes): 4 national programs • NP 104: Veterinary, Medical, and Urban Ento. • Nine management units • 17 projects, appx. 80 scientists • $25M per year

  3. DWFP in ARS • $3M per year • Weekly coordination call • Yearly review • Open door to laboratories • Cooperative Research and Development Agreements • Specific Cooperative Agreements • IR4 • ChemVeda • Jeff Bloomquist • Selected DWFP competitive awards • Graham White!

  4. Structure • Virtual Laboratory • Concept • Discovery • Evaluation • Development • Registration

  5. Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville, MD • Research Leader: Dawn Gundersen-Rindal • Scientists • Joseph (Dick) Dickens • Kamlesh (Kamal) Chauhan • Discovery • New insecticides • New repellents • Physiology of mosquito attraction and repellency

  6. Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL • Laboratory Director: Kenneth Linthicum • Support Scientist: Seth Britch • Evaluation • Effects of infection on response of vectors to repellents • Application of insecticides in desert environments

  7. Mosquito and Fly Research Unit, Gainesville, FL • Research Leader: Gary Clark • Scientists: • Uli Bernier • Sandra Allan • Chris Geden • Jerry Hogsette • Dan Kline • Jimmy Becnel • Matt Aubuchon • David Hoel

  8. MFRU Accomplishments • Concept • Spatial repellents • Clothing impregnants • Hot weather operations • Behavioral modification • Discovery: New insecticides and repellents • Evaluation • Development • Registration

  9. Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, Oxford, MS • Research Leader: Stephen Duke • Scientists • David Wedge • Kumudini Meepagala • Nurhayat Tabanca • Charles Cantrell • Discovery • New insecticides • New repellents

  10. Areawide Pest Management Research Unit, College Station, TX • Research Leader: John Westbrook • Scientists: • Clint Hoffman • Brad Fritz • Concept: • Droplet distribution geometry • Cages for bioassay • Evaluation

  11. Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Laboratory, Kerrville, TX • Research Leader: AdalbertoPérez de Léon • Scientist: Andrew Li • Concept: Alteration of sand fly behavior

  12. The IR-4 Project, Rutgers University, Princeton, NJ • Executive Director: Jerry Baron • Coordinators: • Keith Dorschner • Karl Malamud-Roam • Registration • New ULV active ingredient • Molecular pesticides • Pyriproxifen • Other

  13. Questions?

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