The USDA is allocating $50 million in fiscal year 2011 Farm Bill funding for projects that prevent the introduction or spread of plant pests and diseases that threaten U.S. agriculture and the environment. Of those funds, nearly $2 million will be provided to P. ramorum efforts, including survey and analysis of nurseries in 17 participating states, safeguarding nursery systems, and enhanced mitigation through monitoring the efficacy of treatments in wildland areas. To access the FY 2011 funding plan and list of projects, click here.
From the July COMTF newsletter.
Washington received some of this funding to develop biofiltration systems for reducing inoculum of Phytophthora in nursery water.
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