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Subject: [IFAS-EXTENSION-SPECIALISTS-L] Southern Plant Diagnostics Clinic 24/7
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April 1, 2003


ELECTRONIC MEMORANDUM


TO:        County Extension Faculty, Extension Specialists


FROM:    Joan A. Dusky


SUBJECT:    Southern Plant Diagnostics Clinic 24/7



As a result of heightened security concerns, plant diagnostics clinics
throughout the country were asked to be available 24/7.  The University of
Florida Plant Diagnostics Clinics, which are linked to the recently created
Southern Plant Diagnostics Network (SPDN - this and others were created as
part of the Homeland Security Act),  are ready to respond to any emergency
of plant biosecurity issues on a 24/7 basis, either in person or by phone.


The information listed below provides contact numbers in the event that you
suspect a "high risk" pest sample (insect, disease, nematode, etc.).


Phone numbers to be dialed in case of emergency:
    Plant Diagnostic Clinic, Gainesville - Dr. Bob McGovern, (352) 392-1795
    Plant Diagnostic Clinic, NFREC-Quincy - Dr. Tim Momol, (850) 875-7140
    Plant Disease Clinic, SWFREC-Immokalee - Dr. Pam Roberts, (239) 658-3432
    SPDN Director - Dr. Gail Wisler, (352) 392-3631 ext. 210

JAD/jmv

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Waiwer for "high risk pest" sample fee

Tim Momol  (TMOMOL@UFL.EDU) and Pam Roberts (March 11, 2003)


To: Florida Extension County Faculty
From: Sate Major Program FL 131 - Quality and Management of State Diagnostic Services

Regarding: Waiver for “high risk pest” sample fee

This policy will be effective in Florida starting March 20, 2003 to encourage sample
submission of high risk pests to clinics and enhance educational activities of county agents.

These are the Clinics that will accept “high risk pest” samples under this policy:
Plant Disease Clinic, Gainesville, FL   (Bob McGovern)
Insect Identification Laboratory, Gainesville, FL (Lyle Buss)
Nematode Assay Laboratory, Gainesville, FL (Billy Crow)
Plant Diagnostic Clinic, NFREC, Quincy, FL (Tim Momol)
Plant Disease Clinic, SWFREC, Immokalee, FL (Pam Roberts)
Plant Disease Clinic, TREC, Homestead, FL(Bob McMillan)

Clinics will waive the sample fee for county faculty if they are sending a suspected "high risk" pest sample for identification purpose. In order to qualify for this waiver, county faculty need to receive a "First Detector Educator" certificate from the Southern Plant Diagnostic Network (SPDN) and Florida Extension (State Major Program FL131 - Quality and Management of State Diagnostic Services).

Definition of "high risk pest sample”: Any plant samples with unusual symptoms, pathogens or insects that have not been seen previously by county faculty (sender) in his/her county. A high risk pest sample needs to be packed according to the information provided by University of Florida /IFAS Clinics.
 

News from Plant Diagnostic Clinic at NFREC-Quincy

Tim Momol  (TMOMOL@UFL.EDU) and Hank Dankers (January 2, 2003)

Our preferred method of communication is through E-mail. We will appreciate it if you include your E-mail address in the Sample Submission Form. 

Since 2002, Florida Extension Plant Diagnostic Clinic (FEPDC) at NFREC-Quincy is charging a fee for all live (biological) samples. The diagnosis made by digital images using DDIS is free. If the diagnosis could not be made through DDIS, a fee will be charged for accompanying live sample. Please send your DDIS (digital images) samples to Tim Momol at tmomol@ufl.edu

The following is a detailed rate schedule of the diagnostic services for FEPDC-Quincy:
- Standard Diagnostic Rate (SDR) : $20.00
- PCR based diagnostic services:  SDR plus $20.00 (at client request, available for some bacterial pathogens). - MIDI based diagnostic services: SDR plus $10.00 (at client request)

If the specific pathogen can not be identified with “in-house” diagnostic tools, at the client’s request, it will be sent to a private or state lab for further testing. The cost to the client will be SDR plus fees charged by the private or state lab.

Plant Sample Submission: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SR007
Samples should include obvious signs of the problem (leafspots, stem cankers, etc.) and roots (if possible).
If practical, the whole plant should be sent to Clinic. The sample material should be sent in a plastic bag
(dry off material, do not send wet) if sent from a location with 2 days or less mailing time to Quincy.
Avoid the weekend layover in the post office.   

The Current “Sample Submission Form” can be printed from this web page, 

http://tmomol.ifas.ufl.edu/sampleform.htm

or contact Hank Dankers at wadan@mail.ifas.ufl.edu   
Phone: (850) 875-7140       (SUN 294-7140).

Our address:
Plant Diagnostic Clinic
University of Florida, NFREC
155 Research Road
Quincy, Florida  32351

 
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