Monday, April 4, 2016
Past and Current Situation
Overview
- Current World Status of Old World Bollworm
- Brazil experience with OWB and Zea
- Zea in the US
- Mexico
- APHIS
Old World Bollworm: Protection Presentations
- Pathways into the US
- Identification issues at the border
- Preclearance and Offshore
Old World Bollworm: Detection Presentations
- Pheromone research
- CAPS surveys
- Identification-morphological
- Identification Molecular
- World movement and detection efforts
Old World Bollworm: Response and Mitigation Presentations
- Puerto Rico
- Florida
Old World Bollworm: Recovery Presentations
- IPM in Brazil
- Current IPM Management Heliothine Complex across commodities and regions (SE, Central, West, NE)
- OWB resistance management worldwide and genetic implications
- Resistance Detection and monitoring Zea in major commodities and specialty crops
- Economic Analysis
- Simulation modeling
Overview of ongoing and funded OWB projects (pheromone, colony, diagnostics, identification survey)
Close for the Day
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Review of previous day's information/ Introduce Breakout sessions
Breakouts:
Process: 6 groups will form into the following breakout groups:
- Protection
- Detection
- Response
- Recovery (includes exit strategy)
- Economic Impact (what are most important areas of study- who is going to do the work)
- Resistance Management and Current Practices
- Commodity
- Federal, State, University, International Roles?
- Gather generalized practices
Outcome- outlined document for a portion of the strategic response plan
3:00 PM Close for the Day—A tour of the Florida Department of Plant Industries (FL-DPI) facilities.
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Review of previous day's information
Report-outs by groups
Process: The leads will report out on the information from their groups. The participants will then provide feedback, suggestions, corrections, and comments that will be captured by the note takers.
Outcomes:
An outline, created with input from all of the participants, for the response plan.
Post meeting actions
Process: Discuss the steps needed to move forward with writing, completing and distributing the plan for review.
Adjourn Meeting--Reception
