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NPDN Governance Committee Report NPDN Regional Network Meeting Notes |
NPDN National Meeting 2007 Poster Abstract Authors: LAURENE LEVY (1), Vessela A. Mavrodieva (2), Renee M. DeVries-Paterson (3), Philip H. Berger (4) Affiliations: (1) USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST NPGBL, Beltsville, MD, USA; (2) USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST NPGBL and NCSU, Beltsville, MD, USA; (3) USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST NPGBL, Beltsville, MD, USA; (4) USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST, Raleigh, NC, USA The National Plant Germplasm and Biotechnology Laboratory in Beltsville, MD, is part of the Center for Plant Health Science and Technology, PPQ, APHIS. The NPGBL is responsible in PPQ for the development, adaptation, and validation of molecular/biochemical methods for the detection of regulatory plant pathogens, and the evaluation/adaptation of new technology to improve plant pathogen detection. The NPGBL is responsible for federal confirmation of exotic plant pathogens in the U.S. (first incursions). Methods are transferred to PPQ programs conducting operational confirmatory diagnostics such as the PHP PSPI Molecular Diagnostics Lab (MDL), and programs that conduct survey and surveillance activities such as state, federal, and international regulatory programs, and the USDA CSREES National Plant Diagnostics Network (NPDN). Methods are transferred by conducting hands-on training by NPGBL scientists at the Lab in Beltsville and by releasing detailed SOPs of validated diagnostic methods. As a component of the CPHST National Plant Pathogen Laboratory Accreditation Program (NPPLAP), the Lab is responsible for the development and deployment of proficiency test panels, and the evaluation of Analyst's proficiency test performance. The NPGBL is seeking 17025-accreditation in 2007, and is a registered APHIS Select Agent Program Laboratory since 2005.View Poster
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