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Project Title:
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Strategic Planning for the Florida Citrus Industry: Citrus Greening and the Future
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BANR-O-08-04-A
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Major Unit:
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Division on Earth and Life Studies
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Sub Unit:
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Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
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RSO:
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Ables, Camilla Yandoc
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Strategic Planning for the Florida Citrus Industry: Citrus Greening and the Future
July 28, 2009 - July 29, 2009
Keck Center
500 5th Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20001
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Erin Mulcahy
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| Email:
emulcahy@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202-334-2365
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Fax:
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Agenda:
DRAFT AGENDA
Committee on Strategic Planning for the Florida Citrus Industry:
Citrus Greening and the Future
Second Meeting
July 28-29, 2009
Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Tel: 202-334-3062
TUESDAY, July 28
Room 110
OPEN SESSION (8:30 am-5:45 pm)
Breakfast will be provided in Room 110, Keck Center from 8:00-8:30 a.m.
8:30-9:00 am Welcome and Introductions
NRC Committee, Invited Speakers, NRC Staff
9:00-9:15 Overview of Agenda for the Day
George Bruening, Committee Chair
9:15-10:00 Potential of Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging for Early Detection of HLB
Chenghai Yang, USDA-ARS, Kika de la Garza Subtropical Agricultural Research Center
10:00-10:15 Question and Answer
10:15-11:00 Possible Psyllid Control Approaches Derived from the Psyllid Transcriptome
Robert Shatters/Wayne Hunter, USDA-ARS, US Horticultural Research Laboratory
11:00-11:15 Question and Answer
11:15-12:00 Potential Contributions of Citrus Genetics and Genomics to HLB Mitigation
Mikeal Roose, UC Riverside
12:00-12:15 pm Question and Answer
12:15-1:15 LUNCH BREAK
1:15-2:00 New Ideas on Combating HLB
William O. Dawson, UF-IFAS-Citrus Research and Education Center
2:00-2:15 Question and Answer
2:15-3:00 Psyllid Control in Florida
Philip Stansly, UF-IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center
3:00-3:15 Question and Answer
3:15-3:30 COFFEE BREAK
3:30- 4:15 Potential of Transgenic Psyllid for SIT or Interference with Transmission of Bacteria
David Lampe, Duquesne University
4:15-4:35 Question and Answer
4:35-5:20 Psyllid Control in Florida
Michael Rogers, UF-IFAS-Citrus Research and Education Center
5:20-5:35 Question and Answer
5:35-5:45 Open Discussion
George Bruening, Moderator
5:45 Adjourn for the day
7:00 NRC Working Dinner
Jockey Club, Fairfax at Embassy Row Hotel
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
George E. Bruening
Joseph-Marie Bové
Paul Citron
Lowell R. "Skip" Nault
MaryLou Polek
Howard-Yana Shapiro
Anthony M. Shelton
Lavern W. "Pete" Timmer
James H. Tumlinson
Raymond K. Yokomi
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
-Report on the Florida citrus industry representatives visit to The National Academies
-Review and discussion of invited speakers' presentations/insights of the previous day
-Identifying important approaches/strategies for Huanglongbing control for near-, mid- and long-term, from basic and applied science, to coordinating existing organizations
-Status of report outline and progress of chapter write-ups, including information gaps
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
-U.S. Department of Agriculture-APHIS Huanglongbing (HLB) Technical Working Group reports
-Incidents of HLB on 25 Brazilian farms
-Florida Citrus Production Research Advisory Council-FCATP Progress Reports
-Research Article: Talon, M., and F.G. Gmitter Jr. 2008. Citrus genomics. International Journal of Plant Genomics 2008 (Article ID 528361): 17 pages.
-List of Research Projects on HLB at Fundecitrus
-Miscellaneous information on Area Wide Psyllid Spray Programs in FL/HLB Diagnostic Clinics
-The Citrus Health Response Plan (APHIS, FDACS)
-FL Citrus Mutual Research Funding Strategic Plan 2008-2009
-List of Activities in Response to HLB Detection in FL in 2005
-News Article: Strauss, E. 2009. Phytoplasma Research Begins to Bloom. Science 325 (5939) July 24, 2009: 388-390
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
August 12, 2009
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