[MAIPC] Avoiding the 6th extinction

Wed Mar 24 21:50:52 PST 2021

A decade ago there was a discussion on the international aliens list serve about how long it takes non-native invasive species to naturalize. A participant from England described 5 species of plants from America that arrived shortly after 1492 and were highly invasive. She said that now they are no longer real bad.  Should we resurrect the request from Matt Tancos, that If you see something, say something, about seeing a devastating impact on an invasive species? Matt, any reports so far?

Marc Imlay

Natural Places Committee, Sierra Club, Maryland Chapter

From: Tancos, Matthew - ARS <matthew.tancos at usda.gov <mailto:matthew.tancos at usda.gov> > 
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 7:45 AM
To: ialm at erols.com <mailto:ialm at erols.com> 
Subject: RE: update on native bio controls

Hi Marc,

Happy New Year! I hope all is well. 

We did not find anything too promising with the Japanese Honeysuckle from Heritage Island. We found a pathogen, but the symptoms were minor and did not appear to be a promising candidate. However, we are currently evaluating a fungal pathogen of Swallow-wort and a bacterium of garlic mustard that both appear promising. I will keep you informed as the experiments progress. As a plant pathologist, I am only investigating microbes of invasive weeds and not insects. Therefore, I am not sure who is investigating native aphids of Microsegium.   

Best wishes,

    Matthew A. Tancos, PhD.

    Research Plant Pathologist

    USDA Agricultural Research Service

    Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit

    1301 Ditto Avenue

    Fort Detrick, MD 21702

    Tel: 301-619-7386

From: Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com <mailto:ialm at erols.com> > 
Sent: Friday, January 3, 2020 4:23 PM
To: maipc-brd at lists.maipc.org <mailto:maipc-brd at lists.maipc.org> ; Tancos, Matthew - ARS <matthew.tancos at usda.gov <mailto:matthew.tancos at usda.gov> >
Subject: update on native bio controls

Hi Matt,

Checking in for the new year. Can you share any progress on native biological controls? Such as for Japanese Honeysuckle. Or native aphid bio controls for Microstegium.

Marc Imlay

Natural Places Committee, Sierra Club, Maryland Chapter

From: Tancos, Matthew - ARS 
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2019 8:22 AM
To:  <mailto:ialm at erols.com> ialm at erols.com; Foster, Donna M -FS < <mailto:donna.m.foster at usda.gov> donna.m.foster at usda.gov>; 'Ossi, Damien (DDOE)' < <mailto:damien.ossi at dc.gov> damien.ossi at dc.gov>;  <mailto:Katplantsnow at gmail.com> Katplantsnow at gmail.com; 'katplants' < <mailto:ncw at gmail.com> ncw at gmail.com>;  <mailto:morlousky at appalachiantrail.org> morlousky at appalachiantrail.org
Subject: RE: Juniata follow up Surveying for native biological controls

Hi Marc,

I support the “If you see something, say something” email idea 100% and greatly appreciate your enthusiasm in helping us identify severe dieback events, but I want to remind you of my lab’s limitations. I only have two employees, and we are also performing a variety of experiments that go beyond pathogen exploration and identification. I worry that I may become inundated with samples and diagnostic queries from Master gardeners, the general public, and others. Time is my most precious resource, and I want to make sure I devote the appropriate amount of time to the diseases that hold the best potential. Therefore, it would be best for individuals to only submit disease reports (see questionnaire below) with as much information as possible, in order to help me determine the ones with the most promise and that deserve my immediate attention. Some individuals might interpret “severe dieback” as a single stressed plant, or they didn’t realize herbicides were previously applied, or the symptoms they described are not microorganism-related. In the cases that warrant follow-up, I will contact the individual and provide instructions and a copy of our APHIS Permit in order to send samples to my lab.

I anticipate most of the pathogens we identify won’t progress to potential biological control agents due to a variety of issues (biological and regulatory related), but hopefully we will identify some promising candidates. I do not want to temper this groups enthusiasm by any means, nor do I want to disappoint my stakeholders (all of you) by making commitments/promises that I would be unable to realistically fulfill. 

Questionnaire:

1.	Name and email address
2.	Location/address (i.e. state, county, coordinates, address, etc.)
3.	Plant host
4.	Size of outbreak (i.e. only a few plants, throughout a yard, 100 square feet area, an entire field, etc.)
5.	Shape of the outbreak (i.e. diseased plants are all in a straight line, circular pattern, random pockets of diseased plants, etc.)
6.	Description of the site (i.e. heavily accessed area or very remote)
7.	Symptoms of plants (i.e. wilting, leaf lesions, yellowing, browning, mosaic patterns, etc.)
8.	When symptoms were first noticed
9.	Pictures (close-up of symptoms and of area affected)

Thanks for your assistance!

Best,

Matt

    Matthew A. Tancos, PhD.

    Research Plant Pathologist

    USDA Agricultural Research Service

    Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit

    1301 Ditto Avenue

    Fort Detrick, MD 21702

    Tel: 301-619-7386

From: Maipc-brd <maipc-brd-bounces at lists.maipc.org <mailto:maipc-brd-bounces at lists.maipc.org> > On Behalf Of Muth, Norris (MUTH)
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 5:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [Maipc-brd] [External] Fall Webinar Workshops

Don’t have time just now to go through all of Andrew’s points – but wanted to note that through Juniata I can accommodate up to 300 people on zoom. At least in theory. 

—

Norris Z. Muth, Ph.D. 

(he/him/his)

Juniata College

 <http://muthlab.org/> muthlab.org

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Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 8:43 AM
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Subject: Re: [Maipc-brd] [External] Fall Webinar Workshops

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Added a few thoughts---

1)  Topics

-Identifying and Effectively Treating Common Invasives

-Biocontrol- Where We Currently Are

-Academic Lectures

2)  Presenters

-Andrew (I can handle the ID and Biocontrol presentations, with some help Marc and others)

3)  Date/Time

-Consecutive Days

-Once a week (eg every tuesday of september)

-Once a month (Andrew- I think once a month would be plenty during the field season)

4)  Which interface?

-Zoom

-University licenses

-Norris had suggested he can run these off Juniata’s zoom license- how many folks can that handle?

5)  Promotion

-Facebook

-Friends/coworkers (Andrew can send out to DCNR invasive coordinators)

-Universities

-Listserv

Andrew Rohrbaugh | Botanist

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
Bureau of Forestry | Ecological Services Section

PO Box 8552, 400 Market St, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8552
Cell Phone: 717.480.9054 | Office Phone: 717.705.2823
anrohrbaug at pa.gov <mailto:anrohrbaug at pa.gov> 

 <http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/> www.dcnr.state.pa.us

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Subject: [External] [Maipc-brd] Fall Webinar Workshops

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Starting the thread:

1)  Topics

-Identifying Invasives

-Biocontrol

-Academic Lectures

2)  Presenters

-Andrew

3)  Date/Time

-Consecutive Days

-Once a week (eg every tuesday of september)

-Once a month 

4)  Which interface?

-Zoom

-University licenses

-etc

5)  Promotion

-Facebook

-Friends

-Universities

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