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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Let’s facilitate grants proposals for biological control research for our share of species invasive in the Mid-Atlantic.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Marc Imlay, PhD, Chair, MAIPC Biological control working Group</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Reardon, Richard C -FS [<a href="mailto:rreardon@fs.fed.us">mailto:rreardon@fs.fed.us</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 29, 2016 8:15 AM<br><b>To:</b> Randall, Carol -FS <<a href="mailto:crandall@fs.fed.us">crandall@fs.fed.us</a>>; Pearce, Hal -FS <<a href="mailto:hpearce@fs.fed.us">hpearce@fs.fed.us</a>>; White, Allen -FS <<a href="mailto:allenwhite@fs.fed.us">allenwhite@fs.fed.us</a>>; Hebertson, Liz G -FS <<a href="mailto:lghebertson@fs.fed.us">lghebertson@fs.fed.us</a>>; Bakke, David -FS <<a href="mailto:dbakke@fs.fed.us">dbakke@fs.fed.us</a>>; Spiegel, Lia -FS <<a href="mailto:lspiegel@fs.fed.us">lspiegel@fs.fed.us</a>>; Kyhl, John F -FS <<a href="mailto:jkyhl@fs.fed.us">jkyhl@fs.fed.us</a>>; Frank, Michelle -FS <<a href="mailto:mfrank@fs.fed.us">mfrank@fs.fed.us</a>>; <a href="mailto:twurrtz@fs.fed.us">twurrtz@fs.fed.us</a>; Havill, Nathan P -FS <<a href="mailto:nphavill@fs.fed.us">nphavill@fs.fed.us</a>>; <a href="mailto:casa@uri.edu">casa@uri.edu</a>; Fritzi Grevstad (<a href="mailto:fritzi.grevstad@science.oregonstate.edu">fritzi.grevstad@science.oregonstate.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:fritzi.grevstad@science.oregonstate.edu">fritzi.grevstad@science.oregonstate.edu</a>>; Mulvey, Robin L -FS <<a href="mailto:rlmulvey@fs.fed.us">rlmulvey@fs.fed.us</a>>; Roy Vandriesche <<a href="mailto:vandries@cns.umass.edu">vandries@cns.umass.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:cbargero@uga.edu">cbargero@uga.edu</a>; Connor, Michael -FS <<a href="mailto:mconnor@fs.fed.us">mconnor@fs.fed.us</a>>; Bohne, Michael -FS <<a href="mailto:mbohne@fs.fed.us">mbohne@fs.fed.us</a>>; Turcotte, Richard M -FS <<a href="mailto:rturcotte@fs.fed.us">rturcotte@fs.fed.us</a>>; <a href="mailto:nschneberger@fs.fed.us">nschneberger@fs.fed.us</a>; Greis, Anna L -FS <<a href="mailto:algreis@fs.fed.us">algreis@fs.fed.us</a>>; 'mark.hoddle@ucr.edu' <<a href="mailto:mark.hoddle@ucr.edu">mark.hoddle@ucr.edu</a>>; Imlay, Marc <<a href="mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com">Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com</a>>; Lake, Ellen - ARS <<a href="mailto:Ellen.Lake@ARS.USDA.GOV">Ellen.Lake@ARS.USDA.GOV</a>>; Meyer, Susan -FS <<a href="mailto:smeyer@fs.fed.us">smeyer@fs.fed.us</a>>; 'andrew.norton@colostate.edu' <<a href="mailto:andrew.norton@colostate.edu">andrew.norton@colostate.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:paul.ode@colostate.edu">paul.ode@colostate.edu</a>; Salom, Scott <<a href="mailto:salom@vt.edu">salom@vt.edu</a>>; Matthew Kasson <<a href="mailto:mtkasson@mail.wvu.edu">mtkasson@mail.wvu.edu</a>>; Sing, Sharlene -FS <<a href="mailto:ssing@fs.fed.us">ssing@fs.fed.us</a>>; <a href="mailto:weaver@montana.edu">weaver@montana.edu</a>; Rachel Winston <<a href="mailto:rachel@getmia.net">rachel@getmia.net</a>><br><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Subject:</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> FW: CORRECTED 3440 : Requests for Forest Health Protection Special Project Proposals for Fiscal Year 2016 : REPLY DUE 2016-12-15 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Here is the announcement for BCIP –please spread the word .thanks<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Program Manager<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>180 Canfield Street<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Morgantown, WV 26505<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>(304)285-1566<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=Paragraph style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=Paragraph style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>For”Biological Control of Invasive Plants (BCIP) – A program to provide funding for development of technologies to address the spread and impacts of invasive plants.” I recommend </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=Paragraph><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Lesser Celandine and wavyleaf basketgrass. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Marc Imlay, PhD <br>Chair of the Biodiversity and Habitat Stewardship Committee for the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Marc Imlay, PhD, Chair, MAIPC Biological control working Group Conservation biologist, </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>Park Ranger Office, Non-native Invasive Plant Control coordinator. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'><a href="mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com"><b><span style='color:red;text-decoration:none'>Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>(301) 442-5657 cell Natural and Historical Resources Division</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=Paragraph><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Here is the review by pathologist Bill Bruckart that justifies research into a biological control for Fig Buttercup (Lesser Celandine). </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>From: Bruckart, William [<a href="mailto:William.Bruckart@ARS.USDA.GOV"><span style='color:blue'>mailto:William.Bruckart@ARS.USDA.GOV</span></a>] <br>Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 2:37 PM<br>To: Imlay, Marc <<a href="mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com"><span style='color:blue'>Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com</span></a>>; <a href="mailto:jhough@udel.edu"><span style='color:blue'>jhough@udel.edu</span></a><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com"><span style='color:blue'>ialm@erols.com</span></a><br>Subject: RE: [MAIPC] lesser celandine control</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hi Marc,</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Thanks for your call. I’ve got the email going and have had chance to review your inquiry. The short answer is that the pathogens listed could make the difference. Synchytrium is soil-borne, too, and might be promising for that reason. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>If you will indulge me, there are a couple of things that are worthy of consideration while all this is getting organized. Obviously, densities where it is native are not oppressive. Is there any information about what keeps populations in check where it’s native? It seems that a lot could be learned fairly quickly in Europe that would facilitate conclusion about the potential for biological control. With more effort, other discoveries are possible. The tendency is to look at visible parts of the plant, but there could be a whole complex (or one or two) of organisms that affect bulb health, as well. Artificial treatments (inoculations) with pathogens and insects could also be tested. It may be that, despite the ephemeral nature of the plant, there are organisms (pathogens?) capable of being in place at the right time and thus effective. That would make selection of test species for the U.S. easier. Also, one could look at related plant species (there might be way to test N. Am. relatives in the field, too) to determine non-target risk as well. There are some contacts in Europe that could possibly be connected to such a study.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>It seems worth looking into, Marc. Let me know what develops, please. All the best.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Cheers!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Bill</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>William L. Bruckart, III</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>USDA, ARS, FDWSRU</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>1301 Ditto Ave.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Ft. Detrick, MD 21702</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Phone: 301/619-2846</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Email: <a href="mailto:william.bruckart@ars.usda.gov"><span style='color:blue'>william.bruckart@ars.usda.gov</span></a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>From: Imlay, Marc [<a href="mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com"><span style='color:blue'>mailto:Marc.Imlay@pgparks.com</span></a>] <br>Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 5:39 AM<br>To: <a href="mailto:jhough@udel.edu"><span style='color:blue'>jhough@udel.edu</span></a>; Bruckart, William<br>Cc: <a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com"><span style='color:blue'>ialm@erols.com</span></a><br>Subject: RE: [MAIPC] lesser celandine control</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hi Judy and Bill,</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Thanks for the information Judy. It appears that a different species is best for the Sierra Club action alert. If we do focus on Lesser Celandine we would request research funding for the host specific pathogens. However, Bill, what about the comment “Heil and Ploss (2006) reported minimal induced disease resistance in lesser celandine but noted that its ephemeral habit may allow it to grow and reproduce under low pathogen pressure.” Would any of the 9 host specific pathogens have significant potential to create pathogen pressure that is not low if applied in America?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Hough-Goldstein, J A [<a href="mailto:jhough@udel.edu"><span style='color:blue'>mailto:jhough@udel.edu</span></a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 11, 2015 11:33 AM<br><b>To:</b> Imlay, Marc<br><b>Subject:</b> Lesser celandine</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Mark,</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>This recent review is not very encouraging re. biocontrol, saying there is only one (non-specific) moth known (and this is in Europe, which is its homeland), and several diseases. Also there are several closely related native Ranunculaceae.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Marc Imlay [<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com"><span style='color:blue'>mailto:ialm@erols.com</span></a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 01, 2015 11:30 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Wu, Yun -FS'; 'Bruckart, William'; <a href="mailto:Jil_Swearingen@NPS.GOV"><span style='color:blue'>Jil_Swearingen@NPS.GOV</span></a>; 'Reardon, Richard C -FS'; 'Wu, Yun -FS'; <a href="mailto:ipetrus1@verizon.net"><span style='color:blue'>ipetrus1@verizon.net</span></a><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Bailey, Whitney - FS'; Ellis, Michael; Imlay, Marc<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [MAIPC] lesser celandine control</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hi Yun, Jill, John Peter, Judy, Bill and Richard,</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Speaking of "No biological control agents are currently available or being investigated for fig buttercup." What are the possibilities of research finding a safe, effective biological control for Lesser Celandine/ fig buttercup? I would like to help the Maryland Sierra Club prepare an action alert to generate funds just as we did 3 years ago for Japanese stilt grass which generated 750 replies in 2 days and the participants received a response from Senator Mikulski adding a great amount of federal $ to the budget for funding biological control research of Japanese Stiltgrass and other Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:AdvP6EC5'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:AdvP6EC5'>“Potential for Biological Control</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:AdvP6EC5'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>There are currently no biological agents available for control of lesser celandine. Taylor and Markham (1978) noted the lack of recorded insects that feed on lesser</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>celandine, identifying only the larvae of Olindia ulmana [Hu¨bner, 1823] (Olindia schumacherana [Fabricius, 1787]), a common non–host-specific moth in Britain.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Lesser celandine was recorded as a probable source of food for lepidopteran larvae of Camptogramma bilineata L. after hibernation (Knill-Jones 1982). Plant pathogens that have</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>been identified on lesser celandine include the host-specific fungal rust Uromyces ficariae (Schumach) Lev. (Minter and Tykhonenko 2002); downy mildew (Peronospora ficariae</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Tul.) (Hall 1998); fungal leaf spot (Entyloma ficariae Thu¨m. & A.A. Fisch. Waldh.) (Mordue 1998); fungal rusts Uromyces dactylidis Otth and U. rumicis (Schumach) G.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Winter; smut fungi Urocystis ficariae (Unger) Moesz and Entyloma ranunculi-repentis Sternon (Termorshuizen 2005); fungal leaf spot Septoria ficariae Desm.; and fungal</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>leaf gall Synchytrium anomalum Schroet. (Taylor and Markham 1978). Heil and Ploss (2006) reported minimal induced disease resistance in lesser celandine but noted that</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>its ephemeral habit may allow it to grow and reproduce under low pathogen pressure. The ephemeral nature of lesser celandine reduces viable biocontrol options. The</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>existence of many native members of the Ranunculaceae in North America, several being closely related to the target species, also reduces the chances of identifying effective</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>host-specific biocontrol agents.”</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=Paragraph><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><br />
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