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Phytophthora ramorum/ Sudden Oak Death

Protocols

Diagnostic

• Diagnostics Work Instruction Table (PDF; 99 Kb)

For the latest version of the P. ramorum diagnostic protocols, please contact Renee DeVries at: Renee.M.DeVries@aphis.usda.gov

Sampling

• Potentially Actionable Suspect Sample (PASS) System (revised 2/11/12) (PDF; 110 Kb)
• Soil and Container Mix Protocol (PDF; 260 Kb)
• Water Sampling Protocol - Appendix to the Nursery Survey Manual

Diagnostic Laboratory List (PDF; 24 Kb) - list of diagnostics laboratories accredited under the NPPLAP program that have passed proficiency test in molecular diagnostics for P. ramorum. Confirmatory tests have to performed at the APHIS-PPQ, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, in Beltsville, MD.

Response

• Confirmed Nursery Protocol Version 8.0 (Revised March 31, 2010) (PDF; 878 Kb)
  
• Retail Nursery Protocol, Version 1 (Modified 8/12/09) (PDF; 434 Kb)
  • Appendix 1: APHIS List of Hosts and Plants Associated with P. Ramorum
  • Appendix 2: Schematic of Retail Nursery with Infested Host Plant(s)
  • Appendix 3: Reserved
  • Appendix 4: Delimiting Survey Protocol
  • Appendix 5: Diagnostics
  • Appendix 6: Soil and Container Mix Protocol
  • Appendix 7: Water Sampling Protocol
  • Appendix 8: Treatment and Disinfection
  • Appendix 9: Biosecurity Measures for Nurseries
  • Appendix 10: Reserved
  • Appendix 11: Mitigations for Retail Nurseries Found with P. Ramorum More Than Once
  • Appendix 12: Nursery Questionnaire
  • Job Aid (work flow check list for RCNP)
• Residential and Landscaped Commercial Settings Protocol (9/1/09) (PDF; 170 Kb)
• Trace Back Protocol v. 1.3 (10/6/09) (PDF; 262 Kb)
• Trace Forward Protocol v. 2.1 (Modified 6/25/10) (PDF; 312 Kb)

 

 

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