Overview of USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Contribution to DWFP

Dan StrickmanNational Program LeaderVeterinary, Medical, and Urban Entomology

National Program 104

USDA ARS organization Matrix management: Office of National

Programs and Area Offices ONP (Dr. Judy St. John): 4 mission areas Animal Production and Protection (Dr. Steven

Kappes): 4 national programs NP 104: Veterinary, Medical, and Urban

Ento. Nine management units 17 projects, appx. 80 scientists $25M per year

DWFP in ARS

$3M per year Weekly coordination call Yearly review Open door to laboratories Cooperative Research and Development

Agreements Specific Cooperative Agreements

IR4 ChemVeda Jeff Bloomquist Selected DWFP competitive awards Graham White!

Structure

Virtual Laboratory Concept Discovery Evaluation Development Registration

Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Beltsville, MD

Research Leader: Dawn Gundersen-Rindal

Scientists Joseph (Dick) Dickens Kamlesh (Kamal) Chauhan

Discovery New insecticides New repellents Physiology of mosquito attraction and

repellency

Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL

Laboratory Director: Kenneth Linthicum

Support Scientist: Seth Britch Evaluation

Effects of infection on response of vectors to repellents

Application of insecticides in desert environments

Mosquito and Fly Research Unit, Gainesville, FL

Research Leader: Gary Clark Scientists:

Uli Bernier Sandra Allan Chris Geden Jerry Hogsette Dan Kline Jimmy Becnel Matt Aubuchon David Hoel

MFRU Accomplishments

Concept Spatial repellents Clothing impregnants Hot weather operations Behavioral modification

Discovery: New insecticides and repellents

Evaluation Development Registration

Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, Oxford, MS

Research Leader: Stephen Duke Scientists

David Wedge Kumudini Meepagala Nurhayat Tabanca Charles Cantrell

Discovery New insecticides New repellents

Areawide Pest Management Research Unit, College Station, TX

Research Leader: John Westbrook Scientists:

Clint Hoffman Brad Fritz

Concept: Droplet distribution geometry Cages for bioassay

Evaluation

Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Insect Research Laboratory, Kerrville, TX

Research Leader: Adalberto Pérez de Léon

Scientist: Andrew Li Concept: Alteration of sand fly

behavior

The IR-4 Project, Rutgers University, Princeton, NJ

Executive Director: Jerry Baron Coordinators:

Keith Dorschner Karl Malamud-Roam

Registration New ULV active ingredient Molecular pesticides Pyriproxifen Other

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