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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