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The Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey Program (CAPS): scientific support to optimize a national program

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Abstract

The mission of the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) program is to provide a survey profile of exotic plant pests in the United States deemed to be of regulatory significance to USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), State Departments of Agriculture, tribal governments, and cooperators by confirming the presence or absence of environmentally and/or economically harmful plant pests that impact agriculture or the environment and that have potential to be of phytosanitary significance; and by establishing and maintaining a comprehensive network of cooperators and stakeholders to facilitate our mission and to safeguard our American plant resources.

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Citation

Jackson, Lisa D.; Fieselmann, Daniel A. 2011. The Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey Program (CAPS): scientific support to optimize a national program. In: McManus, Katherine A; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. 2010. Proceedings. 21st U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2010; 2010 January 12-15; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-75. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 96.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/37616