New Pest Response Guidelines for Tomato Leafminer (Tuta absoluta) Published Online, Transmittal 06/2011-1

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The New Pest Response Guidelines: Tomato Leafminer (Tuta absoluta) has been published online, transmittal 06/2011-1.

The guidelines is intended as a field reference for the following users who have been assigned responsibilities for a plant health emergency for the tomato leafminer:

 

  • PPQ personnel
  • Emergency response coordinators
  • State agriculture department personnel
  • Others concerned with developing local survey or control programs

Please access the document at the following Web sites:

 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/emergency/index.shtml

 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/online_manuals.shtml

 

Patricia S. Michalak

Writer/Editor

USDA–APHIS–Plant Protection and Quarantine

Emergency and Domestic Programs

92 Thomas Johnson Drive, Ste. 200

Frederick, Maryland 21702

Telephone: 240-529-0360

Fax: 240-529-0399

patricia.s.michalak@aphis.usda.gov