Sudden Oak Death

$59.2K USD

Funder	Department of Agriculture
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of Agriculture
Country	China (P.R.C.)
Start Date	Feb 15, 2003
End Date	Feb 23, 2005
Duration	739 days
Number of Grantees	4
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`5641-3`

Grant Description

Locating the point of origin for pests are important to developing strategies for its control. The origin of one recently identified pest in the U.S., sudden oak death, (Phytoptera ramorum) is unknown.

This activity will try to rule out origins in China by sending a two person team to the known host areas in China to test if the sudden oak death pathogen can be isolated.