Sudden Oak Death

$10K USD

Funder	Department of Agriculture
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of Agriculture
Country	China (P.R.C.)
Start Date	Nov 02, 2005
End Date	Jul 23, 2008
Duration	994 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`5642-3`

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 tried 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.