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GLASSY-WINGED
SHARPSHOOTER TASK FORCE STRATEGIC PLAN
1999 © UC Regents
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The Glassy-winged Sharpshooter is a non-native mobile pest with a wide
potential host range that is a known vector of several serious diseases
affecting various agricultural crops in California. The members of the San
Joaquin County Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Task Force developed this
Strategic Action Plan as a cooperative effort to provide a framework for
the members of the Task Force to coordinate activities relating to the
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter within San Joaquin County. The goals of this
Task Force include developing mutually beneficial partnerships with
agricultural industry stakeholders, the research community, other task
forces, and government agencies, in such activities as education,
training, and public outreach.
The San Joaquin County Glassy-winged
Sharpshooter Task Force Strategic
Action Plan is also meant to provide guidelines for decisions on
cooperative activities between Task Force members and the industry
regarding surveying and monitoring, identification, delimitation and
available control options in the event of the GWSS being found in San
Joaquin County.
This Strategic Action Plan does not mandate
any activities, regulatory actions, or expenditures by Task Force members
or anyone else involved or affected.
I. ORGANIZATION AND
LEADERSHIP
The San Joaquin County Glassy-winged SharpshooterTask Force (SJC GWSS Task
Force) will be comprised of representatives from the Lodi-Woodbridge
Winegrape Commission, commodity groups (almond, stone and pome fruit, Lodi
District Grape Growers), the nursery industry, the California Association
of Professional Crop Consultants (CAPCA), the Pest Control Operators of
California (PCOC), California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA),
the Chamber of Commerce, the University of California Cooperative
Extension (UCCE), the San Joaquin County Farm Bureau, and the County
Agricultural Commissioner (CAC). Other groups will be identified and
invited to join the Task Force as involvement in the implementation of
this Strategic Action Plan increases.
San Joaquin County GWSS Task Force program
leadership will be provided through its Steering Committee. The Task Force
may establish [temporary or standing] subcommittees to address specific
items (such as budget development, industry training, or public outreach).
The Steering Committee will be composed of,
but not limited to, three representatives from commodity groups, and
representatives from the UCCE, the Farm Bureau, and the CAC. The Steering
Committee will coordinate meetings and organize the details of
implementation of the various aspects of the Strategic Action Plan.
Decisions involving action items in this plan will be made by the full
membership of the Task Force.
This Strategic Action Plan may be amended
by the San Joaquin County GWSS Task Force as new information and protocols
are developed by CDFA and the research community (such as the development
of biological agents or other control measures).
II. COORDINATION,
COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIPS
The San Joaquin County GWSS Task
Force has and will continue to coordinate partnerships and activities
related to GWSS in San Joaquin County, including those with commodity
groups, other local ag-related industries (PCA's, PCO's, etc.), CDFA,
other counties, and regional task forces.
The San Joaquin County Task Force may develop research partnerships with
the University of California and others involved with GWSS research
projects.
III. AWARENESS AND
EDUCATION
All suspected GWSS specimens will be sent to the CAC for identification
and confirmation by CDFA. UCCE and other San Joaquin County Task Force
members will notify the CAC if a specimen comes to them first.
San Joaquin County Task Force members will
develop an educational outreach program for the agricultural and the
non-agricultural communities to increase awareness of GWSS.
The San Joaquin County Task Force will
coordinate and conduct GWSS workshops to train local PCA's, PCO's, ag
industry, and key local public agencies on topics that may include, but
are not limited to, Pierce's Disease (PD) and GWSS identification, hosts,
and the protocol to follow as stated in this Strategic Action Plan.
A resource list of local contacts will be
developed by the CAC and made available to growers, other ag industry, and
the public. This list should include, but not be limited to, members of
LWWC, local PCA's, CDFA, UCCE/County Farm Advisor, and CAC staff.
The San Joaquin County GWSS Task Force will
coordinate outreach with the media to educate the public on PD/GWSS and
the San Joaquin County Strategic Action Plan.
UCCE and CAC will distribute GWSS
educational materials as part of an outreach program to the ag industry
and the public. These materials will be distributed at such places as
commodity meetings, commodity fairs, schools, retail nurseries, etc.
CAC will send PD/GWSS information to all
San Joaquin County growers of record.
CAC/UCCE will work cooperatively to inform
local PCA's and PCO's of new developments in surveying, detection and
control of PD/GWSS.
Research and educational information may be
gathered by UCCE/CAC in a clearinghouse arrangement so that helpful
information is available to all San Joaquin County Task Force members.
IV. SURVEY AND DETECTION
All suspected GWSS specimens will be sent to the CAC for identification
and confirmation by CDFA. UCCE and other San Joaquin County Task Force
members will notify the CAC if a specimen comes to them first.
CAC will inspect all county pest detection
traps for GWSS.
CAC will seek permission to place detection
traps at all SJC wineries to provide additional monitoring for GWSS.
CAC will coordinate and perform visual
surveys of nurseries and high-risk agricultural production acreage. In
nursery surveys the highest priority will be given to nurseries regularly
receiving plants from GWSS infested areas.
Organizations within San Joaquin County
which do insect monitoring, such as the Lodi-Woodbridge Winegrape
Commission, pest control companies, and the CAC, are encouraged to work
with the San Joaquin County Task Force and share surveying or monitoring
records.
CAC and UCCE will inform PCA's who
regularly monitor orchards and vineyards for pests about CDFA GWSS
detection and treatment protocols as they are developed.
V. RAPID RESPONSE/CONTROL
A subcommittee from the Task Force may be formed to look into possible
future infestation scenarios and generate suggestions for contingency
plans for Task Force membership consideration.
CAC will notify all San Joaquin County Task
Force members immediately upon CDFA confirmation of a GWSS find in the
County.
CAC will notify CDFA PD/GWSS regional
contact staff when GWSS is found.
CAC will notify the owner of the property
where GWSS is found.
San Joaquin County GWSS Task Force will
immediately convene upon a confirmed GWSS detection to discuss and
coordinate an appropriate course of action. The criteria which the San
Joaquin County Task Force uses to determine the appropriate course of
action may include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Time of year found
2. Proximity and amount of potential host material
3. Biology of the GWSS and/or disease found
4. The location of the GWSS (ex: a vineyard, nursery, orchard, or urban
private property)
5. Number of GWSS found
The San Joaquin County Task Force will seek
cooperation from the property owner(s) where PD and/or GWSS are found.
CAC will seek permission from the property
owner(s) to conduct a delimitation survey in the area of the GWSS find.
CAC will delimit GWSS infestations and place traps as required with UCCE
assistance.
UCCE will advise and provide guidelines, if available, regarding GWSS
control to PCA's where GWSS is found.
CAC will work with CDFA to provide
biological control agents as they become available.
CAC will reinspect and continue to survey
the area(s) where GWSS is found under the protocol developed by the San
Joaquin County Task Force.
CAC will coordinate efforts with other
CAC's on PD/GWSS management plans and will update the San Joaquin County
Task Force as information is obtained.
If GWSS is found in an area immediately
adjacent to another county, CAC will notify the neighboring Agricultural
Commissioner to coordinate delimitation and control efforts through the
San Joaquin County Task Force.
CAC will work with the California
Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) to expedite Section 18 approval
of imidachloprid (Admire, Provado) and any other products which CDFA and
CDPR would approve for PD and/or GWSS control.
CAC will work with CDFA and CDPR to
identify current pesticides that control GWSS and determine if affected
commodities are on the label.
VI. ENFORCEMENT AND
COMPLIANCE
The San Joaquin County Task Force will work
to gain the cooperation of the property owner to address all PD/GWSS pest
concerns.
VII. RESOURCES AND
FUNDING
San Joaquin County Task Force members will
work together to identify available resources and funding.
Funding sources may be identified for those
growers or property owners who are unable to afford the costs of a control
operation.
San Joaquin County GWSS Task Force members
may require additional staff hours for survey and detection activities and
additional public outreach to meet the final requirements of this action
plan, depending upon the CDFA protocol to be established. Members may also
incur additional costs for rental of meeting facilities for workshops,
outreach mailings, printing brochures and posters, and for purchasing
additional trapping equipment.
The San Joaquin County Task Force will seek
funding for the activities listed above. The activities listed in this
Strategic Action Plan will be performed to the extent that funding is
available.
Seed money may be pledged by members of the
San Joaquin County Task Force to jumpstart the process.
In-kind contributions will be recognized. |
