Missouri
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Department of Agriculture
Plant Protection Laws and Regulations Economic Fact Sheet
Cooperative Extension Service

  • State Plant Regulatory Official

    Colin Wamsley (573) 751-5505

    Serves on the National Plant Board, oversees state pest detection and regulatory activities and coordinates survey activities between government agencies, public and private organizations. Coordinates the state's initial emergency response if an exotic pest is detected.

  • State Survey Coordinator

    Douglas LeDoux (573) 522-9948

    Coordinates CAPS survey planning, execution and reporting as well as community outreach activities.

  • State Plant Health Director

    Mike Brown (573) 893-6833

    Directs federal APHIS-PPQ pest detection and regulatory activities in cooperation with state officials, and coordinate the initial PPQ emergency response if an exotic pest is detected in the state.

  • Pest Survey Specialist

    Christopher Pierce (573) 893-6833
    Provides technical support in planning, executing and reporting annual surveys and coordinates pest detection activities with neighboring states.

News
Replacement Trees on Arch Grounds Will Cause Problems
Use Caution This Summer To Avoid Invaders
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2013 SCN Management - Take the Test. Beat the Pest
National Invasive Species Awareness Week to Focus on Prevention ...
Global Plant Diversity Still Hinges On Local Battles Against Invasives - Study Suggests
City Keeping Eye Out for Emerald Ash Borer
Pine Shoot Beetle - Additional Counties in Missouri Added to the Regulated Area
Emerald Ash Borer Confirmed in Northland
Trees can help reduce criminal activity
Kudzu bug and fire ants
Fire Ants Mobilize in the Aftermath of Disaster
Sample for SCN Before Picking Out 2013 Seed
City Urged To Prepare For Battle Against Green Beetle
What Once Was Most Unusual Can Turn Into Threatening Pest
Purdue Tree Doctor app
APHIS Adds Carter, Clay, Iron, Madison, Platte, Reynolds, Shannon Counties, MO to EAB Regulated Area
Tree Doctor App Can Help Homeowners Diagnose Problems
Platte, Clay Counties Join Widening Ash Wood Quarantine
Missouri Expands Quarantine Due to Emerald Ash Borer
Detecting and controlling red imported fire ants
Summer Heat Not The Only Problem - SCN
Hay From Southern States May Harbor Red Imported Fire Ants
USDA Warns Campers About Dangers of Hitchhiking Forest Pests
Four Score and More - Ash follows Elms?
Iridescent Pest Kills Ash Trees
The Invasion of the Emerald Ash Borer
Do Not Lose Ground to Invasive, Voracious Weed
1 Hemlock woolly adelgid: Predator lab update By Mary Topa ...
Purple Loosestrife Altered Life in Nearby Ponds
Bee-Killing Virus Gets Supercharged by Mites
Look for SCN Females on Soybean Roots Now
Emerald Ash Borer Continues to Spread in North America
Pyrokinin Beta-Neuropeptide Affects Necrophoretic Behavior in Fire ...
Invasive Stink Bug is Expected to Travel to Missouri This Year
Fall is Good Time to Hunt Gypsy Moth Eggs
Blasting Weeds Away
PPQ Postentry Quarantine (PEQ) Release Policy
Emerald Ash Borer Quarantined Areas MD MI MN MO PA VA WV WI

Related Pages

Weed Identification Tool
Department of Plant Sciences
North Central Diagnostic Network
Insecticide Options for Protecting Ash Trees from Emerald Ash Borer
National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative
Granulate Ambrosia Beetle Alert
Ash Management Guidelines for Private Forest Landowners
What is Pierce's disease, and how do I control it?
A New Host for the Walnut Twig Beetle and Thousand Cankers Disease
Missouri Botanical Garden
History of the Boll Weevil Eradication Program
Japanese Beetles Rear Their Shiny Heads Once Again on Flowers and in Fields
Symptoms of Soybean Vein Necrosis Linked to a New Tospovirus
BioControl Evolution

CAPS 2013 Survey Targets   
Common Name Scientific Name Destinations
European Oak Bark Beetle Scolytus intricatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Large Pine Weevil Hylobius abietis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Oak Ambrosia Beetle Platypus quercivorus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Redhaired Pine Bark Beetle Hylurgus ligniperda Pest Info | NAPIS Maps