Mississippi
Contact Information

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

  • State Plant Regulatory Official

    John Campbell (662) 325-8789

    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

    Ken Calcote (662) 325-8488

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

  • State Plant Health Director

    Jeff Head (662) 325-3140

    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

    John Corban (662) 323-1291
    Provides technical support in planning, executing and reporting annual surveys and coordinates pest detection activities with neighboring states.

News
Crazy Ants Eating Electronics Across US Gulf States
Invasive Crazy Ants Are Displacing Fire Ants in Areas Throughout Southeastern U.S.
Grasshopper Control Before Cotton Best During Winter Weed Burndown
APHIS Allows the Movement of Fruit Regulated for Sweet Orange Scab...Under Certain Conditions
Invasive Species of the Day Series
Great Time to Treat for Fire Ants
National Invasive Species Awareness Week to Focus on Prevention ...
New Control Strategies for Bipolar Bark Beetles
Fire Ant Webinars 2013
Fire Ants - A prize winning graphic novella
Conduct Soil, Nematode Tests Before Spring Work
Fire Ant Stings
Video: Laurel wilt discovered in Pinellas County
Invasive 'Rasberry Crazy Ant' in Texas Now Identified Species
Fire Ants In Hay - YouTube
Research Proposal 2012 Laurel Wilt
Fire Ant Home Remedies Often Really Urban Myths
Fire Ant Quarantines and Regulations
Mississippi pine beetle infestations double
Hay Shipments and Fire Ants - Arkansas Livestock
Everything You Need to Know About Laurel Wilt Disease
1 Hemlock woolly adelgid: Predator lab update By Mary Topa ...
Bee-Killing Virus Gets Supercharged by Mites
Africanized Bee vs. Honey Bee
Boll Weevil Eradicated - YouTube
Nematodes Take Big Bite Out of Cotton Profits
The Evils of the Garden Fire Ants
Stripe Rust Late Freeze Threaten State's Wheat
Southern Wheat Crop Facing Early Stripe Rust
Are there fire ants native to North America?
Imported Fire Ants Community Page
Laurel wilt spreads, adds to worries over butterfly species ...
Pyrokinin Beta-Neuropeptide Affects Necrophoretic Behavior in Fire ...
Four Things to Know if you are Giving Citrus this Season
Fire Ants Conquered America by Monopolising Calorie Rich Food
Fall is Good Time to Hunt Gypsy Moth Eggs
New PPQ State Structure Within the States of AL/MS and TN/KY
APHIS Revises Approved Packinghouse Procedures for Sweet Orange Scab
Status of European Pepper Moth
PPQ Postentry Quarantine (PEQ) Release Policy
Native Ants Use Chemical Weapons to Turn Back Invading Argentine Ants
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request on South American Cactus Moth Quarantine and Regulations
Soybean Cyst Nematode New Research
Ferry Tale Fire Ants Aggregate into Living Rafts to Escape Floods
APHIS Adds Conditions to Allow Fruit Movement into or through States Regulated for Sweet Orange Scab
Availability of an Environmental Assessment of a Biological Control Agent for Air Potato
Federal Order Quarantine Areas Established for Sweet Orange Scab
Quarantine Areas Established for Sweet Orange Scab

Related Pages

Weed Identification Tool
Southern Plant Diagnostic Network
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Boll Weevil Management Corporation
Boll Weevil in Mississippi; Gone But Not Forgotten
Invasive Plants in Southern Forests
National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative
Two step method for Fire Ant control
FDAC Exotic Fruit Fly Information
Lucid Keys - Hosts and Potential Hosts of Citrus Pests and Diseases
Workers Comp Claims from Spiders, Bees, Fire Ants, Fleas, Mosquitoes, Bedbugs ...
Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council
Citrus Canker Symptoms on Nursery Trees
Invasive Species: Imperata cylindrica, Cogongrass
Other Impacts of Fire Ants
History of the Boll Weevil Eradication Program
Laurel Wilt - Palamedes Swallowtail
Management Options of Fire Ants for Electrical Equipment and Utility Housings
Symptoms of Soybean Vein Necrosis Linked to a New Tospovirus
Videos

Exotic Fruit Fly Monitoring

CAPS 2013 Survey Targets   
Common Name Scientific Name Destinations
Asian Longhorned Beetle Anoplophora glabripennis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Bacterial Blight Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Bacterial Leaf Streak Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Cotton Seed Bug Oxycarenus hyalinipennis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Cucurbit Beetle Diabrotica speciosa Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Emerald Ash Borer Agrilus planipennis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
European Spruce Bark Beetle Ips typographus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Giant African Snail Lissachatina fulica Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Hibiscus (Pink) Mealybug Maconellicoccus hirsutus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Japanese Pine Sawyer Monochamus alternatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Maritime Garden Snail Cernuella virgata Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Mediterranean Pine Engraver Orthotomicus erosus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Pine Shoot Beetle Tomicus destruens Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Redhaired Pine Bark Beetle Hylurgus ligniperda Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Senegal Tea Plant Gymnocoronis spilanthoides Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Sirex Woodwasp Sirex noctilio Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Sixtoothed Bark Beetle Ips sexdentatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
South American Rice Miner Hydrellia wirthi Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Soybean Pod Borer Leguminivora glycinivorella Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Tropical Spiderwort; Benghal Dayflower Commelina benghalensis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Yellow Witchweed Alectra vogelii Pest Info | NAPIS Maps