Tennessee
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Plant Protection Laws and Regulations Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey
Economic Fact Sheet
Cooperative Extension Service

  • State Plant Regulatory Official

    Gray Haun (615) 837-5338

    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

    Beth Long (865) 974-7957

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

  • State Plant Health Director

    Yvonne DeMarino (518) 218-7510

    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
Trapping Gets Underway For Tree Pest Across Tennessee
Loss of eastern hemlock will affect forest water use
WV closes borders to walnut plants from areas infected with Thousand Cankers Disease
Beetles enlisted to help protect Smokies hemlocks
Grasshopper Control Before Cotton Best During Winter Weed Burndown
APHIS Adds Jefferson and Smith Counties TN to the Emerald Ash Borer Regulated Area
National Invasive Species Awareness Week to Focus on Prevention ...
2012 Tennessee Cooperative Gypsy Moth Program Report
Fire Ant Webinars 2013
Fire Ants - A prize winning graphic novella
Biological Control Released At State Forest To Protect Hemlocks
Fire Ant Stings
Trees can help reduce criminal activity
Tree-Killing Beetle Discovered in Greenbrier Area of Smokies
Ash Borer Invades Great Smoky Mountains National Park Backcountry
Researchers Use Chinese Wasps To Fight Emerald Ash Borers
UT Experiments with Way to Eradicate Emerald Ash Borer Using Another Insect
Purdue Tree Doctor app
Tree Doctor App Can Help Homeowners Diagnose Problems
Tennessee Department of Agriculture Reports Emerald Ash Borer Found
Are Those Insect Traps I'm Seeing In Area Trees
Fire Ants In Hay - YouTube
Research Proposal 2012 Laurel Wilt
What Can You Do About Imported Fire Ants
USDA Warns Campers About Dangers of Hitchhiking Forest Pests
More on Imported Fire Ants in Tennessee
APHIS Adds Ten Counties in Tennessee to the Emerald Ash Borer Regulated Area
Imported Fire Ants Infesting Tennessee
Fire Ant Home Remedies Often Really Urban Myths
Fire Ant Quarantines and Regulations
Dreaded Emerald Ash Borer Arrives on Government's Oak Ridge Reservation
Bee-Killing Virus Gets Supercharged by Mites
APHIS Adds Servier County, TN to EAB Regulated Area.
Emerald Ash Borer Confirmed in Smokies
Emerald Ash Borer Found in More East Tennessee Counties
Invasive tree-killing insect from Asia found in Chattanooga area ...
Tennessee Department of Agriculture reports Partially Africanized Bees Found ...
Africanized Bee vs. Honey Bee
Partially Africanized Bees Found in East Tennessee
Nematodes Take Big Bite Out of Cotton Profits
Bug that is eating the forest is changing the Southern landscape
Some counties in East Tennessee are already seeing signs of fire ants
The Evils of the Garden Fire Ants
How long has Hemlock woolly adelgid been in Tennesse
Officials Hopeful that Smokies Hemlock Insecticide Will Last Longer
Annual Imported Fire Ant Conference
New Hope to Save Hemlock Trees from Attack
Pyrokinin Beta-Neuropeptide Affects Necrophoretic Behavior in Fire ...
Expansion of Quarantine Areas in TN for the Imported Fire Ant
Cades Cove Loop Road to Close Temporarily Adelgid Treatment Continues
Fall is Good Time to Hunt Gypsy Moth Eggs
Counties in MN TN and WI Added to the EAB Quarantine Area - NAPPO
APHIS Adds Claiborne County TN to the EAB Quarantine Area
Hemlocks Still Abundant Despite Adelgid Infestations
New PPQ State Structure Within the States of AL/MS and TN/KY
Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine Area Expanded to Include D.C. and Additional Counties in MD and TN - NAPPO
APHIS Adds Blount and Graninger Counties of TN to EAB Quarantine Area
PPQ Postentry Quarantine (PEQ) Release Policy
Ash borer invasion confirmed for Grainger
Ferry Tale Fire Ants Aggregate into Living Rafts to Escape Floods
Purple Traps Hung to Gauge Spread of Destructive Bug
Officials Fighting Back Against Gypsy Moths in Three East TN Counties
Friends Of The Smokies Working To Save Great Smoky Mountains National Park Hemlock Trees

Related Pages

Weed Identification Tool
Southern Plant Diagnostic Network
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Invasive Exotic Pest Plants in Tennessee
Invasive Plants in Southern Forests
National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative
Two step method for Fire Ant control
TN Dept of Ag
Replacement Tree Selection
TNMap Portal - GIS Services
Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council
A New Host for the Walnut Twig Beetle and Thousand Cankers Disease
Management Options of Fire Ants for Electrical Equipment and Utility Housings
Symptoms of Soybean Vein Necrosis Linked to a New Tospovirus
Videos

Efforts Curtailing Adelgid Shows Progress
Fire Ants on the Move in East Tennessee
3 Bio-Control Wasps for Ash Borer
Ranger Travis Bow on hemlock woolly adelgid

CAPS 2013 Survey Targets   
Common Name Scientific Name Destinations
Asian Longhorned Beetle Anoplophora glabripennis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Australasian Soybean Rust Phakopsora pachyrhizi Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Bacterial Wilt; Southern Bacterial Wilt Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Bean Plataspid Megacopta cribraria Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Boll Weevil (BW) Anthonomus grandis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Chilli Thrips; Yellow Tea Thrips Scirtothrips dorsalis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Chrysanthemum White Rust Puccinia horiana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Cotton Cutworm Spodoptera litura Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Cotton Seed Bug Oxycarenus hyalinipennis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Egyptian Cottonworm Spodoptera littoralis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Emerald Ash Borer Agrilus planipennis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Giant African Snail Lissachatina fulica Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Gladiolus Rust Uromyces transversalis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Golden Apple Snail Pomacea canaliculata Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Hibiscus (Pink) Mealybug Maconellicoccus hirsutus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Hygromiid Snail Monacha cartusiana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Japanese Pine Sawyer Monochamus alternatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Jumping Snail Ovachlamys fulgens Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Lesser Spruce Shoot Beetle Hylurgops palliatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Maritime Garden Snail Cernuella virgata Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Old World Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Oriental Red Mite Eutetranychus orientalis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Pine Shoot Beetle Tomicus destruens Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Redhaired Pine Bark Beetle Hylurgus ligniperda Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Silver Y Moth Autographa gamma Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Soybean Aphid Aphis glycines Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Soybean Pod Borer Maruca vitrata Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Tropical Spiderwort; Benghal Dayflower Commelina benghalensis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
White Garden Snail Theba pisana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Yellow Witchweed Alectra vogelii Pest Info | NAPIS Maps