New Pest Response Guidelines: Cotton Seed Bug

摘要

Use New Pest Response Guidelines: Cotton Seed Bug as a guide when designing a program to detect, monitor, control, contain, or eradicate, an infestation of Oxycarenus hyalinipennis, the cotton seed bug (CSB). The United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine (USDAAPHISPPQ) developed the guidelines through discussion, consultation, or agreement with staff at USDA-Agricultural Research Service, and university advisors. Any new detection may require the establishment of an Incident Command System to facilitate emergency management. The guidelines is meant to provide the necessary information to launch a response to a detection of the cotton seed bug. If the cotton seed bug is detected, PPQ personnel will produce a site-specific action plan based on the guidelines. As the program develops and new information becomes available, the guidelines can be updated.