The United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Center for Plant Health Science and Technology (USDA/APHIS/CPHST), announces the FY12-13 RFP for the National Ornamentals Research Site at Dominican University of California (NORS-DUC).
The research site is intended to facilitate research activities supportive of the broad goal to safeguard nursery production and the forest industry. Proposals reflecting short-term applied research are requested that address research priorities, including, but are not limited to: methods development to inhibit Phytophthora ramorum spread, mitigations to manage P. ramorum, epidemiological studies on inoculum sources, pathways, soil sampling focal points and disease distribution in nurseries.