Indiana
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Cooperative Extension Service

  • State Plant Regulatory Official

    Philip Marshall (317-232-4120)

    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

    Larry Bledsoe (765-494-8324)

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

  • State Plant Health Director

    Gary Simon (765-497-2859)

    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

    Jim Manor (734-942-9005)
    Provides technical support in planning, executing and reporting annual surveys and coordinates pest detection activities with neighboring states.

News
01/11/2012 - Solution for Emerald Ash Borer Being Studied
01/09/2012 - Coalition Sponsoring Free Ecological Training Course
01/04/2012 - Insecticides Can Stave Off Borers Damage
12/22/2011 - Pokagen Extends Fire Wood Cutting Program
11/28/2011 - Timber Sale Planned at Pokagon State Park to Remove Trees Felled by Emerald Ash Borer
11/14/2011 - Invasive Species Threatens Great Lakes Wetlands
10/25/2011 - Fall is Good Time to Hunt Gypsy Moth Eggs
10/14/2011 - Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Under the Radar for Most
10/11/2011 - Foreign Insects Diseases Got Into US
10/10/2011 - Quagga Mussels A Threat to the Great Lakes
10/10/2011 - Voracious Invasive Quagga Mussels Gobbling Great Lakes Food Chain
09/29/2011 - Gypsy Moth Generally Infested Areas Additions in Indiana Maine Ohio Virginia West Virginia and Wisconsin
09/28/2011 - APHIS Adds IN to the Pine Shoot Beetle Quarantine Area
09/07/2011 - Quarantine of Entire State of Indiana for Pine Shoot Beetle - NAPPO
08/22/2011 - Aphids are Moving and Numbers are Suddenly Rising and Late Planted Soybeans Throughout the State are Vulnerable
07/29/2011 - Soybean Aphid Starting to Show Up in Northern Indiana Soybeans
07/21/2011 - Destructive Beetle Spotted at Indianapolis Airport
07/15/2011 - Invasive Species Documentary Rolls Through Park
07/13/2011 - PPQ Postentry Quarantine (PEQ) Release Policy
07/08/2011 - Borers Tall Trail of Ruin
07/06/2011 - Invasive Species is Threatening Indiana Trees
07/01/2011 - Wasps May Cure Indiana Pest
06/29/2011 - Western Bean Cutworm Moth Flight Begins
06/29/2011 - European Corn Borer Questions Continue
06/29/2011 - City Ash Trees in Peril
06/22/2011 - Discovery of Asian Longhorned Beetle in Ohio
06/17/2011 - Next Cutworm to Watch for is Western Bean Cutworm
06/10/2011 - European Corn Borer Forgotten But Not Gone
05/19/2011 - Soybean Aphid First Update Purdue University
05/17/2011 - American Chestnut Trees Return to the Hoosier National Forest
05/17/2011 - Black Cutworm Moths Flock to Indiana in Record Numbers
05/05/2011 - Why Clear Water in Lake Michigan is Not Necessarily a Good Thing Editorial
05/02/2011 - Black Cutworm Finding Hoosier Hospitality
05/02/2011 - Poison Hemlock Control in Corn and Soybean
04/28/2011 - Purdue Lab Sees Increase in Wheat Disease and Tree Dieback
04/28/2011 - Biocontrol Fungus and Wasps Released to Control Emerald Ash Borer
04/18/2011 - Gypsy Moth Generally Infested Areas and Additions in IN ME OH VA WV WI
04/14/2011 - Invasive Mussels Causing Massive Ecological Changes in Great Lake
04/06/2011 - Help Wanted Wih Plan to Replace Trees
04/04/2011 - Invasive Plant Plan In The Works For Apostle Islands and Other Great Lakes Area National Parks
03/16/2011 - SmackDown Terrestrial Terror The Fighting Begins
03/15/2011 - Woodpeckers Pointing the Way to Emerald Ash Borer
03/11/2011 - Winter Not Likely to Slow Corn Pests Advance
03/07/2011 - NAPPO Gypsy Moth Domestic Quarantine of LaPorte County IN
02/28/2011 - Domestic Quarantine of LaPorte County, IN for Gypsy Moth
01/21/2011 - Gut Wrencher Researchers Seek Magic Bullet to Control Mussels
01/10/2011 - Lakeshore Program Helps Visitors Recognize Native Invasive Species
01/10/2011 - Pine Shoot Beetle Additions to Quaranitine Areas
// - IN Declares Victory Over Lakes Weed Woes
// - Plant Managers Try to Fight Off Invasive Species

Related Pages

Weed Identification Tool
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
College of Agriculture
Department of Entomology
Entomology Extension Services
Department of Plant Pathology
Plant and Pest Diagnostic Lab
Common Weeds of No-Till Cropping System
Emerald Ash Borer Purdue University
North Central Diagnostic Network
Indiana Invasive Species Task Force
Aquatic Invasive Species - Hydrilla
Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society
Indiana Invasive Species - Gypsy Moth
Control EAB with Pesticides?
Emerald Ash Borer Cost Calculator
Exotic Invasive Pests
Beetle Busters
Bee Health
National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative
Great Lakes Information Network
Purdue Nematology
Purdue Extension Diseases of Corn
Purdue Extension Diseases of Wheat
Insecticide Options for Protecting Ash Trees from Emerald Ash Borer
Beware Kudzu is Thriving in Indiana
Diseases of Soybean
Plant Smart
Granulate Ambrosia Beetle Alert
EPPO Map
Ash Management Guidelines for Private Forest Landowners
Thousandcankers
What is Pierce’s disease, and how do I control it?
Videos

Emerald Ash Borer In Indiana
Western Bean Cutworm Scouting Post Whorl Corn
Emerald Ash Borer University Webinars
3 Bio-Control Wasps for Ash Borer
Invasive Species is Threatening Indiana Trees
Voracious Invasive Quagga Mussels

CAPS 2011 Survey Targets   
Common Name Scientific Name Options
Australian Grapevine Yellows Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Cotton Cutworm Spodoptera litura Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Egyptian Cottonworm Spodoptera littoralis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
European Spruce Bark Beetle Ips typographus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Golden Twin Spot Tomato Looper Chrysodeixis chalcites Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Green Oak Tortrix Tortrix viridana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Japanese Pine Sawyer Beetle Monochamus alternatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Lesser Spruce Shoot Beetle Hylurgops palliatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Mediterranean Pine Engraver Orthotomicus erosus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Old World Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Pine Shoot Beetle Tomicus destruens Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Pine Shoot Beetle (PSB) Tomicus piniperda Pest Info | NAPIS Maps | APHIS-PPQ Page
Redhaired Pine Bark Beetle Hylurgus ligniperda Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Silver Y Moth Autographa gamma Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Sixtoothed Bark Beetle Ips sexdentatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Summer Fruit Tortrix Moth Adoxophyes orana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Variegated Golden Tortrix Archips xylosteanus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps