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<title>Regulatory RSS</title><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/index.html</link><description>News</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2006 UCR</dc:rights><dc:date>2008-07-31T13:19:29-10:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:36:00 -0700</lastBuildDate><item><title>Dillon Presentation at Morocco Locust meeting 2008</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-07-31T13:19:29-10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/75d5de316ecb32724889299d194cf3b0-22.html#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/75d5de316ecb32724889299d194cf3b0-22.html#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Please download presentation here]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LA Times: Insect found in Tijuana poses risk to California citrus trade</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-07-28T10:59:16-10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/1e83ed90b1db528fc070cfce5bad7a4d-21.html#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/1e83ed90b1db528fc070cfce5bad7a4d-21.html#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Click link here


A tiny insect that can carry a disease that kills citrus trees has been discovered just blocks south of the border in Tijuana, sending shock waves through the California citrus industry.


The disease, known as citrus greening, has already killed tens of thousands of acres of orange groves in Florida and has the potential to ruin much of California's $1.2-billion citrus growing business, industry officials said.


<img src="http://www.latimes.com/media/graphic/2008-07/41058793.gif" alt="Citrus threat found" width="300" height="175">]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>R.I.Rose Presentation at Morocco</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-07-28T10:53:49-10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/051101d4b611b907fd58c1debe651f55-20.html#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/051101d4b611b907fd58c1debe651f55-20.html#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Download Bob Rose presentation here


rirose1@juno.com]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Kostas Bourtzis Presentation at Locust Rapid</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-07-28T10:14:38-10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/df39172c5eb22498533e2ee0986d7586-19.html#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/df39172c5eb22498533e2ee0986d7586-19.html#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Title: Arthropod Symbiosis and Symbiont-based Control Strategies in European Union


...Associate Professor in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry,


Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management,


University of Ioannina, 2 Seferi St.

...Tel: 30-26410-74114, Fax: 30-26410-74171
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Journal of Biopesticides</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-07-28T10:06:03-10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/37cac5b42434efbe07a3726f25c04d87-18.html#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/37cac5b42434efbe07a3726f25c04d87-18.html#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[http://www.jbiopest.com/users/LW8/


"Journal of Biopesticides is a pre-reviewed half yearly journal issued in June and December, devoted to publication of research work on various aspects of plant protection with biological pesticides.


Core aim, objective and purpose of the Journal is interdisciplinary in approach bringing together scientists and researchers in the field of ecofreindly crop protection encompassing pests, diseases, weeds, rodents and molluscan pests management thus paving way for exchange of information and interaction between industry, researchers, academia, students, extension workers and the farmers."]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The 10th international congress of Orthopterology</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-04-03T14:42:49-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/bf0107130c0fc4afe557b40362153947-16.html#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/bf0107130c0fc4afe557b40362153947-16.html#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It will be held at Antalya, Turkey, on 21-25 June, 2009.   This congress is organized by the Orthopterist's Society  and Akdeniz University.   The web site for this  scientific event  is now opened. www.ico2009.org]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LOCUST RABAT: BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR LOCUST CONTROL</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-04-02T15:39:33-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/97fee6ca3f0b97f05145e1432372dec5-15.html#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/97fee6ca3f0b97f05145e1432372dec5-15.html#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Golden Tulip Farah Hotel

...Updated (04/09/08): Low cost air fair companies


http://www.jet4you.com


http://www.atlas-blue.com


http://fr.bestfares.amadeus.ne]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Fiche sur le Projet: Biotechnologie comme moyen de lutte contre le Criquet p&#xe8;lerin</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-04-02T15:01:41-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/972e785c1774ab5de89f38a9c5e8484a-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/972e785c1774ab5de89f38a9c5e8484a-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Initie en 2007 en collaboration avec l'Universite de Californie (USA), le projet de recherche relatif a l'utilisation des outils de la biotechnologie comme moyen de lutte contre le Criquet pelerin se fixe comme objectif d'utiliser les methodes modernes de la transformation genetique pour rendre le Criquet pelerin inoffensif lors des phases de son developpement qui le conduisent a la gregarisation et a la migration.   Cette methode, qui s'inscrit sur le long terme, pourrait venir en appui aux methodes essentiellement chimiques utilisees actuellement contre le fleau acridien.


...Initiated in 2007 in collaboration with the University of California (USA), the research project on the use of biotechnology tools as a means to combat locust has set itself the objective using modern methods of processing genetic to make harmless at Locust phases of development which leads to the gregarizing and migration.   This method, which falls in the long term, could come to support the primarily chemical methods currently used against locust.


More information: Translated-Fiche sur le Projet Biotech Criquet.pdf]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>EU COST: the first Management Committee (MC) meeting</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-23T14:21:58-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/c237495684c800a0a8964d9041c77fc3-13.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/c237495684c800a0a8964d9041c77fc3-13.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Kostas Bourzis was just informed by the EU COST office that since more than the minimum number of sets of nominations has been received for the Action FA0701: Arthropod Symbiosis: From Fundamental Studies to Pest and Disease Management, the COST Office has started arranging the first Management Committee (MC) meeting to bring representatives together and start Action planning.


...Ioanna Stavridou, has made a provisional booking for a room in the COST Office, Brussels, for the 26th of March, 2008.


...The Officer has created a poll in a website that will allow us to know very easily the availability of people for the 26th of March, 2008.   In case that this date is not very suitable for the other MC members, the meeting can be postponed to a later date so as to have a good country representation involved in the Action in this first MC meeting.


...Agreement on the internal rules of procedure for the Management Committee of the COST Action
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Workshop on Genetically Engineered Organisms&#x2c; Wildlife&#x2c; and Habitats.</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-10-15T17:50:04-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/bf3bcbb2e20728861850375851d1c528-12.html#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/bf3bcbb2e20728861850375851d1c528-12.html#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Monday and Tuesday, 5-6 November 2007


Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies, UC Irvine, CA


Sponsored by United States Geological Survey, this Workshop will focus on identifying research needs for the effects of genetically modified organisms on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.


The results of the Workshop will be summarized in a proceedings booklet to be produced by the National Academy of Sciences (in Washington DC).


...For further information, or if you would like to attend, please contact Susan Park (spark@nas.edu, 202-334-2742). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Vector Encounter Group</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-10-01T11:40:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/18a5e3ff04664c2e95bc0454a2903288-11.html#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/18a5e3ff04664c2e95bc0454a2903288-11.html#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Baltimore Vector Encounter is  an informal yearly gathering of insect vector biologists (predominantly mosquitoes) that differs from the standard meetings or workshops in one critical way: there is no projection equipment of any kind used and the sessions consist of chalk talks, where people talk about their results and planned experiments but do not show any data.   Another feature is that we break up into 4 or 5 groups, have discussions about current topics in vector biology, and then report back to the entire group. ...  The event is partially subsidized by the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute and there are no registration costs and most of the food is provided free of charge.   In addition, in order to keep costs low and encourage broad participation from students and postdocs, we have been holding the event in the summer, when the student dormitories are available.


...IN SUMMARY, it is possible to hold the meeting on the campus of Johns Hopkins University. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Luke Alphey&#x27;s comment on the Daegu Protocol</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-17T11:32:55-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/60788899fef404d25248cd51f940bb9a-10.html#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/60788899fef404d25248cd51f940bb9a-10.html#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Luke's comment had been uploaded onto the Daegu Protocol page. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Regulatory Session 2007&#xa;</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-08-08T18:28:11-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/67353fa54f84ef4823854e60510bfbf8-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/67353fa54f84ef4823854e60510bfbf8-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A Regulatory Issues session will be held at the icibi2007 meeting in Daegu, Korea.   We plan to video tape the presentation and present the results on this website.


The next Regulatory Communication Workshop is being tentatively scheduled to be held with the regular Vector Biology Workshop operated by Professor Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore Maryland in June of 2008.   More details will be posted in September 2007.


Anyone interested in attending or making a presentation, please contact Tom Miller, Thomas.miller@ucr.edu or Chris Wozniak Cwozniak@csrees.usda.gov or Marcelo mlorena@jhsph.edu.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>BIOPESTICIDE CONFERENCE (BIOCICON-2007)</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-07-06T14:04:19-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/6e01d4164a9e2d16b626c922d9295034-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/6e01d4164a9e2d16b626c922d9295034-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Intimation regarding the acceptance of the abstract: 20 th  August 2007


...Faculty members / Scientists/ Technicians: Rs.500,US$ 100/Rs.600,US$ 120


Research Scholars / Students: Rs.300,US$ 060 / Rs.350,US$ 070


Representatives of Industries: Rs.1000,US$ 200 / Rs.1250,US$ 225


Accompanying persons (Without conference kit): Rs.300,US$ 060 / Rs.400,US$  075
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Symbiosis Control Collaboration starting in EU</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-03-20T16:00:11-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/442beced1cc1d5f211422117d8ce6ac3-6.html#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/442beced1cc1d5f211422117d8ce6ac3-6.html#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[To promote the development of SyBaP in Europe, we have established a forum of EU researchers and set the following goals:


...Currently, we have established a network involving 15 EU research groups and two biocontrol companies (BioBee, Israel and BioInsecta, Greece) with the aim to use insect symbionts for the control of major agricultural pests such as the sweet potato whitefly Bemisia tabaci, the aphid Myzus persicae, the thrip species Frankliniella occidentalis and Thrips tabaci, the leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus and the olive fly Bactrocera oleae.   We are circulating a draft of a letter (attached) that will be signed by as many peers as possible and will be sent to the EU officials and National Authorities to alert them to the importance of research on arthropod symbiosis and on symbiotic control.   We are also preparing a pre-proposal of a EU COST action with the aim to provide an efficient platform for knowledge exchange and collaboration among EU SyBaP researchers. 


...<li>Fabrice Vavre (Laboratory of Biometry and Evolutionary Biology, University Claude Bernard - LYON 1, France; vavre@biomserv.univ-lyon1.fr)
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Pew Foundation meeting</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-12T00:09:53-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/7054f5ba4e9b3db1e80307e66360b6a6-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/7054f5ba4e9b3db1e80307e66360b6a6-5.html#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Pew Foundation, http://pewagbiotech.org/, meeting on Animal Biotechnology: Considering Ethical Issues, held on October 18, 2006


Read more about the recent symposium or view taped footage of the event here: http://pewagbiotech.org/events/1018/
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>USDA-APHIS permits branch contact</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-01-10T11:51:23-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/c59e6953ea38f56a3a2252d7f857e689-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/c59e6953ea38f56a3a2252d7f857e689-4.html#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Ms Georgia Coffey has joined the USDA APHIS, PPQ, PHP, Permits, Registrations, Imports and Manuals, Permit Services Branch as a Communication/Customer Support Specialist.   She is responsible for a strategic web page and ePermit information delivery system and will &nbsp;serve as a key contact point to the general public, the regulated community and stakeholders outside of APHIS to relay feedback to APHIS management.   &nbsp;Please contact her with suggestions and comments devoted to improving the website and ePermit process as well as assistance in permit application and/or eAuthentication. 


...Georgia Coffey, Customer Support and Communications Program Specialist


...A.Coffey@usda.gov ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>MOVING PLANT PESTS WITHOUT PERMISSION COULD GET YOU A FINE?</title><dc:creator>Lek</dc:creator><dc:subject>Biopesticide</dc:subject><dc:date>2006-11-21T15:14:05-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/c9c45972cc9299c2ea93cc56b08e68ea-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.biopesticide.ucr.edu/files/c9c45972cc9299c2ea93cc56b08e68ea-0.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA["Any person found to have violated the plant pest permit regulations by having imported or moved interstate any plant pest or disease without a valid USDA permit may be fined." 

...Information on the workshop content and goal is accessible from the buttons on the left of this screen including the program, list of participants, abstracts of presentations, next workshop and other relevant information for stakeholders.


...2 Section 424 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7734) provides that persons who violate this act, or who forge, counterfeit or-without authority from the Secretary-use, alter, deface, or destroy any certificate, permit or other document may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, be assessed a civil penalty that does not exceed the  greater of: (a) $50,000 for individuals, except that the civil penalty may not exceed $1,000 in the case of an initial violation by an individual moving regulated articles not for monetary gain; $250,000 for any other person or legal entity, such as partnerships, corporations, associations, or joint ventures; and $500,000 for all violations adjudicated in a single proceeding; or (b) twice the gross pecuniary gain derived from or loss caused by any violation, forgery, counterfeiting, unauthorized use, defacing, or destruction of a certificate, permit, or other document provided for by this act.   Section 424 of the Plant Protection Act also provides penalties for criminal violations, under which knowing violators of the act may be found guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, fined in accordance with title 18 of the United States Code, imprisoned for a period not to exceed 1 year, or both.


Which means a "person or legal entity" violating these regulations (regardless of foreknowledge) can be fined anywhere up to $500,000 or twice any gain.  ]]></content:encoded></item></channel> 
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