NDR Dictionary Updates
Clarissa Balbalian (Chair, National Data Committee)
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2025
Clarissa Balbalian (Chair, National Data Committee)
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2025
Karen Snover-Clift and Barb Riker, Cornell University (NEPDN); Eric Newberry and Gem Santillana, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T, PPCDL
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2025
Karen Snover-Clift and Barb Riker, Cornell University (NEPDN); Dr. Megan Romberg and Dr. John McKemy, USDA-APHIS-PPQ
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2025
Clarissa Balbalian (Chair, National Data Committee)
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 6, June 2025
Alicyn Smart – Executive Director, NPDN
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 6, June 2025
Megan Romberg, National Mycologist/Plant Pathologist, USDA-APHIS
Edited and reviewed by Sara R. May* The Pennsylvania State University (NEPDN), Lina Rodriguez Salamanca* Virginia Tech (SPDN); Karen Rane** Emeritus diagnostician University of Maryland (NEPDN)
*Member of the NPDN Protocols and Validation Committee
** Member of the NPDN National Data Committee
Alexandria 'Alex' Wenninger University of Alaska Fairbanks - Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Extension - Integrated Pest Management Program (WPDN)
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 6, June 2025
Alicyn Smart – Executive Director, NPDN
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 6, June 2025
Clarissa Balbalian (Chair, National Data Committee)
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 5, May 2025
Sara May*, The Pennsylvania State University – NEPDN, Swarnalatha Moparthi, North Carolina State University – SPDN, and Samantha Fieweger*, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection – NCPDN
*Members of the NPDN Protocol and Validation committee
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 5, May 2025
NPDN supports plant health and biosecurity in U.S. agricultural and natural ecosystems by providing expert diagnostic capacity, communication, coordination, and quality pest and disease diagnostic information.