Adam H. Putnam, Commissioner - Richard D. Gaskalla, Director

Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey Program
(CAPS)


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Presentations and Outreach

The presentations and other outreach materials on this page were produced by Florida CAPS staff and many are available below as PDF files that can be either downloaded to your computer or can be viewed online if you have a high-speed internet connection.


State Survey Coordinator and Other CAPS-Related Activities


  • National Meetings
    • 2010 National CAPS Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri. December 1-3, 2010. Attended:  Dr. Wayne Dixon, Dr. Leroy Whilby.
    • 2010 Southern Plant Board and CAPS Meeting, Montgomery, Alabama.. April 25-28, 2010. Attended:  Dr. Wayne Dixon, Dr. Leroy Whilby.
    • 2009 Southern Plant Board and CAPS Meeting, Greenville, SC. April 20-23, 2009. Attended:  Dr. Wayne Dixon, Dr. Trevor Smith.
    • 2008 Southern Plant Board and CAPS Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee. April 8-10, 2008. Attended:  Dr. Trevor Smith, Dr. Wayne Dixon, Julieta Brambila, Brian Saunders, Dr. Adam Silagyi.
    • 2006 CAPS Eastern Regional Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina. November 13-16, 2006. Attended:  Dr. Adam Silagyi, Dr. Wayne Dixon, Paul Hornby, Julieta Brambila, Brian Saunders, Michael Patterson, Karolynne Griffiths, Cyndi Moncrief, Dr. Mike Meadows, Doug Restom-Gaskill.
    • 2005 CAPS National Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee. December 5-9, 2006.
      Attended:  Dr. Adam Silagyi, Jim Walker, Dr. Wayne Dixon, Julieta Brambila, Paul Hornby, Brian Saunders, Michael Patterson, Joe Beckwith, Eduardo Varona.
    • 2004 CAPS Eastern Regional Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina. November 15-17, 2004. Attended:  Yvette Ogle, Dr. Wayne Dixon, Mike Shannon, Paul Hornby, Brian Saunders, Michael Patterson, Joe Beckwith, Eduardo Varona, Dr. Mike Meadows, Jim Walker.
    • 2003 CAPS National Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada. December 1-5, 2003.
      Attended: Dr. Wayne Dixon.
  • Statewide Meetings
    • Symposium: Regulatory/Government Programs on Invasive Pests, Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Ft. Myers, Florida, July 24-25, 2005.
      Dr. Adam Silagyi, Round Table Participant.
  • Outreach Activities  - The following educational outreach activities were conducted by various members of the FL-CAPS (Note: for additional educational outreach activities, please see the annual narrative progress reports).

    • Presentations
      • "Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey In Florida, Program and Surveys Overview Workshop for Mexican Agricultural Delegation"
        Dr. Wayne Dixon, Dr. Leroy Whilby, Dr. Trevor Smith, Ann Wildman, Dr. Greg Hodges, Julieta Brambila, Matt Albritton, Doug Gaskill, Dr. Tim Schubert, Robert Leahy, Denise Feiber, August 17-20, 2010. Week-long Workshop on FL-CAPS Surveys and Methodology for visiting Mexican delegation. Gainesville, Florida.
        (talks and slideshows)
      • "Dilemma of Safer and Freer Trade In Florida (reviewing 1981-2006)"
        Dr. Wayne Dixon, July 29-August 2, 2007. National Joint Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society and the Society of Nematology. San Diego, California.
        View Presentation pdf document
      • "Light Brown Apple Moth - Biology, Survey, Control"
        Dr. Wayne Dixon, August 17, 2007. Polycomm Training, UF-Research and Education Center. Gainesville, Florida.
        View Presentation pdf document
      • "USDA/FDACS CAPS Program Overview"
        Dr. Adam Silagyi, August 23, 2007. Guest presenter at First Coast Invasive Species Working Group.
        (talk only, no slideshow)
      • "CAPS: Domestic Pest Detection and Surveillance and Emerging Pests for Florida and the US"
        Dr. Adam Silagyi, August 8, 2007. Marion County 2007 Master Gardener Summer Institute.
        (talk only, no slideshow)
      • "Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) Program; Federal and State Perspectives"
        Dr. Adam Silagyi, July 15-18, 2007. Annual Florida Entomological Society Meeting, co-chair & co-organizer of symposium titled: "Invasive Species: Update on New Pests, Early Detection, and Management Strategies". Sarasota, Florida.
        (talk only, no slideshow)
      • Exhibit Booth at the Florida Keys Tropical Fruit Festival, Dr. Dr. Mike Meadows, June 30, 2007. Key West, Florida. Set up CAPS exhibit booth and distributed handouts and information on the red palm mite and other invasive pests.
        View Exhibit pdf document
      • "CAPS-A Cooperative Effort for Domestic Pest Detection & Surveillance of Invasive Species"
        Dr. Adam Silagyi, May 9, 2007. UF/IFAS Annual Extension meeting, session "Protecting Florida from Invasive Species". Gainesville, Florida.
        (talk only, no slideshow)
      • "Heteroptera of Concern to the Southern US"
        Julieta Brambila, May 7-9, 2007. Southern Plant Diagnostic Network - Invasive Arthropod Workshop. Clemson, South Carolina.
        View Presentation pdf document
      • "CAPS-Programa cooperativo para el muestreo, deteccion y vigilancia domestica de especies invasoras"
        Dr. Adam Silagyi, May 1-3, 2007. Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) Phytosanitary Principles Workshop. Managua, Nicaragua.
        (talk only, no slideshow)
      • "CAPS Overview of Red Palm Mite"
        Dr. Dr. Mike Meadows and Karolynne Griffiths, March 22, 2007. UF/IFAS and PPQ/CPHST Entomologists at UF Miami-Dade IFAS Extension, Miami, Florida.
        View Presentation pdf document
      • Exhibit Booth at the SeaTrade Cruise Shipping Convention, Dr. Dr. Mike Meadows and Karolynne Griffiths, March 12-15, 2007. Miami, Florida. Met with cruise line industry leaders, set up CAPS exhibit booth, and distributed handouts and information on the red palm mite and other invasive pests.
        View Exhibit pdf document   |   View Flyer pdf document
      • Exhibit Booth at the Palm Show and Sale, Dr. Dr. Mike Meadows and Karolynne Griffiths, March 10, 2007. Montgomery Botanical Center Foundation, Coral Gables, Florida. Set up CAPS exhibit booth and distributed handouts and information on the red palm mite and other invasive pests.
        View Exhibit pdf document
      • "CAPS-Early Detection of Invasive Exotic Species - A Cooperative Effort!"
        Dr. Adam Silagyi, April 3, 2007. Citrus County Native Plant Society lecture.
        (talk only, no slideshow)
      • "Surveying for Pests Not Known to Occur in the U.S.: Red Palm Mite and Insects Associated with Solid Wood Packing Materials "
        Dr. Adam Silagyi, January 31, 2007. UF Plant Medicine Program's Colloquium On Plant Pests Of Regulatory Significance. Gainesville, Florida.
        (talk only, no slideshow)
      • "CAPS-Early Detection of Invasive Exotic Species - A Cooperative Effort!"
        Dr. Adam Silagyi, January 18, 2007. Citrus County Master Gardeners. Lecanto, Florida.
        (talk only, no slideshow)
      • "CAPS-A Pest Detection Program That Emphasizes Cooperation"
        Dr. Adam Silagyi, December 12, 2006. Annual Entomological Society of America Meeting. Indianapolis, Indiana.
        View Presentation pdf document
      • "Huanglongbing (HLB) & the Asian Citrus Psyllid"
        Dr. Adam Silagyi, March 14, 2006. Arizona CAPS Program, Phoenix, Arizona.
        View Presentation pdf document
      • "Invasive Species"
        Dr. Adam Silagyi, November 16, 2005. Department of Plant Medicine, UF, Gainesville, FL.
        View Presentation pdf document
      • "Regional Identifiers and CAPS"
        Julieta Brambila, October 28-19, 2005. Southern Plant Diagnostic Network Regional Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia.
        View Presentation pdf document
      • "Early Detection of Exotic Invasive Species and the CAPS Program"
        Dr. Adam Silagyi, September 29, 2005. Entomology Seminar, UF Entomology Department, Gainesville, Florida. Question-and-answer sessions on Integrated Pest Management and exotic pests.
        View Presentation pdf document
      • "Introduction to the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey Program"
        Dr. Adam Silagyi, September 8, 2005. Agronomy Seminar, UF Agronomy Department, Gainesville, Florida.
        View Presentation
      • "Introduction to the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey Program "
        Dr. Adam Silagyi, July 25, 2005. Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting Symposium, Ft. Myers, Florida.
        View Presentation pdf document
      • "CAPS Program and Crop Surveying"
        Jim Walker, late summer, 2003. Question and answer session with growers, Dade county, Florida.
        (talk only, no slideshow)
      • "CAPS Program and Crop Surveying"
        Jim Walker, late summer, 2003. Question and answer session with growers, SW FL IFAS Research Center, Immokalee, Florida.
        (talk only, no slideshow)
      • "Channeled Apple Snail in Florida"
        Yvette Ogle, July 30, 2004. Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Ft. Myers, Florida.
        View Presentation pdf document
      • "Lobate Lac Scale Survey Results 2003 and 2004"
        Yvette Ogle, July 30, 2004. Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Ft. Myers, Florida.
        View Presentation pdf document
    • Posters and Exhibits
      • "Survey Monitoring and Pest Detection Enhancement through GIS", Andrea Chavez, Doug Restom-Gaskill, Dr. Trevor Smith, Dr. Wayne Dixon, July 15-18, 2007. Poster presentation, Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Sarasota, Florida.
        View Poster pdf document
      • "Red Palm Mite Survey Monitoring through GIS", Andrea Chavez, Doug Restom-Gaskill, Dr. Mike Meadows, Karolynne Griffiths, Dr. Trevor Smith, Dr. Cal Welbourn, Dr. Wayne Dixon, July 15-18, 2007. Poster presentation, Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Sarasota, Florida.
        View Poster pdf document
      • "Protect the Trees You Love - Don't Move Firewood Poster", Cyndi Moncrief, Dr. Adam Silagyi, Dr. Wayne Dixon, February 2007. Poster mass-printed and distributed throughout Florida's State Parks and Forests, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry (FDACS-DPI) and Division of Forestry (FDACS-DOF), Gainesville, Florida.
        View Poster pdf document
      • "Cooperative Agricultural Pest Program of Florida", Cyndi Moncrief, Dr. Adam Silagyi, Dr. Wayne Dixon. CAPS-Florida, November 13-16, 2006.  Table top exhibit and display, 2006 CAPS Eastern Regional Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina.
        View Poster pdf document
      • "The Florida Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) Program: Survey Monitoring and Pest Detection through GIS", Andrea Chavez, November 15-16, 2006. Poster presentation, Fifth Annual SHRUG GIS Workshop, Tallahassee, Florida.
        View Poster pdf document
      • "Don't Give Bugs A Safe Harbor Poster", Cyndi Moncrief, Dr. Adam Silagyi, Dr. Wayne Dixon, June 2006. Poster mass-printed and distributed throughout Florida to cooperators in Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), UF-IFAS, Florida State Parks and Forests, and Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry (FDACS-DPI), Gainesville, Florida.
        View Poster pdf document
      • "Citrus greening disease in Florida: Monitoring high risk areas through GIS and demographic census data", Andrea Chavez, July 25, 2005. Poster presentation, Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Ft. Myers, Florida.
      • "Florida CAPS Activities and Overview", Doug Restom-Gaskill, August 28, 2006. Presented as part of a talk given to the Strawberry Grower's Association Meeting, Plant City, Florida.
        View Poster pdf document
      • "Florida CAPS doorhanger", Cyndi Moncrief, Paul Hornby, Dr. Adam Silagyi, Dr. Wayne Dixon, August 2005. Created for generic use in CAPS survey programs and for outreach, Gainesville, Florida.
        View doorhanger pdf document
      • "Aliens Have Invaded Millions Of Acres", Yvette Ogle, March, 2003. Poster on the Asian longhorned beetle displayed at the Florida State Fair in conjunction with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry (FDACS-DPI) annual exhibit booth, Orlando, Florida.
        View Poster pdf document

    • Conferences Planned and Presented
      • Red Palm Mite Workshop, University of Florida IFAS Extension Office, Homestead, Florida, March, 2007. Presentations and training activities for surveying for the red palm mite (Raoiella indica Hirst). Workshop organized by Dr. Dr. Mike Meadows, FL-CAPS and Karolynne Griffiths, USDA-APHIS-PPQ/CAPS.
      • Red Palm Mite Workshop, University of Florida IFAS Extension Office, Belle Glade, Florida, March, 2007. Presentations and training activities for surveying for the red palm mite (Raoiella indica Hirst). Workshop organized by Dr. Dr. Mike Meadows, FL-CAPS and Karolynne Griffiths, USDA-APHIS-PPQ/CAPS.
      • Red Palm Mite Workshop and Pre-Survey Training, University of Florida IFAS Station, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, February 20-22, 2007. Presentations and field training activities for upcoming surveys for the red palm mite (Raoiella indica Hirst). Workshop organized by Dr. Dr. Mike Meadows, FL-CAPS and Karolynne Griffiths, USDA-APHIS-PPQ/CAPS. 30 attendees.
      • FL-CAPS Annual Planning Meeting and Workshop, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry (FDACS-DPI), Gainesville, Florida, February 12, 2009. Invasive pest symposium organized by FL-CAPS and FDACS-DPI (Dr. Trevor Smith and Dr. Wayne Dixon, Co-Chair). Attending: Divison of Plant Industry, Southern Plant Diagnostic Network, USDA; and UF Entomology, Plant Medicine, and IFAS. Gainesville, Florida. 35 attendees.
      • FL-CAPS Annual Planning Meeting and Workshop, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry (FDACS-DPI), Gainesville, Florida, February 14, 2008. Invasive pest symposium organized by FL-CAPS and FDACS-DPI (Dr. Trevor Smith and Dr. Wayne Dixon, Co-Chair). Attending: Divison of Plant Industry, Southern Plant Diagnostic Network, USDA; and UF Entomology, Plant Medicine, and IFAS. Gainesville, Florida. 30 attendees.
      • FL-CAPS Annual Planning Meeting and Workshop, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry (FDACS-DPI), Gainesville, Florida, February 20, 2007. Invasive pest symposium organized by FL-CAPS and FDACS-DPI (Dr. Trevor Smith and Dr. Wayne Dixon, Co-Chair). Attending: Divison of Plant Industry, Southern Plant Diagnostic Network, USDA; and UF Entomology, Plant Medicine, and IFAS. Gainesville, Florida. 27 attendees.
      • FL-CAPS Annual Planning Meeting and Workshop, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry (FDACS-DPI), Gainesville, Florida, April 5, 2006. Planning and discussion of upcoming year targets organized by FL-CAPS and FDACS-DPI (Dr. Adam Silagyi and Dr. Wayne Dixon, Co-Chair). Attending: Divison of Plant Industry, Southern Plant Diagnostic Network, USDA; and UF Entomology, Plant Medicine, and IFAS. Gainesville, Florida. 27 attendees.
      • FL-CAPS Annual Planning Meeting and Workshop, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry (FDACS-DPI), Gainesville, Florida, June 28, 2005. Invasive pest symposium organized by FL-CAPS and FDACS-DPI (Dr. Adam Silagyi and Dr. Wayne Dixon, Co-Chair). Attending: Divison of Plant Industry, Southern Plant Diagnostic Network, USDA; and UF Entomology, Plant Medicine, and IFAS. Gainesville, Florida. 30 attendees.
      • FL-CAPS Annual Planning Meeting and Workshop, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry (FDACS-DPI), Gainesville, Florida, January 15, 2004. Invasive pest symposium organized by FL-CAPS and FDACS-DPI.

    • Newsletter Articles
      • "The California pea leafminer, Liriomyza langei". March 3, 2007. South Florida Vegetable Pest and Disease Hotline, a bi-weekly online newsletter of the IFAS Extension Office in Hendry County, Florida. Article written by Doug Restom-Gaskill.
        View Story pdf document
      • "Florida's CAPS Program Seeks Help In Detecting Pests, Diseases". December 5, 2005. Rap-Up, Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association's weekly online newsletter, Issue 1092. Article written by Cyndi Moncrief and Adam Silagyi as an introduction to the CAPS Program.
        View Article pdf document
      • "CAPS Looks To First Detectors To Help Detect New Invasive and Exotic Pests and Pathogens". December 13, 2005. Southern Plant Diagnostic Network's weekly online newsletter, Volume 2, no. 12. Article written by Cyndi Moncrief and Adam Silagyi as an introduction to the CAPS Program.
        See Rap-Up article above pdf document
      • "Florida's CAPS Program Seeks Help In Detecting Pests, Diseases". December 5, 2005. Food News Update, a weekly online newsletter by the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association, Issue 1092. Article written by Cyndi Moncrief and Adam Silagyi as an introduction to the CAPS Program.
        See Rap-Up article above pdf document
      • "Asian Soybean Rust Study". March 30, 2005. Online newsletter of the Florida Organic Certified Growers and Consumers Inc, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Article written by Adam Silagyi to recruit growers for a study to be conducted by the CAPS Program.
      • "CAPS Program National Model". Winter, 2003-2004. Plant Industry Update, a quarterly newsletter by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Update written by Dr. Wayne Dixon announcing the progress of the first few months of the new Florida CAPS Program.
        View Newsletter pdf document
      • "Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey". Summer, 2003. Plant Industry Update, a quarterly newsletter by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Article written by Dr. Wayne Dixon announcing the beginning funding of the new Florida CAPS Program.
        View Newsletter pdf document

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