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Through with Thrips
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But the outputs have implications here at home as well: Thrips and tospoviruses have great commercial and economic significance to U.S. agriculture. As a result of this project, scientists will have improved knowledge that can be used to address indigenous tospovirus disease problems in the United States. More specifically, project outputs will help the scientific and regulatory community to be better prepared when an exotic tospovirus or thrips species is accidentally introduced into the country.
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Also, the knowledge and technologies generated in this project will bring more awareness to the ornamental and vegetable industry and the public in the United States, which will facilitate safe movement of plant materials. It will provide information to the regulatory community for better intervention, quarantine, and enforcement of federal statutes to deal effectively with “crop biosecurity” issues if and when there is an accidental or deliberate introduction of detrimental exotic tospoviruses. |
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From an altruistic standpoint, one immediate result is that the project increases the level of engagement of U.S. scientists in addressing global dimensions of agriculture and in sharing their scientific knowledge with those in less developed countries who can benefit from it.
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