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(In the numbering below, r-c represent the row and column in the bingo card.)

1-1. APHIS-PPQ: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Plant Protection and Quarantine. PPQ
safeguards US agriculture and natural resources against the entry, establishment, and spread of
economically and environmentally significant pests and facilitates the safe trade of agricultural
products.

1-2. GIS: Geographic Information System. GIS is a computer mapping linked to a database, a system
designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage and present spatial or geographic data. GIS
helps USDA manage operation, so APHIS can quickly respond when the nation's agriculture and
forests are threatened.

1-3. NPPO: National Plant Protection Organization. NPPOs contribute in the areas of phytosanitary
certification, plant inspection, pest ID, and crop surveillance. PPQ is the NPPO of the United States.
IPPC functions through NPPOs and is enforced by member countries.

1-4. DHS-CBP: Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection. This federal
agency is charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and
enforcing US regulations. CBP is the largest law enforcement agency in the US.

1-5 APHIS-IS: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - International Services. IS supports
American agriculture and natural resources in the international environment by collaborating with
foreign partners to control pests and diseases before harming us and by facilitating safe agricultural
trade.

1-6. SPHD: State Plant Health Director. SPHDs are the physical representation of USDA-APHIS-PPQ
in each state. Their roles are managing cooperative agreements, carrying out pest surveys, fulfilling
export needs for industries, overseeing pest issues, policy, pest risk committees, providing guidance.

2-1. APHIS-PPQ-CPHST: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Plant Protection and
Quarantine - Center for Plant Health Science and Technology. CPHST provides scientific support for
PPQ regulatory decisions and operations, and is the main component of PPQ's Science and
Technology core.

2-2. PRA: Pest Risk Analysis. PRA is concerned with both the introduction (entry and establishment)
and spread of a quarantine pest, evaluating whether an organism is a pest, if it should be regulated,
and the strength of needed phytosanitary measures.

2-3. USDA-ERS. United States Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service. ERS makes
decisions on economics and policy issues of agriculture, food, farming, natural resources, and rural
development.

2-4. WTO: World Trade Organization. WTO is an international organization dealing with global rules
of trade between countries and is run by member governments.

2-5. DOI-FWS: Department of the Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service. US FWS manages fishing,
wildlife, and natural resources, including endangered species, migratory birds, fisheries, and
wetlands.
2-6. NPAG: New Pest Advisory Group. USDA's NPAG assesses exotic plants new or not present but
which may pose a risk.

3-1. FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization. FAO is a UN agency to combat hunger, help developing
countries, modernize and improve agriculture, forests, and fish, toward a goal of nutrition and food
security.

3-2. PPA: Plant Protection Act. PPA 2000 consolidates the Plant Quarantine Act, the Federal Plant
Pest Act, and the Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974. It is designed to prevent importation,
exportation, and spread of pests injurious to plants, to control and eradicate pests, and to certify
plants.

3-3.SWPM: Solid Wood Packing Material. SWPM is hardwood and softwood packaging other than
wholly of wood-based products, created possibly materials including glue, heat and pressure in
supporting, protecting, or carrying a commodity. Wood-packing material (other than loose wood
packing) is used with cargo to prevent damage, such as pallets, crates, drums, and skids.

3-4. USDA-APHIS-PHP: United States Department of Agriculture - Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service - Plant Health Programs. PHP develops and implements early detection and
control strategies to prevent entry of invasive pests and diseases into the US.

3-5. USDA-FS: United States Department of Agriculture - Forestry Service. FS protects forests and
grasslands to sustain their health, diversity, and productivity.

3-6. CAPS: Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey. CAPS targets specific exotic plant pests and
identify them as threats. CAPS is the line of defense behind port inspection.

4-1. APHIS-PPQ-CPHST-PERAL: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Plant Protection and
Quarantine - Center for Plant Health Science and Technology - Plant Epidemiology and Risk Analysis
Laboratory. PPQ's primary unit producing PRAs to identify, prioritize, and compare risk, and support
import policies and export market access and domestic and emergency programs.

4-2. APHIS-PPQ-PHP: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Plant Protection and Quarantine
- Plant Health Programs: See 3-4.

4-3. APHIS-PPQ-EDP: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Plant Protection and Quarantine
- Emergency and Domestic Programs. EDP deals with crop biodiversity and emergency management
against invasive plant pests and diseases and guides emergency providers.

4-4. RPPO: Regional Plant Protection Organization. RPPO is an intergovernmental organization,

coordinating NPPOs regionally in plant protection. (RPPO Includes NAPPO.)

4-5. ISPM: International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures. ISPMs prepared by the IPPC (UN
FAO) facilitate trade while avoiding barriers.

4-6. NAPPO: North American Plant Protection Organization. NAPPO is the phytosanitary standard-
setting organization (recognized by NAFTA), developing science-based standards to protect
agriculture, forests, and plant resources against regulated pests. NAPPO is headquartered in
Raleigh, NC.

5-1.CFR: Code of Federal Regulations. The CFR contains rules and regulations of administrative law,
published in the Federal Register.
5-2. EAB: Emerald Ash Borer. Agrilus planipennis, Asian-native buprestid beetle, whose larvae
damage phloem of ash trees.

5-3. USDA-APHIS-SITC: United States Department of Agriculture - Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service - Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance. SITC detects and prevents
unlawful entry and distribution of prohibited and/or noncompliant products that may harbor exotic
pests, invasive species or diseases.

5-4. APHIS-PPQ-PHP-PIM: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Plant Protection and
Quarantine - Plant Health Programs - Phytosanitary Issues Management. PIM facilitates and
negotiates safe export and import of agricultural commodities. PIM is the recognized NPPO for the
US and works toward new market access, retention, and expulsion.

5-5. SPS: Sanitary and Phytosanitary. SPS measures protect humans, animals, and plants from
diseases, pests, or contaminants.

5-6. USDA-NASS: United States Department of Agriculture - National Agricultural Statistics Service.
NASS conducts surveys and prepares data to estimate production, supply, prices, and information for
agricultural operations.

6-1. ALB: Asian Longhorned Beetle. Anoplophora glabripennis or sky beetle, native to Asia, especially
attacks maple but also poplars, willows, elms, mulberries, and several others, causing tree mortality
by larval feeding outside their native range.

6-2. OIE: World Organization for Animal Health (Office International des Epizooties). OIE is an
intergovernmental organization for animal disease control, against diseases in animal (nonhuman)
populations, i.e., epizootic, and provides notifications to prevent or slow diseases of animals and
those that may affect humans.

6-3. IPPC: International Plant Protection Convention. IPPC is a UN FAO standard-setting body for
plant health to protect plants and plant health from the introduction and spread of pests, upon plants
wild or cultivated, forests, and agriculture, including agricultural commodities, live plants, seeds,
products, handicraft, and SWPM.

6-4. USDA-FS. United States Department of Agriculture - Forestry Service. See 3-5.

6-5. SPRO: State Plant Regulatory Official. SPROs comprise the National Plant Board, a nonprofit
organization of plant pest regulatory agencies from each state, with a goal of protecting agriculture,
horticulture, forestry, and the environment, harmonizing plant health programs, and providing
information on pest prevention.

6-6. ICS: Incident Command System. ICS is a standard, on-scene, all-risk incident management
system for routine or emergency incidents, e.g., fires, HazMat, spills, pest eradication, and animal
disease control.

7-1.GPS: Global Positioning System. GPS is a method to determine position and elevation on Earth
via satellites and is used for field mapping, soil sampling, farm planning, tractor guidance, and crop
scouting.

7-2. Q-56 and Q-37: Quarantine 56 (prohibitions and restrictions concerning the importation of fruits
and vegetables in the US) and Quarantine 37 (defense against the introduction of new pests and
diseases; regulating the importation of nursery plans, roots, bulbs, seeds, and other plant products
into the US). Q-56 uses PRA and designated phytosanitary measures for specific taxa/countries. Q-
37 governs the import of plants for planting. PRAs in Q-37 apply only to plants growing in media for
all taxa (unless specifically written otherwise).

7-3. FDACS-DPI: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Division of Plant
Industry. FDACS, an (executive overarching) agency that safeguards Florida agriculture and ensures
food wholesomeness. DPI is the regulatory division of FDACS that detects, intercepts, and controls
harmful pests (e.g., honey bee pests) and diseases for Florida commercial agricultural crops and
native plants, and which responds to agricultural emergencies.

7-4. USDA-ARS: United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service. ARS is the
in-house research agency of USDA Programs include: a) nutrition, food safety, and quality b) animal
production and protection c) natural resources and sustainable agricultural systems d) crop
production and protection.

7-5. APHIS-BRS: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Biotechnology Regulatory Services.
BRS implements APHIS regulations for genetically engineered organisms, such as during
introduction, import, interstate movement, and environmental release.

7-6. APHIS-PPQ-ER: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Plant Protection and Quarantine -
Emergency Response. ER is a three-level system of emergency response or incident management:
a) limited (level 3) b) beyond an area to state (level 2), or c) national (level 1) for plant health
emergencies.

8-1. USDA-NAL: United States Department of Agriculture - National Agricultural Library. NAL is the
library of the USDA, located in Beltsville, MD. NAL is the primary agricultural information resource of
the US.

8-2. ACP: Asian Citrus Psyllid. Diaphorina citri, sap-sucking sternorrhynchan (hemipteran), vector of
citrus greening disease, first detected in Florida in 1998. Nymph toxins cause plant tips to die back or
contort and prevent leaf expansion.

8-3. CHRP: Citrus Health Response Program. Collaboration of growers, federal and state personnel
whose role is sustaining the US citrus industry, maintaining growers' access to export markets, and
safeguarding against diseases and pests. CHRP provides best practice documents and guidelines for
nursery stock fruit inspection, treatment, and certification.

8-4. FAVIR: Fruits and Vegetables Import Requirements. FAVIR is an online, searchable database for
fruit and vegetable import requirements, and emergency pest notification, in response to Q-56.

8-5. NAPPRA: Not Authorized Pending Pest Risk Analysis. NAPPRA addresses Q-37, importation of
plants for planting; the taxa of plants for planting whose import is NAPPRA. Federal Register notice is
published if pest or host is quarantined; may not import until a PRA is completed.

8-6. LUCID: LucID. A multimedia expert system, now an online tool, to help identify biological systems
or diagnose problems. A builder creates (dichotomous or multiaccess) keys; then a player diagnoses
and identifies. Developed by the Centre for Biological Information Technology at the University of
Queensland, Australia (QBIT). Phoenix is a key publisher. Fusion generates factsheets. This
diagnostic tool is used by US Customs. Specific tools have been developed by APHIS's Identification
Technology Program.