On pests and diseases

Dr. Richard Dunkle, deputy administrator of Plant Protection and Quarantine at APHIS, addressed the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee on June 4. Here is a link to his audio remarks. He talks about citrus canker, potato cyst nematode, plum pox, citrus greening and the light brown apple moth.

Dunkle impresses, but he and the USDA have a tough and pressure packed job in running herd on issues like these, where industries literally hang in the balance and everyone has their own science.