1. Workshop schedule Monday, Morning, Oct. 15 th 2007 7:00 AMBus Pick-up at 1 st and A Street Parking lot in Davis 7:15-8:00 Registration, light breakfast provided at Bee Biology 8:00-8:15Welcome - Dr. Diane E. Ullman 8:15-8:45Western Plant Diagnostics Network (WPDN) Welcome – Richard Hoenisch 8:45-9:15Introduction: Workshop Details, Purpose and Logistics and Introduction to the Order Thysanoptera -Cheryle O’Donnell 9:15-10:00Thrips Biology- Gerald Moritz 10:00 Break, drinks and snacks provided 10:15-10:45California Department of Food and Agriculture: his experience- Ray Gill, CDFA Emeritus 10:45-12:00Microscope Introduction, slide making, archiving specimens, molecular methods begin: O’Donnell NoonLunch provided, Walking tour of The Contained Research Facility- Sandy Kelly

2. Workshop schedule Monday, Afternoon, Oct. 15 th 2007 1:00HANDS ON – Field: methods of collecting, data recording, preservation-O’Donnell Lab: sorting your collection, preparing collection for molecular identification and slide mounting transferring data to preserved specimens- Demostrations- O’Donnell and Moritz all speaker participation 5:15Dinner Break, Bus pick-up for return to 1 st and A Street parking lot. 7-9 pmHANDS ON (optional)- Additional practice preparing slide-mounted specimens- O’Donnell, Moritz (Carpool transportation)

3. Workshop schedule Tuesday, Morning, Oct. 16 th 2007 7:15 AMBus Pick-up at 1 st and A Street Parking lot 7:30-8:00Light breakfast provided at Bee Biology 8:00-8:30IR-4 Report focusing on thrips – Dr. Michael Parrella 8:30-9:00Invasive Thrips Biology and Scirtothrips- Mark Hoddle 9:00-9:30Exotic Interceptions, USDA- David Nickle 9:30-10:00USDA-PPQ unidentifiable thrips (larvae)- Susan Broda 10:00 Break, drinks and snacks provided 10:15-10:30(Update on the molecular process)- O’Donnell 10:30-11:00Chili thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis and Megalurothrips in Florida- Joe Funderburk 11:00-11:30Introduction to identification keys and ‘A walk through Lucid’- Moritz and O’Donnell 11:30-1:00Bus pickup; Tour of the Bohart Museum of Entomology- Steve Heydon, Ph.D. Lunch provided

4. Workshop schedule Tuesday, Afternoon, Oct. 16 th 2007 1:00-5:00HANDS ON –identifying your slides- Moritz and O’Donnell 1: using dichotomous keys 2: using multifunctional electronic keys -all speaker participation 5:15Bus Pick-up for return to 1 St and A Street Parking lot 6:30Bus Pick-up at 1 St and A Street Parking lot for Dinner 7-9 pmDinner at Sudwerk’s provided for all Participants and Speakers (No Host Bar)

5. Workshop schedule Wednesday, Oct. 17 th 2007 7:15 amBus Pick-up at 1 st and A Street Parking lot 7:30-8:00Coffee and baked goods served at Bee Biology 8:00Introduction to the New USDA Lucid keys- Moritz and O’Donnell 10:00Break, Drinks and Snacks provided 10:15-11:00HANDS ON- Continue to key out specimens prepared on Mon and Tues.- Practice using Lucid keys 11:00- 12:00 Walking Tour of Foundation Plant Services- Adib Rowhani, Ph.D. NoonLunch provided at Bee Biology 1:00-1:30Thrips and tospoviruses- Diane Ullman 1:30-2:30QUESTIONS, RESOURCES-SHARING INFORMATION- Thripsnet, Lucid® Keys, Molecular labs- All Speaker participation 2:30- 4:00(Molecular Identification Results), Identifying specimens- O’Donnell, Moritz 4:00-5:00Packing up materials and Close of workshop 5:15Bus pick-up at Bee Biology to return to 1 st and A Street Parking lot