Collecting and submitting wheat grain samples as part of the national Karnal Bunt survey is necessary to continue the export of Kansas wheat.

Wheat samples will be taken on a two-year rotation in counties with over 1 million bushels of wheat from grain storage facilities. Every 2 years, samples will have been taken from the wheat producing counties that produce at least 1 million bushels from the state. Harvest acreage numbers for the year will be rechecked every 2 years. There is one four-pound sample taken for 1 million bushels per county. Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

USDA funded survey

Kansas Department of Agriculture has been conducting a thousand cankers disease, or more specifically a survey for the fungal disease vector, walnut twig beetle. Our walnut twig beetle survey is funded by United States Department of Agriculture-Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service’s Plant Protection Act Section 7721 Funding.

Walnut twig beetle surveys involve the implementation of a species-specific pheromone baited Lindgren funnel trap.

In 2023, Kansas Department of Agriculture will continue its walnut twig beetle survey in Kansas.

USDA funded survey

This survey will take place at shipping hubs, such as container storage and transfer yards, inland ports, rail depots and rail yards and parks which have suitable hosts which are a pathway for exotic plant pests that could be introduced and establish.

The survey will entail trapping 53 locations. Twenty-seven of the 53 will have the oak pest traps included in the trapping. Pests to be surveyed for are:  Spongy moth, Hokkaido gypsy moth, Japanese gypsy moth, Okinawa gypsy moth and White-winged gypsy moth, nun moth, and rosy moth.  The 24 locations containing oak will also be surveyed for oak ambrosia beetle and oak processionary moth.  At every location and within the county, Tree of Heaven will also be surveyed for.

USDA funded survey

Kansas has not conducted a grape pest survey since 2014 and many new vineyards and wineries have been established since then.  About 60% percent of the grapes grown in Kansas are used to make wine at the same location.  The remaining are sold to other wineries.  With new diseases and pests that have been discovered in the last few years, agritourism could take a substantial decline if vineyards were targeted.  Also, a decline in grapes to make wine could occur.

This survey will help with early detection and monitoring for pests that could hurt the economy of these businesses. Vineyards get plants from other vineyards within the state, country and internationally so the chances of detrimental pests are increased.

Survey of 45 sites in 24 Counties from July-September will occur.
These are the pests that will be surveyed for.

USDA funded survey

Scientific Name	Common Name	Survey Method
Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense 16SrXII-B, Australian grapevine yellows	Australian grapevine yellows	Visual
Candidatus Phytoplasma solani 16SrXII-A, Bois noir; Stolbur		Visual
Candidatus Phytoplasma vitis 16SrV-C , Flavescence dorée		Visual
Pseudopezicula tracheiphila, Rotbrenner		Visual
Lycorma delicatula	Spotted lanternfly	Visual
Cryptoblabes gnidiella	Christmas berry webworm	Trap
Lobesia botrana	European grapevine moth	Trap

Trapping for BMSB will continue this year. Monitoring will take place in counties adjacent to those with positive BMSB detections. Approximately 17 BMSB traps will be deployed in the northeast, southeast, and northcentral portions of the state.

Deploying trap trees along the westward front of the EAB invasion will continue this year. These ash trees will be girdled in the spring and the bark peeled in the fall to assess for the presence of EAB larvae.

Trapping for Japanese beetle will continue this year. While the beetle’s presence in the state is extensive, continued monitoring will reveal the extent to which the beetle will invade the western half of the state. Approximately 30 Japanese beetle traps will be deployed across Kansas.

This spring, a delimiting survey will occur 1 mi² from each 2022 spongy moth detection site in Johnson County. The department will partner with USDA-APHIS to complete this survey. Monitoring efforts will also continue in high-risk areas of the state (nurseries, imports and exports, areas of high interstate travel).

• 22 east central counties
• 124 samples planned, 91 taken
• Sampling occurred June 20 – June 30, 2022
• No karnal bunt found
• USDA funded survey

• 16 northeastern counties, 78 locations
• Started May 16, 2022
• Ended August 8, 2022
• No walnut twig beetle found
• USDA funded survey

• 10 eastern counties, 62 locations (24 with oak)
• Surveyed from April 25 - September 16, 2022
• Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Johnson, Leavenworth, Shawnee, Wyandotte
• No target pests found except tree-of-heaven
• Tree-of-heaven: 118 positive locations found in 13 counties
• USDA funded survey

No BMSB traps were deployed this year. Current counties and year of initial BMSB detection include Douglas (2011), Wyandotte (2013), Johnson (2018), Shawnee (2019), Leavenworth (2020), and Riley (2020).

EAB was detected in Osage County for the first time by a department staff member near their residence. Traps trees in counties with zero EAB detections were checked this fall. No EAB were found. Current counties and year of initial EAB detection include Wyandotte (2012), Leavenworth (2013), Johnson (2013), Jefferson (2015), Douglas (2015), Atchison (2016), Doniphan (2017), Shawnee (2017), Miami (2019), Jackson (2019), Brown (2022), and Osage (2022).

16 traps were deployed across seven counties. Japanese beetle was detected in Morris County for the first time. The beetle is now present in 47 counties.

Two, male spongy moths (Lymantria dispar dispar) were detected in Johnson County. The moths were captured in monitoring traps at two sites. In the fall, a follow-up survey with USDA-APHIS was conducted to look for egg masses near the detection sites. No masses were found. There are currently no known populations in the state.