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Funding Program:
Regional IPM Grants (S-RIPM) |
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Project Title:
Building an education, training and outreach image support system for the Southern Region plant diagnostics network |
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Lead State: GA Lead Organization: University of Georgia |
| Extension Funding: $60,000 |
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Start Date: Jul-01-2005 End Date: Jun-30-2007 |
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Summary:
Building an Educational, Training and Outreach Image Support System for the Southern Plant Diagnostic Network Agricultural production and profitability is limited by the impact of native and non-native pests, and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) provides a knowledge-based, approach to managing these pests. With increasing numbers of foreign pests introduced into the US, the prevention of pest introductions and the control/elimination of established populations are critical to insure the safety and profitability of agricultural production. The CSREES National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN), working through Land Grant University systems seeks to leverage the strengths and benefits of established IPM programs and plant diagnostic laboratories to address established and emerging pest issues. For effective IPM implementation, practitioners must be able to identify beneficial and pest organisms and understand their biology. This requires extensive educational resources. A key resource for identification and training are images (photographs, line drawings, artist renderings, etc.). The web-based Bugwood Network www.IPMImages.org image archive system which currently contains over 22,000 images that are available for educational uses at no cost. IPMImages received over 2.1 million hits from October 2003-September 2004. This project proposes to develop an operational partnership between The Southern NPDN node and The Bugwood Network to utilize the strengths of IPMImages and SPDN to better enable SPDN to train field personnel, assisting in diagnosis of pests, and to implement better educational and outreach programs.
Objectives: 1. Utilize the successful and established Bugwood Network IPMImages system as the image archive and database system to support SPDN activities; 2. identify the species relevant to SPDN and compare to the current IPMImages and system species lists; 3. add images (including photographs, line drawings, etc.) of species to the database that were identified as relevant to SPDN that are not currently part of the Bugwood Network Image Systems; 4. add images for species that are intercepted by SPDN and its cooperators with specific focus on images that enable diagnostic and identification aids to be made and distributed; 5. develop Extensible Markup Language (XML) and web services support and tools that will enable effective integration of the images in IPMImages and SPDN systems; 6. the ultimate goal of this project is to effectively supportive and integrated for IPMImages and SPDN education, training and outreach projects and programs with IPMImages being the source for images for SPDN programs. |
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