Progress 10/01/00 to 09/30/05
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4d Progress report. This report serves to document the research and facilities support provided by ARS to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) conducted under a reimbursable agreement. Additional details of research can be found in the report for the parent project number 1275-22000-198- 00 D entitled "Molecular and Morphological Systematics of Plant Pathogenic Fungi". In response to the discovery of soybean rust in the United States, a Web site was developed with an interactive key plus descriptions and illustrations of about 50 species of rust fungi on legumes that are likely to be encountered when surveying for soybean rust. Emphasis is on species that occur inside and near the U. S. borders. Descriptions are linked to data on distribution and host ranges from the SBML databases. A number of invasive fungi are also described and illustrated including rust fungi on gladiolus, daylily, chrysanthemum, mulberry, veronica and coffee leaf, downy
mildews of marguerite daisy and impatiens, and poinsettia scab. Data were added to the world database of fungi on plants that now exceeds 550,000 documented reports. These data are available on the SBML Website (http://nt.ars-grin.gov). Two presentations about the data and interactive keys available at the Website were made to APHIS personnel in Raleigh, NC, and Riverdale, MD.
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Progress 10/01/03 to 09/30/04
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4. What were the most significant accomplishments this past year? D. Progress report This report serves to document the research and facilities support provided by ARS to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) conducted under a reimbursable agreement. Additional details of research can be found in the report for the parent CRIS 1275-22000-198-00 D entitled "Molecular and Morphological Systematics of Plant Pathogenic Fungi". Data from 12,000 rust specimens formerly at Pennsylvania State University have been computerized and added to the database of plant- associated fungi available on-line through the SBML Web (http://nt.ars- grin.gov). These specimens are now included in the U.S. National Fungus Collections. In addition, data from 18,000 specimens of rust and smut fungi at Washington State University have been computerized and placed on the Web. Reports of fungi on plants throughout the world were added to a database that now exceeds 500,000
records and are made available over the Internet. These data on the host range and geographic distribution of plant fungi serve as an informational resource for those working to prevent the entry of invasive species including plant pathologists, plant risk assessors, the national identifiers and other APHIS plant quarantine personal.
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