Source: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA submitted to NRP
DIAGNOSTIC IMAGE SERIES DEVELOPMENT FOR SUPPORTING IPM IN THE SOUTHERN REGION
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
3D GRANT
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0226001
Grant No.
2011-41530-30708
Cumulative Award Amt.
$83,000.00
Proposal No.
2011-00607
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Sep 1, 2011
Project End Date
Aug 31, 2014
Grant Year
2011
Program Code
[QQ.S]- Integrated Pest Management - South Region
Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
G022 MCCARTY HALL
GAINESVILLE,FL 32611
Performing Department
Plant Pathology
Non Technical Summary
Plant clinic diagnosticians are uniquely positioned to capture images and contribute to building these new resources as they diagnose problems coming into their labs. They are often the first to recognize new pests or disease problems entering their states and are integral to IPM efforts to protect agricultural and horticultural crops through rapid, accurate diagnosis of plant pathogens and pests. The NPDN (National Plant Diagnostic Network) is comprised of mainly land-grant university diagnostic labs, which handle pathogen diagnosis and pest ID throughout the US. Member labs have uploaded more than 550,000 individual plant problem diagnoses to the national data repository since the network began operations in 2002. As participants in the NPDN the labs collaborating on this project have linkages to the collective expertise of the entire network when needed for help with confirming specific problems or access to specialized testing. Already an important resource, IPM Images receives more than 18.5 million hits per year and has more than 1.5 million unique visitors. We propose expanding and enhancing the current resources available on the Bugwood network related to diseases important in the Southern region. The project will create a series of Pathogen Profiles which will include morphological descriptions and images of fungi important in plant pathology built on the Bugwood platform and tied to the IPM Images site. The resource would link images of key fungal structures of a pathogen (spores, fruiting structures) to image sets of their corresponding disease symptoms. The project will enhance an ongoing similar project in the Southern Region and new proposed projects in the North-Central region and Northeast regions (statements of support from these projects are included). Our focus will be on pathogens of important crops in the southeast; including major agronomic, vegetable, fruit and horticultural crops as well as emerging biofuels and specialty crops. Initial work will focus on fungal pathogens (approximately 80% of our disease samples are fungal), but well be including descriptions of other major pathogen groups as the samples are available and interest builds. The proposed enhancements will capitalize on the existing infrastructure while enhancing the IPM Images sites value to diagnosticians and extension specialists throughout the US. Linkage to the diagnostic labs involved in other existing and proposed projects will allow rapid growth in image resources available. Availability of a wider range of reliable pathogen profiles will speed diagnosis of common pathogens and help diagnosticians more quickly narrow focus when a new or emerging pathogen is present on a sample. The project will also provide a well-regarded platform for preserving, highlighting and sharing existing image collections that have been developed over many years by experienced extension specialists.
Animal Health Component
100%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
(N/A)
Applied
100%
Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
21224101160100%
Knowledge Area
212 - Pathogens and Nematodes Affecting Plants;

Subject Of Investigation
2410 - Cross-commodity research--multiple crops;

Field Of Science
1160 - Pathology;
Goals / Objectives
The key output of this project is a set of pathogen profiles, which will consist of detailed descriptions of important plant pathogens, combined with high quality images to create concise identification tools for diagnosticians and others. We propose to develop from the Southern region at least 35 Pathogen Profiles in year one of the project and at least 35 Profiles in year two. A long-term goal is creation of enough Plant Pathogen Profiles to attract widespread use by diagnosticians and to encourage submission of their own image sets from their areas of expertise and experience, thereby encouraging the sustainability of the project long after the grant period expires. The second objective is development of a new series of illustrated disease fact sheets geared toward farmers, gardeners, homeowners, pesticide applicators and other IPM stakeholders. Built from the best representative images of disease symptoms these concise fact sheets will also be useful for diagnosticians and other extension personnel as they make IPM recommendations.
Project Methods
The pathogen profile pages will include morphological descriptions of key features, macro- and microscopic images of the pathogen, taxonomic standing; links to other online resources such as the Widely Prevalent Fungi site, and links to selected disease image sets (Plant Disease Profiles, see below). Online image upload and review methods at IPM Images will be augmented by providing additional tools and fields for incorporation of necessary morphological descriptions and resources links. These Profiles will be developed in collaboration and coordination with similar projects funded in the North-Central IPM region to avoid duplication of effort between regions. The Plant Disease Profiles will be built from the best representative images of disease symptoms these concise fact sheets will also be useful for diagnosticians and other extension personnel as they make IPM recommendations. The images will be selected from the best examples in the existing IPM Images collection, from image collections at Mississippi State University, North Carolina State University, Texas A&M University, University of Tennessee, and University of Kentucky, and Virginia Tech and from image collections currently under development by NPDN labs in the North-Central and Northeastern IPM regions. The number of disease diagnostic profiles developed under this project will depend on the available images submitted to IPM Images.

Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/14

Outputs
Target Audience: homeowners, diagnosticians, gardeners, farmers, pesticide applicators, IPM specialists, growers, students, extension specialists, extension agents Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Students and staff at the participating institutions received training in photography, research, coordination, development, and submission of images and fact sheets. They interacted with scientists and specialists, and learned how to avoid plagiarism, how to communicated professionally and effectively, and were co-authors on these images and fact sheets. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? National Plant Diagnostic Network Newsletter for September 2014. Diagnostic Factsheets and Image Series for Common Pathogens and Diseases. (http://www.npdn.org/webfm_send/2144) 2014 Kanuga Ornamentals Conference. Bugwood update: Pest reporting apps, real-time maps, and better content sharing. 60 attendees for 20 minutes. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Coordination and development of 590 new diagnostic images, 63 image series, and 70 factsheets. The key planned output of this project was attained in the release of 70 fact sheets for diagnosticians and IPM implementers. Traffic to these pages were monitored via Google Analytics. Over the course of the project, they have received 21,581 page views from 3,586 users in 4,467 visits to the site. Only 48% of the visits were from the United States. The other countries in the top 10 based on visits include India (4%), Canada (3%), Indonesia (2%), Brazil (2%), Vietnam (2%), Germany (2%), Italy (2%), Thailand (2%), and Spain (2%). Bounce rate for these pages was 67.8% which is significantly lower than the site average (80.77%). Average number of pages viewed per visit was 4.64 indicating that users were engaged by the content and willing to explore additional content aside from what brought them to the site.

Publications

  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: A set of problem solver resources being assembled by Home Depot On online reference being developed by Scotts Miracle Gro An online grape disease course being created by Dow Agro Sciences Extension publications by North Dakota State University, Ohio State University, University of Delaware, University of Minnesota, Michigan State University, North Carolina State University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Wisconsin, University of Tennessee, Washington State University, University of Florida, Purdue University, University of Nebraska, Oklahoma State University, Colorado State University, University of Arkansas, South Dakota State University, New York Sea Grant, Clemson University, Cornell University, University of Maryland Online Education and Outreach resources for Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Monsanto Company, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Alberta Government, USDA Forest Service, Syngenta, Bonnie Plants Popular press articles in Western Arborist, Northern Gardener, Lien horticole, Fine Gardening Magazine, Golf Course Industry, TCI Magazine, Tree Services Magazine, Byougaichu-jouhou (Japanese), American/Western Fruit Grower, Garden Gate, Michigan Farmer, South Carolina Wildlife magazine, Greenhouse Canada, Tobacco Farm Quarterly Magazine, Arborist News, Arbor Age Pest recognition software being developed in Argentina Plants and Society by Levetin and McMahon and published by McGraw-Hill Higher Education On-line Self-Study Pesticide Modules from University of Illinois USDA APHIS PPQ PDC training materials for federal officers enforcing quarantines domestically and at ports of entry ? Safe Pest Management for Peach Trees by Beijing Plant Protection Station and published by China Agriculture Press Small-Space Vegetable Gardens: Growing Great Edibles in Containers, Raised Beds, and Small Plots by Andrea Bellamy Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Circulars and Plant Inspector Training materials Plant doctor handbook by CABI Bioscience Afghanistan Ministry of Agriculture Good Agricultural Practice Guide for Carnarvon Horticultural District in Western Australia APS Compendium of Rhododendron Diseases
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: http://wiki.bugwood.org/Acidovorax_avenae_pv._citrulli http://wiki.bugwood.org/Agrobacterium_tumefaciens http://wiki.bugwood.org/Anisogramma_anomala_(eastern_filbert_blight) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Botrytis_cinerea http://wiki.bugwood.org/Monilinia_(brown_rot_of_stone_fruit) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Pantoea_stewartii http://wiki.bugwood.org/Pectobacterium_carotovorum http://wiki.bugwood.org/Phyllosticta_minima_(Eye_spot_on_maple) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Phytophthora_species_(Root_and_crown_rots_of_woody_plants) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Passalora_personata http://wiki.bugwood.org/Pseudomonas_savastanoi http://wiki.bugwood.org/Puccinia_malvacearum_(hollyhock_rust) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Pythium_aphanidermatum_(Pythium_root_rot_of_Poinsettia) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Rose_rosette_virus_(rose_rosette_disease) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Rhizoctonia_solani_(Target_spot_of_Tobacco) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Pseudomonas_corrugata http://wiki.bugwood.org/Dutch_elm_disease_(diagnostics) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Sclerotium_rolfsii_(Southern_blight_of_vegetables_and_melons) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Mycosphaerella_fragariae http://wiki.bugwood.org/Gymnosporangium_juniperi-virginianae_(cedar_apple_rust_on_red_cedar) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Sclerotium_rolfsii_(Southern_stem_rot_of_peanut) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Thielaviopsis_basicola_(Black_root_rot_of_tobacco_and_ornamentals) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Taphrina_caerulescens_(leaf_blister_on_oak) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Gymnosporangium_clavipes_(cedar-quince_rust_on_hawthorn) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Guignardia_aesculi_(guignardia_leaf_spot_on_buckeye) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Xanthomonas_axonopodis_pv._citri http://wiki.bugwood.org/Calonectria_pseudonaviculata_(boxwood_blight) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Xanthomonas_campestris_pv._pelargonii http://wiki.bugwood.org/Clavibacter_michiganensis_subsp._michiganensis http://wiki.bugwood.org/Gaeumannomyces_graminis_(take-all_on_St._Augustinegrass) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Xanthomonas_campestris_pv_vesicatoria http://wiki.bugwood.org/Xylella_fastidiosa_(Bacterial_leaf_scorch_of_ornamentals) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Diplocarpon_mespili_(entomosporium_leaf_spot_on_photonia) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Fusarium_oxysporum_f.sp._perniciosum http://wiki.bugwood.org/Erwinia_amylovora http://wiki.bugwood.org/Cladosporium_iridis_(heterosporium_leaf_spot_on_iris) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Aureobasidium_apocryptum_(Anthracnose_on_maple) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Acidovorax_konjaci http://wiki.bugwood.org/An_undescribed_species_of_Peronospora_(downy_mildew_of_coleus) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Plasmopara_obducens_(impatiens_downy_mildew) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Macrophomina_phaseolina_(charcoal_rot_of_sweetpotato) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Macrophomina_phaseolina http://wiki.bugwood.org/Cylindrocladium_scoparium http://wiki.bugwood.org/Verticillium_dahliae http://wiki.bugwood.org/Colletotrichum_capsici http://wiki.bugwood.org/Phyllosticta_vaccinii http://wiki.bugwood.org/Magnaporthe_oryzae http://wiki.bugwood.org/Rhizoctonia_solani_(Black_scurf_and_stem_canker_in_potato) http://wiki.bugwood.org/Fusarium_oxysporum_f._sp._palmarum http://wiki.bugwood.org/Fusarium_oxysporum_f._sp._radicis-lycopersici http://wiki.bugwood.org/Puccina_polysora http://wiki.bugwood.org/Bipolaris_maydis http://wiki.bugwood.org/Puccinia_graminis_f._sp._tritici_race_TTKSK http://wiki.bugwood.org/Labyrinthula_terrestris http://wiki.bugwood.org/Didymella_bryoniae http://wiki.bugwood.org/Colletotrichum_kahawae http://wiki.bugwood.org/Plasmopara_viburni http://wiki.bugwood.org/Coleosporium_plumeriae http://wiki.bugwood.org/Colletotrichum_gloeosporioides http://wiki.bugwood.org/Sclerotinia_sclerotiorum http://wiki.bugwood.org/Aspergillus_niger http://wiki.bugwood.org/Aspergillus_parasiticus
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: http://wiki.bugwood.org/Fusarium_oxysporum._f._sp._cubense http://wiki.bugwood.org/Aspergillus_flavus http://wiki.bugwood.org/Neonectria_faginata http://wiki.bugwood.org/Colletotrichum_circinans http://wiki.bugwood.org/Monilinia_laxa http://wiki.bugwood.org/Peronospora_variabilis http://wiki.bugwood.org/Alternaria_helianthi http://wiki.bugwood.org/Phakopsora_pachyrhizi
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: 2014 Kanuga Ornamentals Conference. Bugwood update: Pest reporting apps, real-time maps, and better content sharing. 60 attendees for 20 minutes
  • Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: National Plant Diagnostic Network Newsletter for September 2014. Diagnostic Factsheets and Image Series for Common Pathogens and Diseases. (http://www.npdn.org/webfm_send/2144)


Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/12

Outputs
OUTPUTS: Outputs for 2012 were concentrated in submission of high-quality images of bacterial and fungal pathogens from diagnostic samples. Images were submitted to the IPMimages.org database via web functions, email, and file folders annotated by Excel spreadsheet from Virginia Tech, UF, NCSU, and other university partners. Three conference calls were held, two of which were GoTo Meeting calls supported by UGA that displayed the website and image upload and annotation part of the project. Additional calls with PI from another sister regional project were held to coordinate efforts and develop the wiki pages that will house the Pathogen/Disease Profile documents. Minutes from the calls are stored in the IPMimages.og wiki Sandbox tool. PARTICIPANTS: Carrie Lapaire Harmon (University of Florida) leads the project with assistance from co-PI Joseph LaForest (UGA). Other co-PIs and image contributors include Mary Ann Hansen and Elizabeth Bush (Virginia Tech), Barbara Shew (NCSU), Paul Bachi (UKY), Kevin Ong (TAMU), Clarissa Balbalian (UM), and Alan Henn and Alan Windham (UT). TARGET AUDIENCES: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
The University of Florida node of this project submitted 177 images for this and a previously-funded seed project. For the reporting period in 2012, there were 24,800 image views for just those images. Of those, nearly a hundred images were downloaded at high resolution for educational use. Additional images were submitted (and viewed) by the other nodes of the project, resulting in hundreds of thousands of image views. This indicates a need for the project and a current use of the project's outputs.

Publications

  • No publications reported this period