Source: AGRICULTURE CANADA submitted to NRP
BASIS DATABASE ON SCALE INSECTS
Sponsoring Institution
Agricultural Research Service/USDA
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
USDA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0402744
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
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Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Sep 20, 2000
Project End Date
Aug 30, 2005
Grant Year
(N/A)
Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
AGRICULTURE CANADA
(N/A)
OTTAWA,null null
Performing Department
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Non Technical Summary
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Animal Health Component
50%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
0%
Applied
50%
Developmental
50%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
2012160113050%
2042110113050%
Knowledge Area
204 - Plant Product Quality and Utility (Preharvest); 201 - Plant Genome, Genetics, and Genetic Mechanisms;

Subject Of Investigation
2110 - Ornamental trees and shrubs; 2160 - Arboreta and botanical gardens;

Field Of Science
1130 - Entomology and acarology;
Goals / Objectives
To develop methods for capturing images that ultimately will be placed on SEL website at scaleNet.
Project Methods
Additions will be made to BASIS database so that it can capture scanned images of scale insects.

Progress 09/20/00 to 08/30/05

Outputs
4d Progress report. This report serves to document the enhancement of the data capture system called BASIS conducted under a specific cooperative agreement between ARS and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Additional details can be found in the report for the parent 1275-22000-230-00D, "Systematic Analysis of Aphids, Mites, Scales, Thrips, and Termites with Emphasis on Invasive Species." An expert Lucid identification system for scale insect families has been added to the ScaleNet system (http://www.sel.barc.usda. gov/scalekeys/all_families.htm) and will be placed on a CD in the next year. A second system is under development on the mealybugs most commonly intercepted at US ports-of-entry and should be completed in FY06. The cooperator worked out a system for extracting data from BASIS and added to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System which in now available on a CD.

Impacts
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Publications


    Progress 10/01/03 to 09/30/04

    Outputs
    4. What were the most significant accomplishments this past year? This report serves to document the enhancement of the data capture system called BASIS conducted under a specific cooperative agreement between ARS and Ariculture and Agri-Food Canada. Additional details can be found in the report for the parent CRIS 1275-22000-167-00D. Work continues on the development of a system to capture images and to add an expert identification component. The cooperator has made several suggestions on how this might best implemented. The cooperator also tested an extracting system and indicated that data could be captured from BASIS and added to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System when this organization is ready for the data. Addition of an expert identification system will add significantly to ScaleNet (http://www.sel.barc.usda. gov/scalenet/scalenet.htm), a web-based searchable information system that is an important resource of data for thousands of clients annually.

    Impacts
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    Publications