Integrated Pest Management Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education

Overview
The Integrated Pest Management Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education is a system to analyze threats to plant health. The system utilizes modeling technology that allows stakeholders to access data online for the location of plant threats, as well as their severity, distribution, forecasting, and state-specific control recommendations. Data included are all-hazards, and include weather patterns, observations of plant disease occurrences, and the results of sample testing that are contributed by the system’s users. The system is active in 41 states, 5 Canadian provinces, and Mexico.

Source

 * Biosurveillance: Efforts to Develop a National Biosurveillance Capability Need a National Strategy and a Designated Leader, at 116.