Project Number: 1275-22000-268-03
Project Type: Reimbursable

Start Date: Oct 01, 2005
End Date: Sep 30, 2010

Objective:
Provide facilities, resources and services to APHIS personnel including data on plant-associated fungi and interactive keys.

Approach:
Office and laboratory space is provided to APHIS personnel as well as facilities and services including the mycology library, herbarium, conference room, autoclave, media room, mail services, shared fax machine, parking and security. Additional resources are available such as accurate fungal names, specimen data from the U.S. National Fungus Collections, database of literature including entry of new references, and deposition of specimens in U.S. National Fungus Collections. Data are continuously added to the World Fungi Database that now exceed 600,000 reports of fungi on plant hosts throughout the world. In response to the discovery of soybean rust in the U.S., an interactive key was developed for the identification of rust fungi on legumes with descriptions and illustrations and an interactive key to bunt fungi in the U.S.