Building an Educational, Training and Outreach Image Support System for the Southern Plant Diagnostic Network

USDA CSREES

The Bugwood Network has partnered with the Southern Plant Diagnostic Network (SPDN) to:

1. identify the species of concern to the SPDN
2. obtain images of the listed species including all life stages and depictions of damage
3. provide an interface to easily access these images as well as others used in the SPDN training modules.

A list of 1290 species has been developed covering insects, diseases, weeds, and other disorders found in the Southern Region. The list can be found at http://www.ipmimages.org/spdn. The Bugwood Network is now in the process of acquiring images for those species and life stages which are not represented in the image archive.