Image support for the USDA-APHIS Global Pest and Disease Database

USDA APHIS

The project goal is to develop a collaborative, dynamic archive to increase access to images on exotic organisms considered to be of regulatory concern to the United States. Specifically, the Bugwood Network will

1. locate high-resolution images of exotic plant pests prioritized by PPQ's Global Pest and Disease Database project
2. secure royalty-free access to these images as educational tools
3. digitize and archive the images
4. develop web services protocol to provide interoperable access of the image archive with the GPDD

USDA-PPQ, in cooperation with the GPDD, will carry out the following tasks:

1. Provide a list of high-priority plant pests on which images recruitment should be focused
2. Use the web service provided by Bugwood to make the images accessible through the GPDD.