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Exotic Pest Information Collection and Analysis (EPICA) – gathering information on exotic pests from the World Wide Web *
Author(s) -
Bateman M.,
Brammer C.,
Thayer C.,
Meissner H.,
Bailey W.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2338.2007.01144.x
Subject(s) - safeguarding , quarantine , information center , agriculture , geography , web site , agroforestry , pest analysis , plant quarantine , environmental planning , environmental resource management , ecology , business , biology , world wide web , computer science , archaeology , sociology , environmental science , the internet , medicine , social science , nursing , marketing , educational research
This paper describes the Exotic Pest Information Collection and Analysis (EPICA) project, a cooperative effort of the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Center for Plant Health Science and Technology (CPHST) and the National Science Foundation's Center for Integrated Pest Management (CIPM). The EPICA team identifies, archives, evaluates, and communicates relevant information about exotic plant pests from around the world that potentially threaten US agriculture and the environment. The goal of the EPICA project is to provide key groups within USDA's Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) with regular updates of vital pest information to enable a proactive safeguarding approach.