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Plantwise Factsheet Library

In 2014, Holly alerted our blog followers to the Plantwise factsheet library app, aimed to provide country extension workers with a portable electronic library of pest management factsheets. Since then, there have been in excess of 65,000 sessions of the app by our global users.

Pacific pests and pathogens

Pacific Pests and Pathogens app

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Plantwise Knowledge Bank

Apps are a great way of sharing information and give you the ability to carry your favourite library around with you. It’s not surprising then that a search on the Google Play store for ‘plant pests’ retrieves a plethora of other interesting and innovative apps, including ‘Pacific Pests and Pathogens’, which is a bundle of factsheets written within projects funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) plus volunteers from PestNet. Although the name suggests a focus on the Pacific, many of the pests are present in other regions and we are pleased to announce that we have collaborated with the University of Queensland to deliver these relevant factsheets via the Plantwise Knowledge Bank (PWKB) too. In addition to the existing 7000+ multilingual factsheets on the identification and management of plant pests and diseases already on the PWKB, there are now an additional 200+ factsheets from PestNet on problems from avocado dieback to zucchini yellow mosaic.

 

2 Comments

  1. Kenneth Khaduli on 18th January 2016 at 5:56 PM

    Portable electronic library of pest management factsheets provides instant solutions to farming practises hence will go along way to guarantee food security and safety. The device affords accessibility to global innovations a requirement in the current transformational agriculture.

  2. Chirande Caleb on 21st January 2016 at 6:43 PM

    Plantwise is committed to ensuring the motto of loosing less and feeding more through the many publications which are also simplified for easier understanding
    Keep up good work

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