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USA Blight

USABlight is a national information portal on late blight for potatoes and tomatoes.  Users can report disease occurrences, submit a sample for genotyping, observe current and past disease occurrence maps, and sign up for text disease alerts in their area.  There are also useful links to a decision support system, and  information about identification and management of the disease.

 

 

Inputs

Users may report occurrences of disease, submit a sample for genotyping, and signup for text alerts.

Outputs

Maps of current and past disease occurrence as well as links and information to help identify and manage blight

Release Notes

The current version of USABlight is being managed by the Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State. Funding is from the National Science Foundation Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Preparedness Grant. Contact Chris Jones if there are questions.

Format:

Web

Audience:

Researcher, Extension, Producer, Land Manager, Other

Time Investment:

Low

Spatial Scale:

National

Time Scale:

User-defined