plant disease
Let an agent explain plant diseases and their causes, support diagnosing and managing diseases in gardens and crops, relay biosecurity and pesticide rules, and describe emerging plant diseases.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Diagnose Diagnosing plant disease.
Symptoms
Symptoms and causes.
Symptoms
Symptoms.
- What is likely causing these symptoms on this plant, and how can biotic disease be distinguished from abiotic disorder and pest damage? action
- When should a diagnostic laboratory or extension service be consulted? boundary
Kinds
Kinds of disease.
Kinds
Kinds.
- How do fungal, bacterial, viral, nematode and abiotic diseases differ? definition
- Which entry fits a specific disease? action
Manage Managing disease.
Methods
Management methods.
Methods
Methods.
- How can this disease be managed through resistant varieties, cultural practices, biological control and approved pesticides? provenance
- Which pesticide rules apply here? provenance
Prevent
Prevention and biosecurity.
Prevent
Prevention.
- How do biosecurity, certified plants and hygiene prevent disease spread, and which quarantine rules apply? provenance
- Is a notifiable disease suspected, which must be reported? boundary
Impact Impact and emergence.
Emerging
Emerging diseases.
Emerging
Emerging.
- Which plant diseases are emerging or spreading with trade and climate change, according to plant health agencies? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific emerging disease? action
History
Historic epidemics.
History
History.
- Which plant disease epidemics shaped history, such as potato blight and Dutch elm disease? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Learn Science and teaching.
Science
Plant pathology.
Science
Science.
- How does plant pathology study disease cycles, host resistance and epidemiology? provenance
- Which entry fits plant pathology? action
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can plant disease diagnosis be taught to gardeners and students? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- abiotic plant disorder, Bipolaris, Ophiosphaerella korrae, tomato disease, ornamental plant disease, emerging plant disease, taro disease, pear blast, Phytoplasma diseases, plant necrosis and chlorosis, Maize diseases, iron toxicity (plants)
What it is Filled
An impairment of the normal state of a plant caused by biotic agents such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes and parasitic plants, or by abiotic disorders such as nutrient deficiency, drought, frost and pollution, affecting crops, ornamentals, turf and forests, with examples including tomato diseases, Bipolaris leaf spots and emerging plant diseases; plant diseases are studied in plant pathology and managed by resistant varieties, cultural practices, biosecurity and pesticides under regulation.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain plant diseases and their causes, support diagnosing and managing diseases in gardens and crops, relay biosecurity and pesticide rules, and describe emerging plant diseases.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Biotic and abiotic causes
- Symptoms on plants
- Economic impact
- Managed by integrated methods
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Recommend pesticides beyond their label or local approval.
- Move plants or soil that may carry a quarantine disease.
- Present a tentative identification as certain.
- Hide an outbreak on land it monitors from the owner or authority.
Only with a human decision
- Destroying crops or trees to contain a disease.
May
- Identify likely plant diseases from images or descriptions, stating confidence and suggesting expert confirmation.
- Report suspected notifiable plant diseases to the plant health authority.
Moral aspects Filled
- Plant diseases can ruin harvests and livelihoods.
- Pesticide misuse harms people, pollinators and water.
Who is affected
- Farmers and growers
- Consumers
- Pollinators and wildlife
Owners Filled
Steward
The grower or landowner; the national plant protection organisation oversees regulated diseases.
Master systems
- National plant health pest lists
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q12136 - registry parent class
related
- disease - category
- pathogen - causal agents
- frost heave - an abiotic stress
- agriculture - affected sector
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.plant-disease
- Wikidata: Q2662845 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2662845)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Impaired plant health
- Biotic or abiotic cause
- Insect damage is usually classed as a pest problem
- Spots, wilts, rots, galls, discolouration and stunting on plants.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain causes and kinds
- support diagnosis and management
- relay biosecurity and pesticide rules
- describe emerging diseases
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Crop losses
- Spread through trade
- Pesticide misuse
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Plant health and quarantine regulations
- Pesticide approval and use rules
- Seed and plant certification schemes
Context of use required Filled
- Disorders of plants.
- fungal diseases
- bacterial and viral diseases
- nematode and parasitic plant diseases
- abiotic disorders
- emerging and quarantine diseases
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q2662845: plant disease - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Plant disease - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each disease be a separate entry?
- How should diagnostic resources be linked?
- How should regulations be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q2662845/spec.json