Distance Diagnostics through Digital Imaging (DDDI) is the name of a system developed at the
University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. It allows
textual
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Explanation
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information and descriptive images to be submitted directly from Georgia county Extension offices for rapid
diagnosis of
plant and
pest
Pest or The Pest may refer to:
Science and medicine
* Pest (organism), an animal or plant deemed to be detrimental to humans or human concerns
** Weed, a plant considered undesirable
* Infectious disease, an illness resulting from an infection
** ...
disease issues by resource professionals at the University. Since its inception in the late 1990s, universities throughout the
United States have adapted this system for their use.
DDDI was developed by an
IT team in collaboration with
agricultural
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specialists at the University of Georgia in 1997. DDDI was initially created to allow Cooperative Extension offices throughout Georgia to easily submit relevant information and
image
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s of plant diseases; the goal is to receive a rapid diagnosis from University faculty, facilitating timely,
corrective action
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. This new method for submitting samples of unidentified pests and
organisms was exceptionally efficient, resulting in significant time and cost savings. “It's a reality that we can't have every specialist in every corner of the state to help
farmers. But
DDIputs together expertise and technology, and this allows us to increase our service," said Stephen Portch, former University of Georgia
Chancellor
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.
Customized DDDI systems are currently in place in ten US states,
the Dominican Republic, the American Protectorates of the Pacific, and all of Central America. The system has grown to include
commercial clients as well. DDDI has expanded from
plant pathology into
entomology
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,
marine sciences,
crop and
soil sciences
Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the Earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils; and these properties in relation to ...
,
forestry, and
veterinary medicine.
The system utilizes conventional
software and
hardware, and has taken advantage of the
Internet and the
World Wide Web to attempt to improve the convenience of accessing such material as needed by various individuals.
External links
University of GeorgiaUniversity of Alaska DDDIUniversity of Arkansas DDDIUniversity of Idaho DDDILouisiana State University DDDINew Mexico State University DDDIOrganismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria DDDIOregon State University DDDIPacific Islands DDDIUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign DDDIUtah State University DDDIWashington State University DDDI
University of Georgia
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