Plant Health Surveillance Ontology

A procedure or method used to determine the taxonomic identity of a plant pest. May be carried out in the field, or more usually, in a laboratory.

The subtype of a Diagnostic Method

The unit by which surveillance effort is measured

A living thing (usually a plant) from which a sample was taken for identification. In the case of trapping, the tree in which the trap was hung

Particular pests are often associated with certain substrates or hosts. In the field, when targetting a pest, a surveyor will look for substrates or hosts that are more likely to harbour the target pest. Recording the substrate assists diagnosticians when they are identifying a specimen. It also aids analysis aimed at estimating pest prevalence based on absence records. Lastly, some protocols require the host or substrate to be recorded for each observation.

Orange tree: host of the pathogen that causes citrus canker

Bee; a Varroa Mite may be found in a bee's trachea

The subtype of a Host

A technique used to carry out an act of surveillance

Inspection Methods are chosen according to the target pest and/or host|substrate. The sensitivity of an observation may depend on the method that was used.

The subtype of an Inspection Method

The subtype of a Lure

The point location at which a surveillance event occured.

The name of the Occurrence Status of a Target Pest, associated with a single Observation

A statement of whether a pest, which was the target of a surveillance event, was detected or not by a specified Inspection Method.

If an organism that is a pest, but not the target of the specified Inspection Method, were detected, a new record would have to be created to register the 'bycatch' pest's status.

Thing or material on or in which a sample was taken for identification.

A Substrate is a Stratum that is not a Host. Usually non-living, such as a rock or leaf litter.

The subtype of a Substrate

An act of surveillance for a target pest, performed according to a specified procedure

Also called 'Targetted' or 'Active' surveillance. The observation/s made during a Surveillance Event are directed towards establishing whether a Pest is present or not, insofar that the inspection method is capable of detecting the pest.

Pest or Pests that are the subject of a surveillance event. The primary goal of a surveillance event is to determine the presence or absence of a Target Pest Group according to an Inspection Method. Thus the Target Pest Group is the thing whose prorty is being estimated in the course of a Surveillance Event, to arrive at an Occurrence Status for the target pest.

The IPPC definition of Pest is 'Any species, strain or biotype of plant, animal or pathogenic agent injurious to plants or plant products.'

The subtype of a Target Pest Group. Perhaps a single Taxon or perhaps a Group

The identity of an organism whose occurrence was detected during a surveillance event.

A record of the identity of a taxon that was observed or taken as a sample by a Surveillance Event

A device that catches or collects organisms or evidence of them.

The make, model or design of a Trap

Trap Type must not to be confused with Trap ID, which is an identifier assigned to a single trap.

Patten; Bucket