 |
|
Getting Started with the Crop Protection Compendium on the Web Getting Started . Finding the
home page . Finding a
datasheet . Exploring a datasheet This is a suggested route through the Internet version of the Crop Protection Compendium. It may help you to explore its main features, demonstrate them to someone else, and start addressing your own problems in plant health. We suggest you print this document and use it as a guide. There's also plenty of Help along the way in the Compendium itself, and there's always a Feedback button at the bottom of the screen if you need to ask about anything or make suggestions. We hope you enjoy it! Point your browser to http://www.cabicompendium.org Click on Crop Protection Compendium and then on Enter, to take you to the home page of the CPC. On the home page, move the mouse over the buttons on the right of the screen to display information about each feature. On the left of the screen are buttons to tell you about the CPC project, its history and future, its Development Consortium, and about Fair Use of content. Finding a datasheet when you know the name Click the Find-A-Datasheet button (on the right of the screen). Enter your Username and Password and click the Login button. On the Find-a-Datasheet page type cotton boll in the Search for box. Accept the other default settings and click the Search button. From the Search Results page click cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa zea) to go to that datasheet cover page. On the H. zea cover page click the map on the cover page. Resize the browser window if necessary. Click on a dot to see the published reference for that dot. For further information, try the Click for distribution list link. Try the soil, climate and legend links. Shift view gives a view of the world centred on 180° longitude (Pacific), instead of a view centred around 0° longitude (Greenwich). Try clicking on a region of the map, e.g. South America, to see a regional map. Click the "Back" button. Click the picture on the H. zea cover page to show a thumbnail view of the pictures. Click on any picture for a larger view. Click the Information item on the left of the menu bar above the cover page to see the list of further information. Click the Host range item to display that text. In the first paragraph of the Host range text, highlight the word polyphagous by double-clicking with the mouse. Click the Softlink button on the grey menu bar above the text. Click on the link for the glossary result. The Glossary definition for polyphagous will then display. Close the glossary term window. From the H. zea Host range text, click Matthews (1991) at the end of the text (in blue). The full abstract will be displayed. Close the Abstract window. Click the List of Hosts item in the Information menu of the H. zea cover page. From the list of hosts that is displayed, click Helianthus annuus (sunflower) to load the Sunflower datasheet. This demonstrates a link to another datasheet. Close the sunflower datasheet window and return to the H. zea datasheet. From the H. zea Information menu, click the References item. In the References text try clicking on one of the View Abstract links to display the full abstract. Generating your own datasheet report From the H. zea datasheet click the Report button on the grey menu bar and choose Generate Report. Highlight and select sections (text, pictures, maps) using the arrows; you can then re-order the selected sections. Click the Submit button to build the report. From the top menu bar (beige) click the Search link and then the Compendium Search item. Type biological control in the search box. Put a tick in the checkboxes for Search in datasheet, bibliography records, Library and Glossaryand then click the Search button. Click the Browse the list of datasheets link on the datasheets line. (From here you could go to another datasheet.) Click the Back button on the browser to go back to the Search Totals page and click the Browse the Bibliographic records link. This will display the bibliography matching the search criteria. Click the Back button on the browser to go back to the Search Totals page and click the Browse the Library documents link. Click the Search link on the top menu bar (beige) and then click the Diagnostic Search item. Click the Category button. From the list of organism categories, highlight Insects and click the Search button. Click the Crop button. Type maize in the Search for box and click the Search button. Click Search for Pests on the next screen. Click the Plant parts/Symptoms button. On the next screen click the Leaves button. Then highlight External feeding in the list and use the > button to move it to the selected symptoms list. Then click the Search button. Note that you can use the AND/OR function to search for pests that cause all or any of the selected symptoms. Click the Search using all selected searches link to search using all the entered criteria. From the list of results you could go to another datasheet. From the top menu bar (beige) click the Glossary option. Type transit in the glossary Search for box and click the Search button. Try the Spanish and French options on that page. Type abdomen in the Search For box to see an illustrated glossary definition. Close the Glossary window. From the top menu bar (beige) select the Economic Impact option. Select a crop or country/region and the years from the listboxes and click the Refresh button to display your selected data. Note that you can enter your own prices for use in calculations of the displayed data. This page also contains links to background information about assessing crop losses etc. Click the World Map link on the grey menu bar to display a map. Click on any area of the map for a graphical view. The Compendium includes a decision-support system to help pest risk analysis (PRA). Click on the PRA link on the home page or on the top menu bar (beige). Enter a plant commodity, country of origin and importing country, for example, to display a list of pests that could be associated with that pathway. The system presents a series of pages to help you assess whether these pests are a real quarantine risk. You will find detailed help and guidelines as you go along. Country datasheets and statistics From the Search link at the top of the page select the Find-A-Datasheet option. Type UK in the Search for box. Select Exact match from the drop-down list and click the Search button. In the Search Results click the UK (United Kingdom) link to go to the UK datasheet cover page. From the grey menu bar click the FAO Stats link. Then click the Agricultural Production option from the dropdown menu. Click the Top 10 items link for a chart view of the top ten crops produced in the UK. Close the chart window. Note that there are options to select your own data combinations for display and charting. FAO and USDA-FAS Statistics can be selected from Statistics on the top menu bar (beige). From the cover page for the UK click the Notes menu button, select Add a Note. Enter some personalised information in the text area and enter text in the Title and Author fields. Click Save (on right of menu bar) to save the data. The added information will then appear in the Notes menu for the UK. We hope you have found this introduction useful. Please explore the site further Please let us know how we can improve the Crop Protection Compendium. Compendium Office |