A Web-based Tool
TomSPOT provides actionable information to the tomato industry.
TomSPOT is a web-based toolbox of resources designed to:
- deliver Best Management Practices (BMPs) related to bacterial disease management to the industry
- utilize rapid NGS with inoculum monitoring and classic epidemiology approaches to trace bacterial disease outbreaks to their source, identifying effective control points in the production cycle to effectively direct cultural practices and bactericide applications through impact network modeling
- fully leverage NGS pathogen typing with Genotype-By-Sequencing (GBS) approaches to continue accelerating resistance breeding efforts and resistance deployment.
Benefits of TomSPOT
TomSPOT provides actionable information to the tomato industry for BST and develops resources that can be expanded for other tomato bacterial diseases and adapted to other high-value specialty crops. The web-based TomSPOT toolbox is shared with agriculture professionals and growers through university Extension networks and direct engagement with growers and industry personnel at industry and professional meetings.
Findings from research, surveys, and cost/benefit analysis will be translated into outreach materials and activities made available within TomSPOT, providing the fresh market and processing industry with science-based information and practical recommendations to make informed and economically sound management decisions throughout the production system.
TomSPOT Collaborators
| University of Florida | The Ohio State University | University of Georgia |
| Louisiana State University | Purdue University | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez |
| University of Illinois | USDA-ARS | USDA |