Prevent road trees from falling down without warning! New Taipei tree brown root disease reporting platform launched
The new system combines mobile phone GPS positioning and photo uploading, and builds a five-year data hotspot map to accurately grasp the risk of road tree lodging.
Quick Look
- The New Taipei City Agriculture Bureau launched the "New Taipei Tree Brown Root Disease Notification Platform", which allows the public to report suspected brown root disease trees and track the progress of treatment with one click through mobile phone GPS positioning and taking photos.
- The platform integrates five-year notification and prevention data to build a hotspot map to help management units accurately grasp risks and implement preventive inspections to prevent road and tree lodging.
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Why It Matters
Brown root disease, known as "tree cancer", is caused by a fungus that attacks the conductive tissue of tree roots, causing the roots and base of the trunk to rot, posing a risk of tree lodging. In the early stage of infection, the infection is highly contagious and difficult to detect, which can easily lead to large-scale spread. In the past, notifications of brown root disease in New Taipei City mainly relied on inspections by district offices and schools, and individual locations were mostly recorded in tables, making it impossible to see the distribution.
In order to prevent the risk of road tree lodging, the New Taipei City Agriculture Bureau officially launched the "New Taipei Tree Brown Root Disease Notification Platform". The new system combines the GPS positioning and photo upload functions of mobile phones. If the public finds that the leaves of trees have abnormal yellowing, reticular mycelium and other disease symptoms, they can report and track the progress with one click. The platform has also built a five-year data "hotspot map" to accurately grasp risks through public-private collaboration, implement preventive inspections, and upgrade the urban tree safety protection network.
Chen Xihui, Director of Agriculture, pointed out that brown root disease, known as "tree cancer", is a plant disease caused by fungi that attacks the conductive tissue at the roots of trees, causing the roots and base of the trunk to rot and lose their support, posing a risk of tree lodging. And because brown root disease infection is highly contagious and difficult to detect in the early stages, it can easily spread over a large area. Rapid notification and accurate removal and prevention are the key to preventing blockage.
Chen Xihui said that in the past, notifications of brown root disease in New Taipei City mainly relied on district office and school inspections, and most of them recorded individual points in tables, making it impossible to see the distribution. The new platform specially compiles the notification and prevention data of the past five years to build a "hotspot map". The public can directly check the notification area, coordinate location, management unit, latest processing progress and other information on the map platform.
Chen Xihui also said that if the public finds suspected symptoms of the disease such as "abnormally yellow leaves and fallen leaves" or "the base of the tree trunk is covered with a mesh-like mycelial surface" around their lives, they can use their mobile phones to locate the location, take photos and upload them. Management units can update hotspot maps through accumulated data and prioritize preventive inspections in high-risk areas.
Open Questions
- The specific date when the platform will be officially launched
- How do people download or access the notification platform?
- The public query URL or interface of the hotspot map
- The specific processing timetable after the management unit receives the notification
