Releases of Beneficial Organisms in the United States and Territories (ROBO) database

The Releases Of Beneficial Organisms (ROBO) database consists of documented importations and releases of beneficial insects, mites, and microorganisms, as biological control agents of invasive pests and weeds, and as pollinators. It also includes information on importation and release of microbial natural enemies, and as such is related to the National Microbial Germplasm Program. The goal of the ROBO program is to provide information on invertebrate and microbial germplasm for biological control of invertebrate pests and weeds and ecological research. Users of this database are expected to be foreign and domestic scientists and students involved in biological control and ecological studies, public and private biological control practitioners, and officials in state and federal regulatory agencies dealing with issues involving the introduction of non-indigenous organisms. The primary organisms covered by this database include: arthropod (insects, mites, and ticks), nematode and other invertebrate pests, weedy plants, and their microbial (bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, etc.), arthropod, nematode and other invertebrate natural enemies. The primary emphasis of the database is collection, introduction, release, culture, establishment, recolonization and impact of non-indigenous organisms on pests in the United States, and their shipment to other countries. The database also includes information on the collection, introduction and release of non-indigenous invertebrate pollinators in the United States. The ROBO site, originally at https://www.ars-grin.gov/nigrp/robo.html, contained descriptions with links to the database search interface and guidelines, but is in the process of being modernized. The link presented here as part of this resource explains the timeline for this activity, and will be updated once the project is complete. Resources in this dataset: Resource Title: Releases of Beneficial Organisms in the United States and Territories (ROBO) web page. File Name: Web Page, url: https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/project/?accnNo=420819 The ROBO site, originally at https://www.ars-grin.gov/nigrp/robo.html, contained descriptions with links to the database search interface and guidelines, but is in the process of being modernized. The link presented here as part of this resource explains the timeline for this activity, and will be updated once the project is complete.有益生物释放（Releases Of Beneficial Organisms，缩写ROBO）数据库收录了经记录的有益昆虫、螨类及微生物的进口与释放情况，这些生物既可作为入侵性害虫与杂草的生物防治天敌，亦可充当传粉者。该数据库同时收录了微生物天敌的进口与释放相关信息，因此与国家微生物种质计划（National Microbial Germplasm Program）存在关联。ROBO项目的目标是为无脊椎动物害虫与杂草的生物防治及生态学研究提供无脊椎动物与微生物种质资源相关信息。本数据库的适用群体涵盖国内外从事生物防治与生态学研究的科研人员及学生、公立与私立生物防治从业者，以及负责处理外来生物（non-indigenous organisms）引入相关事务的州级与联邦监管机构工作人员。 本数据库覆盖的核心生物类群包括：节肢动物（昆虫、螨类与蜱类、线虫及其他无脊椎动物害虫、杂草，以及它们的微生物天敌（细菌、病毒、真菌、原生动物等）、节肢动物天敌、线虫天敌及其他无脊椎动物天敌。该数据库的核心重点为外来生物（non-indigenous organisms）在美国境内的采集、引入、释放、繁育、定殖、再定殖及其对害虫的影响，同时涵盖此类生物向其他国家的转运情况。本数据库同时收录了美国境内外来无脊椎动物传粉者的采集、引入与释放相关信息。 ROBO原网站初始地址为https://www.ars-grin.gov/nigrp/robo.html，当时包含数据库搜索界面与使用指南的相关说明及链接，目前该网站正处于现代化升级进程中。本资源提供的链接将说明此次升级的时间线，项目完成后该链接将同步更新。 本数据集包含的资源如下： 资源标题：美国及领地内有益生物释放（ROBO）网页。 文件名：网页，网址：https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/project/?accnNo=420819 ROBO原网站初始地址为https://www.ars-grin.gov/nigrp/robo.html，当时包含数据库搜索界面与使用指南的相关说明及链接，目前该网站正处于现代化升级进程中。本资源提供的链接将说明此次升级的时间线，项目完成后该链接将同步更新。