ICBI 2023 concepts added to Biosecurity Vocabularies
The 4th International Congress on Biological invasions was held at Christchurch Town Hall, New Zealand from 1-4 May, 2023. Over 200 abstracts were accepted. The congress featured a wide range of topics through speakers and posters.
New concepts and labels
The ICBI program abstracts have been loaded into a linguistic corpus. Using corpus analysis techniques, concepts have been identified and integrated into the Biosecurity Thesaurus and Priority Pests vocabularies. All new labels are reported below. Preferred labels indicate a new concept; where only an alternative label is added, the concept was integrated prior to ICBI.
Biosecurity Thesaurus
The following changes are included in the May 2023 version of the Biosecurity Thesaurus, available at Research Vocabularies Australia.
| Concept | New Label(s) |
| Acoustic traps | Alternative Label “Ultrasonic tracking” added. Alternative Label “Acoustic tracking” added. |
| Antimicrobial resistance | Alternative Label “Resistance alleles” added. Alternative Label “Oxazolidinone resistance genes” added. Alternative Label “Phosphine resistance” added. Alternative Label “Resistance management” added. Alternative Label “Resistance genes” added. |
| Basses richesses | Preferred Label “Basses richesses” added. Alternative Label “SBR” added. |
| Benthic barriers | Preferred Label “Benthic barriers” added. Alternative Label “Hessian benthic barriers” added. |
| Bridgehead effects | Preferred Label “Bridgehead effects” added. |
| Biconical traps | Preferred Label “Biconical traps” added. |
| Classical biological control | Preferred Label “Classical biological control” added. |
| Comet assay | Preferred Label “Comet assay” added. |
| Crop scouting | Preferred Label “Crop scouting” added. |
| Cropland | Preferred Label “Cropland” added. |
| Cryptic invasion | Preferred Label “Cryptic invasion” added. |
| Cryptogenic species | Preferred Label “Cryptogenic species” added. |
| Cumulative cover | Preferred Label “Cumulative cover” added. |
| Desiccation tolerance | Preferred Label “Desiccation tolerance” added. |
| Dissolved oxygen | Preferred Label “Dissolved oxygen” added. |
| dsRNA | Preferred Label “dsRNA” added. Alternative Label “Double-stranded RNA” added. |
| Egg load | Preferred Label “Egg load” added. |
| Electrocuting traps | Preferred Label “Electrocuting traps” added. |
| Exclosures | Preferred Label “Exclosures” added. |
| Exotic invasive species | Alternative Label “Exotic organisms” added. Alternative Label “Biosecurity threats” added. Alternative Label “Invasive alien species” added. Alternative Label “Non-indigenous species” added. Alternative Label “Unwanted exotic organisms” added. |
| Fisheries | Alternative Label “Marine farming” added. |
| Food baits | Alternative Label “Bait traps” added. |
| Funnel traps | Preferred Label “Funnel traps” added. |
| Gene drive | Preferred Label “Gene drive” added. |
| Genome sequencing | Preferred Label “Genome sequencing” added. Alternative Label “WGS” added. |
| Host plants | Preferred Label “Host plants” added. |
| Illumina sequencing | Preferred Label “Illumina sequencing” added. Alternative Label “Sequencing by synthesis” added. Alternative Label “Illumina dye sequencing” added. |
| Indigenous-led biosecurity | Preferred Label “Indigenous-led biosecurity” added. |
| Indigenous rangers | Preferred Label “Indigenous rangers” en added. |
| Invasive diseases | Alternative Label “Vector-borne diseases” added. |
| Intertidal areas | Preferred Label “Intertidal areas” added. |
| Light traps | Preferred Label “Light traps” added. |
| Malaise traps | Preferred Label “Malaise traps” added. |
| Maximum entropy | Preferred Label “Maximum entropy” added. Alternative Label “Maxent” added. Alternative Label “Maximum entropy model” added. |
| Metabolomics | Alternative Label “Rapid fingerprinting metabolomics” added. Preferred Label “Metabolomics” added. |
| Mycopesticides | Preferred Label “Mycopesticides” added. |
| Nazgul traps | Preferred Label “Nazgul traps” added. Hidden Label “Nazgȗl traps” added. |
| Niche dynamics | Preferred Label “Niche dynamics” added. |
| Overwintering | Preferred Label “Overwintering” added. |
| Ovitraps | Preferred Label “Ovitraps” added. Alternative Label “Oviposition cup traps” added. Alternative Label “Oviposition traps” added. Alternative Label “Oviposition cup traps” added. |
| Phenotypic plasticity | Preferred Label “Phenotypic plasticity” added. Alternative Label “Polyphenism” added. |
| Polyphagous pests | Preferred Label “Polyphagous pests” added. |
| Predator-induced polyphenisms | Preferred Label “Predator-induced polyphenisms” added. Alternative Label “Competitor-induced plasticity” added. Alternative Label “Predator-induced plasticity” added. |
| Protecting Country | Preferred Label “Protecting Country” added. |
| Pyramid traps | Preferred Label “Pyramid traps” added. |
| Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry | Preferred Label “Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry” added. Alternative Label ” REIMS” added. |
| Raw water transfer | Preferred Label “Raw water transfer” added. |
| Remote sensing | Alternative Label “Remote monitoring” added. |
| ROV camera | Preferred Label “ROV camera” added. Alternative Label “Remotely operated vehicle camera” added. |
| Small extracellular vesicle | Preferred Label “Small extracellular vesicle” added. Alternative Label “sEVs” added. |
| Species distribution | Alternative Label “Species distribution modelling” added. |
| Spore dispersal | Alternative Label “Sporulation” added. |
| Stored product pests | Preferred Label “Stored product pests” added. Alternative Label “Storage pests” added. Alternative Label “Storage beetles” added. |
| Sticky panel traps | Alternative Label “Sticky panel traps” added. |
| Transcriptome analysis | Preferred Label “Transcriptome analysis” added. |
| Tunnel traps | Preferred Label “Tunnel traps” added. Alternative Label “Cylinder traps” added. |
| Unmanned aerial vehicles | Alternative Label “UAVs” added. |
| UV-light trap | Preferred Label “UV-light trap” added. |
| Winter range | Preferred Label “Winter range” added. |
Priority Pests
The following changes are included in the May 2023 version of the Priority Pests vocabulary, available at Research Vocabularies Australia.
| Concept | New label(s) |
| Ageratum conyzoides | Preferred Label “Ageratum conyzoides” added. Alternative Label “Sparganophorus obtusifolius” added. Alternative Label “Caelestina suffruticosa” added. Alternative Label “Billy-goat weed” added. Alternative Label “Tropical whiteweed” added. Alternative Label “Goatweed” added. Alternative Label “Flossflower” added. Alternative Label “Blue-top chickweed” added. Alternative Label “Bastard agrimony” added. |
| Annual ragweed | Preferred Label “Annual ragweed” added. Alternative Label “Stickweed” added. Alternative Label “Stammerwort” added. Alternative Label “Roman wormwood” added. Alternative Label “Hogweed” added. Alternative Label “Carrotweed” added. Alternative Label “Bitterweed” added. Alternative Label “Ambrosia elatior” added. Alternative Label “Ambrosia artemisiifolia” added. |
| Australian droplet tunicate | Preferred Label “Australian droplet tunicate” added. Alternative Label “Eudistoma elongatum” added. Alternative Label “Eudistoma sea squirt” added. |
| Banana freckle | Preferred Label “Banana freckle” added. Alternative Label “Phyllosticta cavendishii” added. |
| Caulerpa brachypus | Preferred Label “Caulerpa brachypus” added. |
| Caulerpa parvifolia | Preferred Label “Caulerpa parvifolia” added. |
| Ceratocystis fimbriata | Alternative Label “Black rot of kumara” added. Hidden Label “Black rot of kūmara” added. |
| Cinara pilicornis | Preferred Label “Cinara pilicornis” added. Alternative Label “Lachnus piceicola” added. Alternative Label “Aphis pilicornis” added. Alternative Label “Spruce shoot aphid” added. |
| Coconut rhinoceros beetle | Preferred Label “Coconut rhinoceros beetle” added. Alternative Label “Coconut black beetle” added. Alternative Label “Date palm beetle” added. Alternative Label “Oryctes monoceros” added. Alternative Label “CRB” added. |
| Drosophila melanogaster | Preferred Label “Drosophila melanogaster” added. Alternative Label “Vinegar fly” added. Alternative Label “Common fruit fly” added. |
| Elatobium abietinum | Preferred Label “Elatobium abietinum” added. Alternative Label “Neomyzaphis abietina” added. Alternative Label “Green spruce aphid” added. |
| Emerald ash borer | Alternative Label “Agrilus marcopoli” added. Alternative Label “Agrilus planipennis” added. Preferred Label “Emerald ash borer” added. |
| Essigella californica | Preferred Label “Essigella californica” added. Alternative Label “Essigella pineti” added. Alternative Label “Monterey pine aphid” added. |
| Eulachnus brevipilosus | Preferred Label “Eulachnus brevipilosus” added. Alternative Label “Protolachnus brevipilosus” added. |
| European wasp | Preferred Label “European wasp” added. Alternative Label “Dolichovespula germanica” added. Alternative Label “Vespula germanica” added. |
| Exotic invasive aphids | Preferred Label “Exotic invasive aphids” added. |
| False codling moth | Preferred Label “False codling moth” added. Alternative Label “Citrus codling moth” added. Alternative Label “Argyroploce leucotreta” added. Alternative Label “Thaumatotibia leucotreta” added. Alternative Label “Orange moth” added. |
| Flaveria bidentis | Preferred Label “Flaveria bidentis” added. Alternative Label “Ethulia bidentis” added. Alternative Label “Smelter’s-bush” added. Alternative Label “Coastal plain yellowtops” added. |
| Monochamus alternatus | Preferred Label “Monochamus alternatus” added. Alternative Label “Japanese pine sawyer” added. Alternative Label “Monochamus tesserula” added. |
| Mycoplasma bovis | Preferred Label “Mycoplasma bovis” added. |
| Para grass | Preferred Label “Para grass” added. Alternative Label “Buffalo grass” added. Alternative Label “Scotch grass” added. Alternative Label “Mauritius signalgrass” added. Alternative Label “Brachiaria mutica” added. |
| Perkinsus olseni | Preferred Label “Perkinsus olseni” added. Alternative Label “Dermocystidium marinum” added. |
| Philaenus spumarius | Preferred Label “Philaenus spumarius” added. Alternative Label “Philaenus leucophthalmus” added. Alternative Label “Common froghopper” added. Alternative Label “Cuckoo-spit” added. Alternative Label “Meadow spittlebug” added. |
| Phytophthora agathidicida | Preferred Label “Phytophthora agathidicida” added. Alternative Label “Kauri dieback” added. |
| Phytophthora cinnamomi | Preferred Label “Phytophthora cinnamomi” added. Alternative Label “Cinnamon fungas” added. Alternative Label “Stripe canker of cinnamon” added. Alternative Label “Root rot of blueberry” added. Alternative Label “Jarrah dieback” added. Alternative Label “Ink disease of chestnut” added. Alternative Label “Heart rot of pineapple” added. Alternative Label “Fruit rot of avocado” added. |
| Spodoptera littoralis | Preferred Label “Spodoptera littoralis” added. Alternative Label “Noctua gossypii” added. Alternative Label “Mediterranean brocade moth” added. Alternative Label “Cotton leafworm” added. |
| Sporothrix sp | Preferred Label “Sporothrix sp” added. |
| Tomato spotted wilt virus | Preferred Label “Tomato spotted wilt virus” added. Alternative Label “Yellow spot of pineapple” added. Alternative Label “Kromnek virus” added. Alternative Label “TSWV” added. Alternative Label “Tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus” added. |
| Tomato yellow leaf curl virus | Preferred Label “Tomato yellow leaf curl virus” added. Alternative Label “TYLCV” added. Alternative Label “Tomato leaf curl Oman virus” added. Alternative Label “Tomato leaf curl geminivirus” added. Alternative Label “Tomato leaf curl bigeminivirus” added. |
| Tuta absoluta | Alternative Label “South American tomato pinworm” added. Alternative Label “Tomato leaf miner” added. Preferred Label “Tuta absoluta” added. Hidden Label “Tomato leafminer” added. |
| Vase tunicate | Preferred Label “Ciona intestinalis” added. Alternative Label “Ciona intestinalis” added. Alternative Label “Yellow sea squirt” added. Alternative Label “Vase tunicate” added. |
| Wolbachia pipientis | Preferred Label “Wolbachia pipientis” added. |
| Xylella fastidiosa | Alternative Label “Philaenus spumarius” added. |