Description

The Golden Apple Snail (Pomacea spp.) or GAS is classified as an alien invasive pest of rice, taro and other plants that grow in aquatic environments. The Scientific Information Database on GAS* provides access to approximately three decades of literature on ecology, damanage, management options and utilization. It includes over 400 GAS-related articles, and over 100 images. The information is sourced from experts around the world. This database is designed as a reference tool or a resource package for agricultural technicians, researchers, advisers, students and for those engaged in GAS research, extension and training. Also available on CD-ROM, the user can take this database and study it, while on travel. The references are easily accessed through Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information in the database is searchable by author, title, year of publication, journal title, keywords.

* ISBN 971-92558-7-0. Produced by Department of Agriculture-Cordillera Administrative Region, Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management Project, Philippine Rice Research Institute Agricultural Librarians Association of Philippines.

DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS

The GAS database is a very large searchable database of photographs, references, and internet resources that must be downloaded and accessed in a very specific way. Please follow the instructions below to download and access the compressed zip file.

WARNING! This is a very large file that may
take several minutes to download.
GAS.zip ( 333 Mb )

IMPORTANT! In order for the database to work, the contents of this zip file MUST be extracted 'with folder names' into the same root folder. You must download and extract all files in order for the database to work. Once the zip file has finished extracting you should end up with a 'GAS' folder that contains the following files and subfolders:

If you have administrative rights on your computer you can run the rp505enu file to setup the tool. Otherwise you can interact with the database by double clicking on the gas.mdb file (which can be opened in Microsoft Access). Depending on your MSAccess security settings, you may see this or a similar error dialog (below) when you first open the gas.mdb file. Just click OK and proceed to the database's splash screen. NOTE: This is an error inherent in the original database. Please contact the database creator (Ravindra C. Joshi ) for further assistance.

Hosted by the ISIN with permission from Ravindra C. Joshi
Senior Research Fellow, Philippine Rice Research Institute, Maligaya, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippine 3119. Email: rcjoshi@philrice.gov.ph

CD-ROM Ordering Information
The Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Unit-Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-RFU-CAR) published the GAS CD-ROM in collaboration with Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice), Agricultural Librarians Association of the Philippines (ALAP). The Department of Agriculture-Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management Project (DA-CHARMP) provided the financial and all necessary support for this project.

Future plans include developing web wizards, establishing mirror sites for webpage and translating CD contents into Spanish, Chinese, Thai, Khmer, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and other languages.

To order the CD-ROM contact :

Ms. Salome Ledesma, President, Agricultural Librarians Association of the Philippines

(ALAP), University of the Philippines at Los Banos, Main Library, College, Laguna

4031, Philippines. Each CD-ROM is priced at 500 Philippine Pesos (local purchase) and

50 US Dollars (foreign purchase exclusive of postage and handling).

E-mail: omecledesma@yahoo.com; ejoshi@philrice.gov.ph

Other Golden Apple Snail Resources

> Golden Apple Snails Web site by Stijn Ghesquiere (Univ. Maastricht, The Netherlands)

> Global Invasive Species Database Species Profile