Written by Charlotte Cunningham
Crop Health and Protection (CHAP) has announced the launch of a new digital service – Crop Monitor Pro – designed to help growers and agronomists predict the likelihood of pest and disease outbreaks on their farm. Charlotte Cunningham reports. CropMonitor Pro extends the Defra funded, long-standing regional risk evaluation service (Crop Monitor) which was first launched in 2003 by Fera. According to CHAP, CropMonitor Pro is a significant advancement on that service by providing field-level risk prediction for a range of pests and diseases affecting winter wheat, winter oilseed rape and potatoes. The CropMonitor Pro decision support service is a collaboration between CHAP and Fera and has been in development since 2017. It has been funded by IUK as part of the UK Agri-tech Strategy. So what’s new? CropMonitor Pro estimates infection risk by analysing the complex relationship between weather, crop growth stage, management practices and disease or pest characteristics. It uses a simple traffic light system to show crop susceptibility and suggests optimum times to spray – and when to avoid spraying – for up to four days ahead with up to 85% accuracy. Historical data The system benefits from almost 20 years of historical winter wheat disease data:…
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