This is a leaf wetness sensor that can send data to a computer or mobile phone. It can anticipate the risks associated with disease pressures. Once the sensor is installed, growers have access at any time to reliable and precise agro-meteorological data to monitor the appearance of climatic conditions favourable to the development of pests. Growers can follow the evolution of leaf wetness on their plots with graphical representation and assess the risk of disease onset.
Mileos® is the reference decision support tool in France to manage the risk of potato powdery mildew (Phytophthora infestans) developed by ARVALIS - Institut du végétal. By combining two tools (Mildi-LIS and MilPV), OAD Mileos® benefits from 10 years of research and continuous improvement. In 2018, more than 5,000 plots of land on Mileos® in France were followed by 1,500 users. The tool is available on the web and as a mobile application to help farmers manage late blight risks. The epidemiological model Mileos® is divided into 4 segments: contamination and survival of spores in the environment, which can either germinate or contaminate, survive or die; incubation and possible sporulation of each contaminant; modelling of real sporulation; spore dispersal.
Margaret (previously named Thales) is an artificial intelligence platform 100% oriented to the entire agri-food value chain. At the farm level, Margaret allows the farmer to integrate multiple IoT devices from the same or different vendors into one solution, after data standarization. By combining IoT devices, information from the farm operations and AI, growers can easily identify the pest or disease and therefore can get the list of authorized plant protection product suggestions without any classification or product recommendation from a specific crop protection company. This is among many other capabilities, such as harvest prediction or the integration of different market information sources.
CampoGest is a mobile APP with a wide range of functionalities that can be configured according to the agronomist needs. One of these functionalities is the scouting and recommendations, which allows a fluid communication between advisors and farmers related to the identification of pests and diseases and the use of the most efficient treatment solution. By using CampoGest, the agronomist can select the product and indicate the application rate to the field technician. However, CampoGest includes a much broader range of features for the day to day farm business.
Scan Bean is an agro-climatic model simulating the Sclerotinia risk level to bean crops to decide when make fungicide applications to each crop. The DSS operates throughout the crop cycle and calculates the risk of petal contamination on a daily basis based on the climatology and agronomic data of the plot. It has been developed in collaboration with Unilet since 2009.
This company sells in-field weather stations. There is the option to buy pest and disease forecasting packages for particular crops. Each package uses field-tested and validated algorithms along with the grower’s data to forecast the potential for the appearance of pests and pathogens. There is a package for tomato: Item 3095TOP - SpecConnect Tomato Alert Package; Leaf wetness and temperature sensors are required; Tomcast and insect models are included.
Farmapp has developed an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) software-based service for crops. The software includes a combination of scouting and fumigation apps with sensors and brings automation (IOT) devices to the agriculture sector. There is a scouting app - a mobile app on iOS and Android to monitor the crop; there are opportunities to automate your greenhouse using insights from pests and diseases; and a spray diary – to understand where and how the agro-chemicals are applied.
Agrobase is an app for farmers and agronomists. It includes an agronomic information database with a catalogue of pest insects, weeds and diseases, and all the registered fungicides, insecticides, herbicides in a chosen country. It also provides information about crop protection product registration and expiry dates, and most importantly – efficacy against different pests.
The IPM Scope combines a digital camera, precision optics and LED lighting into a powerful handheld microscope and imaging software package. Users can zoom in on fine details of plant disease symptoms, or insects. Users can place the IPM Scope over a leaf and view the magnified image on their computer screen. Pests and diseases can reduce plant quality and yield, and pesticides add significant input costs. Protect your plants by submitting environmental conditions to disease and insect models. These models forecast disease and insect pressure using field-tested and validated algorithms. SpecWare™ disease alerts can assist pesticide application timing, facilitate an IPM approach, and improve plant health
xarvio™ SCOUTING is developed for agronomists and farmers to automatically identify problems in their crops. Users can just take a picture and instantly receive a result. SCOUTING supports more than 50 crops globally and helps growers to document in-field stress easily. xarvio SCOUTING supports six different activities from seeding to harvest: Weed Identification, Disease Recognition, Nitrogen Status, Yellow Trap Analysis, Leaf Damage Emergence Analysis.
