Part article taken from Horticulture Week magazine Fellow sponsor Agrovista will unveil two disease forecasting models at the show, part of a range of innovative fruit-growing technology that is developing. It’s Growers Choice Interactive (GCI), which it claims is the most up-to-date online disease and pest forecasting service available for top fruit growers, now features disease forecasting models for fireblight and canker.
Agrovista agronomist Alex Radu explains: “The service uses weather data from a network of stations that is updated every few minutes. This combined with pest and disease prediction software, produces ‘live’ graphs indicating risk of infection or attack from a range of pests and diseases.” There is no chemical cure for fireblight so growers have to rely on well timed copper based preventive or antagonistic sprays, adds Radu. “This makes accurate forecasting using our GCI service all the more vital.”
Agrovista agronomist Alex Radu explains: “The service uses weather data from a network of stations that is updated every few minutes. This combined with pest and disease prediction software, produces ‘live’ graphs indicating risk of infection or attack from a range of pests and diseases.” There is no chemical cure for fireblight so growers have to rely on well timed copper based preventive or antagonistic sprays, adds Radu. “This makes accurate forecasting using our GCI service all the more vital.”