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“SisMoFrutal” and “SisMoAlertas” are new mobile applications to optimize health management in fruits developed by INTA Alto Valle in Argentina
Oct. 26, 2016
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ArgentinaAn interdisciplinary team of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) from Alto Valle developed two mobile applications compatible with Android system, thus enabling the monitoring of pest control in fruits from any mobile device.
Poor fruit health is one of the main barriers for access to major markets. Hence monitoring is vital for the management of pests and diseases to achieve good health in fruits. This activity requires training professionals and technicians to identify the species and monitor the methods essential in the management strategy.
In few cases, information may be delayed due to the time required for scanning, systematization and sending data. Moreover, geographically sampling in large areas may also lack precision.
The development of tools, which are tailored to meet the demands of the regional fruit sector, can generate a breakthrough in the understanding and management of major pests, along with more efficient communication between the INTA and the productive sector.
In this context, two applications were developed. The first one is “SisMoFrutal,” which is a monitoring system for pests in fruits. It consists of two parts, an app for mobile devices and a system based on the Internet, which can be accessed by users with different level of permissions according to their responsibilities to control pests.
The information collected through the app using a mobile device during field monitoring is automatically referenced with the geographical position, date and time it was made.
This allows in visualizing and analyzing information from the web through graphics, spreadsheets, maps with predetermined visual alerts, thus developing more successful control tasks to differentially diagnose pests according to the pressure.
SisMoFrutal is friendly and intuitive and it allows remote field data capture.
Another application is “SisMoAlertas,” which enables quick communication between the INTA and the user community. It provides information on biological events of phytosanitary relevance such as carpogrados, grafogrados and health newsletters.
In the area of influence of the Alto Valle Experiment Station, a series of visual alerts and text messages are generated based on critical moments for health management with the information available through the app.
These developments are an attempt to introduce new information and communication technologies (ICTs) to the fruit-growing community, thereby adding value to the available data for allowing quick and intuitive access to information for effective health management.
Source: AgroNews
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