We are actively joining farmers in the real fight against the Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB), bringing the most effective tool for preventing and monitoring this pest, now with a special layer which works like a heat map for better insights.
The AgroScout platform provides accurate, field-wide pest and disease monitoring down to leaf level. Our AI-driven SaaS analyses images from potato crop to identify a broad range of pests and diseases. The platform then generates actionable reports for smart treatment.
Because of the increasing resistance of the Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB) to conventional treatments, this pest to be considered the new superbug of potato crops. By monitoring this pest and its specific patterns of behaviour, it can be detected earlier to prevent further infestation efficiently.
Continuing with the latest update of our AgroScout SKY App which allows users to create corridor scouting patterns across their fields, the Web version now adds this critical pest detection as a layer CPB called to best leverage these flight patterns to identify these beetles in the field.
The unique look of the CPB layer is easy to interpret and similar to a colour based heat map, giving the grower a comprehensive view and understanding of where the potato beetles are.
This new layer and service are particularly timely and useful for potato growers in North America who are struggling with the Colorado Potato Beetle now more than ever. This pest has reached a new level of adaptability and resistance to some important pesticides.
The Heat-Map original settings are:
- Zero findings = Green.
- One to Five findings = Yellow.
- Five plus findings = Red.
**You can adjust the settings by pressing the three dots of the CPB layer.
How is this Crop Intelligence?
To understand the uniqueness of AgroScout new layer CPB we have to look into the life cycle of this super pest.
The adults spend the winter 5-10 inches underground in potato fields, field margins and windbreaks.
Adults feed for a short time in the spring, and then begin to mate and lay clusters of 10-30 eggs on the undersides of leaves.
Each female can lay up to 350 eggs during her adult life which can last several weeks. Eggs begin to hatch within 2 weeks, depending upon temperatures.
Larvae cluster near the egg mass when young but begin to move throughout the plant as they eat the leaves. Larvae can complete development within 10 days if average temperatures are in the mid 80s F while it can take over a month if temperatures average near 60 F. The fourth instar larvae drop from the plant, burrow into the soil and transform into pupae.
When our AI SaaS layer detects this pest?
AgroScout AI software can detect from aerial imagery the difference between the larvae and adults as are distinctive. Leaves are visually inspected for these life stages. Signs of defoliation and characteristic black, sticky excrement are also detected.
Both the larvae and adults of CPB feed on foliage and strip the leaves from the edge inwards and this trait is picked up as an abnormality by our software. Also, the sign of larvae and adults that produce black and sticky excrement, is visible on the foliage and on our crop intelligence reports.
“Having the depth of this knowledge the actions and reactions affect both costs and ROI” – Ido, AgroScout lead Agronomist.
The user flow of this layer on our Web version allows for earlier and more accurate identification of CPB before it becomes a full-blown population.
Protecting the perimeter by scouting weekly will help control and prevent further invasion of this pest. This is crop analytics at a brand-new level with a control never seen before and a unique tool in the crop monitoring process.
Our new layer called CPB supports the pest corridor patterns aerial mission monitor with a comprehensive view and understanding of the beetles in the field as a heatmap.
How to use it ?
✅ Upload Images
The user will upload the images as always as pest and disease mission.
✅ A new CPB Layer is Created
A heat map layer will be created from the findings.
What else?
- A notification email will be sent to you.
- A reliable heat map of the presence of the beetles ( CPB)in the field.
Read more about this feature Here
How can this tool have a positive impact?
The A.I. findings and the final analysis with the reliable heat map of the CPB presence in the field that will enable a meaningful reduction of inputs and costs and a positive ROI.
In essence this type of crop intelligence is an added value alsofor supply teams, enabling them to achieve the quantity and quality of their processing goals.
This CPB pest detection update puts AgroScout’s users in the ecosystem of excellence. Join a chain of high-performance Agri-leaders cooperating to improve the food processing industry by getting a license now.
AgroScout helps processors and growers make confident supply chain decisions with a SaaS, off-the-shelf, user licensed solution. Our licensed based solutions ( SaaS ) is available for growers and processors of all sizes.
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