Gyeongbuk Province Distributes Crop Pest 'Automatic Forecast System App' to Farmers ... Result of 5 Years of Research

Forecast of Pest and Disease Occurrence for Apples, Chili Peppers, Peaches, Grapes, Persimmons, and Ginseng

Crop Pest and Disease Automatic Forecast App Store.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Gwi-yeol] The Gyeongbuk Agricultural Technology Institute registered the Crop Pest and Disease Automatic Forecast System user app on the Google Play Store in the first half of this year and produced 1,000 promotional leaflets about the mobile app usage, distributing them to 23 cities and counties in Gyeongbuk Province on the 18th.

The Agricultural Technology Institute began developing a system in 2018 that forecasts the occurrence timing of crop pests and diseases to guide timely pest control operations, and released it for field use in May this year.

Currently, the automatic crop forecast system predicts pest and disease occurrences for apples, chili peppers, peaches, grapes, persimmons, and ginseng.

Crop Pest and Disease Automatic Forecasting App Promotional Leaflet.

Based on research data from the Agricultural Technology Institute, the range of forecasted crops is gradually expanding.

Through pilot operations, it was confirmed that the forecasted occurrence timing of anthracnose on chili peppers and peaches matches the actual timing observed in the field.

To use this system, search for ‘Gyeongsangbuk-do Pest and Disease’ on the Google Play Store and select and download ‘Gyeongsangbuk-do Pest and Disease Forecast (Gyeongbuk Agricultural Technology Institute)’ that appears.

For membership registration, enter your email address as the ID and input your mobile phone number to receive pest and disease forecast alert SMS messages.

By selecting the crops you cultivate and your location information in the settings, you can receive pest and disease forecasts and alert services for those crops.

Additionally, the system provides information that allows farmers to report pest and disease occurrences in advance for timely control, and offers various services such as weather information, pest and disease surveillance data, and real-time abnormal symptom complaint diagnosis.

The Agricultural Technology Institute expects that by annually incorporating pest and disease occurrence survey analysis data into the forecast system, accurate forecasts and timely control will be possible, benefiting farmers.

Shin Yong-seup, Director of the Gyeongbuk Agricultural Technology Institute, said, “In line with the trend of open-field smart farms, we will continuously update and manage the data of the automatic crop forecast system to become a useful pest and disease control tool in agricultural fields.”

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