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UF scientists use AI algorithm to improve strawberry disease detection

by Brad Buck
August 15, 2024

Florida’s strawberry season doesn’t return until December. But University of Florida scientists work year-round to support an industry with a $500 million-a-year farm-gate value in Florida. Among their research endeavors, UF/IFAS scientists ... READ MORE

Category: Farm Management
Tags: #aiatuf, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Algorithm, Artificial Intelligence, Daniel Lee, Disease, Fungal Diseases, Fungicides, Growers, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Images, Leaf Wetness, Leaf Wetness Detection, Natalia Peres, Plant Pathology, Strawberries, Strawberry Advisory System

AI to improve plant breeding at Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

by Brad Buck
December 15, 2021

BALM, Fla. --- Kevin Wang trained as an engineer and gave little thought to agriculture. But then, life took a few turns. Born in Tianjin, China, Wang was raised in an urban area and went to the China Agricultural University in Beijing. He ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, China, Drones, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, HiPerGator, Images, Kevin Wang, Phenotypes, Plant Breeding, Scott Angle

AI could reduce the amount farmers spray to control strawberry pest

by Brad Buck
April 27, 2021

Artificial intelligence that might use smartphone images could lead to more accurate, early detection of a pest that ruins strawberries, a $300 million dollar-a-year industry in Florida. University of Florida scientists have developed a smartphone ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Pests & Disease
Tags: #aiatuf, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Control, Damage, Daniel Lee, Deep Learning, Detection, Detection Box, Entomology And Nematology, Environment, Images, Mites, Oscar Liburd, Smartphone, Spray, Strawberries, Twospotted Spider Mite, USDA-NIFA

Drone Images Detect Two Tomato Diseases with 99% Accuracy

by Brad Buck
January 13, 2020

IMMOKALEE, Fla. --- New technology being developed by University of Florida scientists identifies two dangerous tomato diseases with 99 percent accuracy. This finding is critical because diseases can cost growers millions of dollars annually ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Agricultultural And Biological Engineering, Detection, Diseases, Drone Technology, Images, Pamela Roberts, Plant Pathology, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Tomatoes, Yiannis Ampatzidis

Drone Images Can Accurately Find, Count Citrus Trees

by Brad Buck
March 12, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- By using drone technology, Florida citrus growers can find out how many trees live in their groves and, eventually, they may detect the health status of the citrus plants, a new University of Florida study shows. Imaging ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening, Drone Technology, Images, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Tree Count, Yiannis Ampatzidis

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