As a grower, you want to have an overview of what's happening in your crop at all times. This is why many growers make sure that scouting takes place at regular times. Natutec Scout is a tool developed by Koppert to make sure every grower can utilize the benefits of having all your scout data in one central place.
To accommodate growers' way of working, Natutec Scout offers four different ways to input your data:
- Pen and paper scouting: write down your observations on paper like you're used to, and enter your findings straight and simply. Record your findings directly into Natutec Scout using the manual input feature. Input is easier and quicker than using Excel with all the benefits and tools that Natutec Scout provides.
- Enter your observations on the mobile Natutec Scout app – available for both Android and iOS - in which you make your observations, provide your location, and add notes and photos if you want to add additional findings to your scouting session. This data is then uploaded to the dashboard.
- Automatic detection of whitefly using the Horiver Scanner: Using the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for automatic whitefly counts enables you to save a significant amount of time and labor when counting the whitefly on Horiver cards. Just take a picture of a Horiver card, and you are done.
- Import historical scout data using the Excel import functionality. You can easily load multiple years of previous scout data (averages and specifics) into Natutec Scout. You immediately get the tools at your disposal to discover trends, hotspots, and other significant events in the IPM of your crop.
The scout data are transferable. Because of that, it's nice to work with this knowledge between everyone in your company and for your external consultant(s).
For more information:
Koppert Biological Systems
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