crop scouting | coming soon!

Why consider Crop Scouting?

• Enable commercial growers to make informed decisions
• Monoculture – high input production systems
• Closely monitor spread of pests and diseases
• Detect early signs of pest and disease attack
• Monitor nutritional requirements
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Objectives of Crop Scouting

• Short Term: to enable the grower to make immediate informed decisions on crop management at a given point and time e.g. Is it necessary to spray? Which pesticide? Where should it be applied and when?
• Long Term: develop a database which can be used as a basis of long-term management strategy for the farm.
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The Crop Scouting Process
To enable good problem recognition, good knowledge of the crop, pests and diseases is critical. Of importance is the timely identification of the major pests, diseases, weeds; stages of development, damage symptoms and the beneficial organisms at different morphological stages in the production systems