Feasibility studies for early, in-situ diagnostic tools for water and soil sensing for agri-tech

农业技术水和土壤传感的早期原位诊断工具的可行性研究

• 批准号: 133111
• 金额: $ 8.89万
• 依托单位: FUNGIALERT LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=133111
• 关键词: Feasibility; studies; early; situ; diagnostic

FungiAlert is an in-field, early detection device for plant disease in soil and water. It can be described as the smoke detector for farmers, since it alerts the user about the risk of infection before the disease spreads and destroys the entire field. The user simply places the device into the soil or water irrigation system, and they will be alerted to the presence of destructive plant pathogens, allowing them to take timely remedial action, preventing the spread of the pathogen to the rest of the field. FungiAlert aims to increase crop yields, whilst also allowing for evidence based spraying, to ultimately reduce the amount of pesticides in our food chain. The FungiAlert device will help the user to tailor their disease management practices, helping to increase their yields, while reducing their production costs. The guided use of pesticides by precision farming (such as FungiAlert) could also contribute towards reducing the chance of diseases developing resistance to pesticides. The project aims to adapt our current technology (soil sensing) for the detection of spores in both soil and water. Furthermore, the project will also explore the feasibility of different strategies for including wireless remote sensing technology, which would allow for data collection and storage of information relating to the presence of disease. We envisage that our technology could be integrated into farming practices around the world, allowing farmers and growers to understand the health of the soil within their fields at all times, in an affordable and intuitive way.

FungiAlert是一种用于土壤和水中植物病害的现场早期检测设备。它可以被描述为农民的烟雾探测器，因为它在疾病传播并摧毁整个田地之前提醒用户感染的风险。用户只需将设备放入土壤或水灌溉系统中，就会提醒他们存在破坏性植物病原体，从而使他们能够及时采取补救措施，防止病原体传播到田间其他地方。FungiAlert旨在提高作物产量，同时也允许基于证据的喷洒，最终减少我们食物链中的农药数量。FungiAlert设备将帮助用户定制他们的疾病管理实践，帮助提高产量，同时降低生产成本。通过精准农业（如FungiAlert）指导农药的使用也有助于减少疾病对农药产生抗药性的机会。该项目旨在调整我们目前的技术（土壤传感），以检测土壤和水中的孢子。此外，该项目还将探讨采用不同战略纳入无线遥感技术的可行性，这将有助于收集数据和储存与疾病存在有关的信息。我们设想我们的技术可以整合到世界各地的农业实践中，让农民和种植者以负担得起的直观方式随时了解其田地内土壤的健康状况。