Electronic Monitoring and Use of Microprocessors in the Field

The requirements of field studies in plant disease epidemiology and weather-timed disease management on the farm have provided a strong impetus for developments in electronic monitoring of the crop microclimate. Recent innovations in electronic sensors have substantially improved the scope and practicality of measuring microclimatic variables while developments in microprocessor-based dataloggers have permitted efficient and continuous recording from these sensors in the field. Variables such as air, soil or plant temperature, leaf wetness duration, relative humidity and irradiance can now be monitored routinely in many kinds of crops. Today, weather monitoring is the main application of microprocessors in field epidemiology.

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