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Welsh scientists are developing an AI-powered app to detect potato blight early, aiming to cut crop losses and reduce fungicide use
July 30, 2025
Reino Unido: inteligencia artificial para detección temprana de tizón
Esta herramienta permitirá optimizar el uso de fungicidas, reducir costos y minimizar el impacto ambiental al ajustar los tratamientos según el riesgo real.
Potato plants thrive in neat rows—part of global efforts to combat late blight. Aberystwyth University leads a cross-border initiative using AI and plant science to tackle Phytophthora infestans, which causes over €4 billion in crop losses annually.
July 22, 2025
Aberystwyth University Leads AI Research to Tackle Potato Blight and Safeguard Global Food Security
Aberystwyth University leads a cross-border AI project to combat potato late blight, a disease causing €4B in losses annually. The DeepDetect app will help farmers detect infections early, cutting pesticide use and boosting sustainable farming.
Crop4Sight Releases Innovative Irrigation Scheduling Tool
May 24, 2021
Crop4Sight adds irrigation scheduling tool to their potato crop toolkit
Crop4Sight’s online and mobile digital toolkit is designed to help growers maximise saleable potato yields and was launched as a commercial service in 2020. Crop4Sight now adds a potato irrigation scheduling tool.
UK Potato Storage Specialist Crop Systems Limited sees growing business
February 21, 2021
UK Potato Storage Specialist Crop Systems Limited sees growing business
UK Potato Storage Specialist Crop Systems Limited is responding to major growth in its business with further investment at its factory and new appointments, including Tony Barnes as Sales Manager.
Now load passports are simple, speedy and digital, as part of the KisanHub platform
February 11, 2021
Paperless Load Passports Now Available on Agri-Food Chain Platform KisanHub
Agri-Food Chain Platform KisanHub has launched Paperless Load Passports. This solution allows users to manage the movement of products through the supply chain all on their mobile devices.
Measuring waterflow with the 7Sense irrigation sensor.
November 21, 2019
SoilEssentials now reseller of the wireless irrigation sensor and the T & RH monitoring system of 7Sense
The Scottish precision farming pioneers SoilEssentials announces collaboration with Norwegian company 7Sense, to be the UK’s reseller of their smart, wireless temperature & humidity sensor monitoring system and their reliable, waterproof irrigation sensor
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UK Storage systems provider Crop Systems Limited is adding new features and improved functionality to its SmartStor® controller. The new SmartStor® will be demonstrated live on Crop Systems Limited’s stand (No 115) at British Potato (BP2019).
October 30, 2019
Crop Systems to show improved SmartStor storage controller at British Potato (BP2019)
UK Storage systems provider Crop Systems Limited is adding new features to its SmartStor® controller, which will help users reduce storage costs, while improving their ability to manage stores remotely on mobile devices. See it at BP2019!
Ray Andrews of Crop Systems with the firm's new web-based potato store controller called SmartStor.
(Courtesy: Mark Bullimore / Eastern Daily Press)
April 29, 2019
UK potato store operators ill-informed on energy use
Many potato store operators could make significant savings in energy costs if they obtained more usage data to make informed decisions, according to Ray Andrews of Crop Systems Limited.
Potatoes in Practice: Britain’s largest technical potato field event is organized this week on August 10.
August 05, 2017
Potatoes in Practice: Britain’s largest technical potato field event is this week
Potato industry representatives, growers and influencers from all over the UK and beyond are expected to descend on Dundee to take part in Potatoes in Practice 2017, a technical potato field event featuring a high-standard mix of science, technology and practical advice and the largest of its type in the UK.
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Buntata is a collaborative effort between the University of St Andrews and the James Hutton Institute to enable open access to our information resources and put them at the fingertips of potato growers.
May 08, 2017
Buntata: a new tool to identify potato pests and diseases on the go
Buntata is a collaborative effort between the University of St Andrews and the James Hutton Institute to enable open access to our information resources and put them at the fingertips of potato growers.
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Now you can monitor and control your Crop Systems potato store with your smartphone or tablet from anywhere - using SmartStor™
November 03, 2015
With SmartStor™ you can take your potato store with you
Crop Systems Ltd is launching SmartStor™, a cost effective crop store control system that that enables users to monitor and manage their (potato) stores via their smartphone or tablet anywhere, anytime.
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Pepsico UK introduces smartphone app to predict potato yields;i-crop trial results revealed
August 30, 2012
Pepsico UK introduces smartphone app to predict potato yields;i-crop trial results revealed
Smartphone App to predict potato yield PepsiCo and Cambridge University have joined forces to introduce mobile technology to crop planning, with a new smartphone app that will help farmers predict future harvests.
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August 14, 2012
New British app allows potato chip bags to predict the weather
It is probably hard to go wrong with a promotion based on the British obsession with the weather. That is why packets of Walkers crisps, as the Brits call potato chips, will feature augmented reality weather forecasts using an app from Blippar.
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January 04, 2012
Smartphone app for measuring potato ground cover
Cambridge University Farm is working on a smartphone app to measure ground cover in potato crops.
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