Software for the Public
Plant Pathology faculty developed the following software for the public:
| Name: | Vegetable Disease & Insect Forecasting Network |
| Type: | Web application |
| Link: | https://agweather.cals.wisc.edu/vdifn |
| Faculty: | Amanda Gevens (Plant Pathology), Russ Groves (Entomology) |
| Audience: | Growers, crop consultants, agricultural industry and extension partners, and researchers. |
| Description: | This map tool helps you visualize disease and insect pressure across Wisconsin based on degree-day models and NOAA meteorological data. |
| Â |  Vegetable Disease and Insect Forecasting Network application, showing a forecast for Late Blight (Potato and Tomato) across the state. |
| Name: | Turf Pest Management Mobile |
| Type: | Mobile website |
| Link: | https://turfpests.wisc.edu/ |
| Faculty: | Paul Koch (Plant Pathology), Doug Soldat (Soil Science), Mark Renz (Agronomy) |
| Audience: | Professional turfgrass managers |
| Description: | Provides research-based product efficacy ratings for the professional turfgrass manager. |
| Â |  Turf Pest Mobile Management Search Screen |
| Name: | Crop Disease Forecasting |
| Type: | Web application |
| Link: | https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/crop-disease-forecasting |
| Faculty: | Damon Smith (Plant Pathology) |
| Audience: | Wisconsin farmers |
| Description: | The application uses data from the IBM Environmental Intelligence Suite gridded site-specific weather data source. Crop disease models were developed based on disease information from university researchers around the country, including partners of the Crop Protection Network. To learn more about the crop disease forecasting tool, watch this step-by-step video: How to Use the Crop Disease Forecasting Tool. |
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