{"id":23487,"date":"2018-07-23T14:31:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T18:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=23487"},"modified":"2018-07-23T14:31:43","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T18:31:43","slug":"ucf-researchers-develop-app-for-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-researchers-develop-app-for-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Researchers Develop App for Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_23488\" style=\"width: 592px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23488\" class=\" wp-image-23488\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/07\/pest-1-of-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/07\/pest-1-of-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/07\/pest-1-of-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/07\/pest-1-of-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/07\/pest-1-of-1-299x199.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/07\/pest-1-of-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The app allows farmers to avoid the use of unnecessary pesticides and promotes pollinator conservation.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Canadian farmers have a new tool to help them fight pests thanks to the ingenuity of researchers at the University of Central Florida and the University of Manitoba.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers, led by UCF Associate Professor of\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">biology<\/a>\u00a0Barbara Sharanowski, have developed the\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mobile-ipm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mobile IPM app<\/a>, which allows farmers to quickly identify crop pests and suggests effective integrated pest management strategies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe app helps farmers avoid unnecessary pesticide treatments to minimize negative effects to the ecosystem, preserve pollinators and beneficial organisms, and minimize economic damage and maximize profits,\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/sharanowski-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sharanowski<\/a>\u00a0says.<\/p>\n<p>The IPM strategies, around since the 1970s, are eco-friendly and help prevent unnecessary chemicals from entering the food chain and harming both the natural habitat and consumers who eat the products. The strategies also recognize that farmers have to bring crops to an international market.<\/p>\n<p>The three components to the app are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An interactive identification tool for quick crop pests (insects and weeds to come soon)<\/li>\n<li>A real-time pest monitoring tool to discover the pest risk for your region<\/li>\n<li>A crop management tool to log information about your crop fields and storage units<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of the crops covered by the app are significant exports for Canada including oilseeds, cereals, and pulses such as peas, lentils and beans.<\/p>\n<p>Identification uses interactive key technology with high-resolution images that makes identification very simple. Each pest has detailed information on its biology and control tactics, including economic injury levels and registered pesticides. The app is simple enough that specialists and non-specialists alike can use it. It also has a push notification feature to get updates about emerging pests in real time.<\/p>\n<p>The app is free and is available on\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/mobile-ipm\/id1363188960?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=ca.umanitoba.ipm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to create an app that provides quick and convenient access to information so farmers can make sustainable pest management decisions for their crops,\u201d Sharanowski says.<\/p>\n<p>The app was created with financial support from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Growing Forward2, Western Grains Research Foundation and the University of Manitoba.\u00a0Additional collaborators on the app include: Researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Manitoba Agriculture, Saskatchewan Agriculture, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry and the Prairie Pest Monitoring Network.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.ucf.edu\/canadian-farmers-get-app-help-fight-pests-keep-food-safe\/\">Written by Zenaida Kotala<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian farmers have a new tool to help them fight pests thanks to the ingenuity of researchers at the University of Central Florida and the University of Manitoba. Researchers, led by UCF Associate Professor of\u00a0biology\u00a0Barbara Sharanowski, have developed the\u00a0Mobile IPM app, which allows farmers to quickly identify crop pests and suggests effective integrated pest management [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":23488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[34,39,5377,28],"tags":[388,5849,5846,5847,5848,5845],"class_list":["post-23487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology-departments","category-faculty-news","category-research","category-top-news","tag-barbara-sharanowski","tag-ipm-strategies","tag-mobile-ipm-app","tag-pest-management","tag-pesticides","tag-university-of-manitoba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UCF Researchers Develop App for Farmers - College of Sciences News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-researchers-develop-app-for-farmers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UCF Researchers Develop App for Farmers - College of Sciences News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Canadian farmers have a new tool to help them fight pests thanks to the ingenuity of researchers at the University of Central Florida and the University of Manitoba. 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