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PomaFresh is offering drone inspections to help growers identify potential potato production problems in the field. Utilizing diffraction to examine subsurface cell structures, the technology provides growers with GPS locations of stressed plants, according to the company. Each disease creates a different optical diffractive signature. Optical signatures include Potato virus Y (PVY), blackleg, Verticillium and cultivation growth rate markers including leaf area growth rate and photosensitivity to monitor nitrogen applications. The company says the technology can also determine if PVY infections are seed-borne or insect vectored.
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