1 Choose a station with Crop/ Disease license activated.
2 Click on the Disease model icon on the left side of FieldClimate.
3 Choose the Disease model for the crop of interest.
4 Choose the time period to display the disease model. 14 to 30 days works best.
5 Use the ? on the far right to provide a description of the models operation.
6 • Risk events are calculated when a rain of more than 8 mm is followed by a period of high relative humidity lasting longer than 20 hours at optimum temperature of 21°C to 26°C.
• Sporulation begins after apothecia reaches 100% level
• Appressoria infection will start after the spores are released and will settle on the plants
• The recommended time for performing chemical plant protection treatments is the period right after the start of sporulation (100%)
• Synchrony of the crop to disease risk in important. Initial symptoms generally develop from R3 to R6 as gray to white lesions at the nodes