United Kingdom - BASF launches new canopy assessment tool app for iPhone
United Kindgom
March 10, 2011
A new Canopy Assessment Tool App for iPhone has just been launched by BASF in the UK for the 2011 season.
The CAT App for iPhone allows the user to take a photo of their wheat crop at growth stage 30-31 and the green area index (GAI) of that crop will be immediately reported on the iPhone in the field. Accurately assessing a crop's GAI can be tricky, but its a critical indicator for fertiliser and agrochemical application timings. From this GAI assessment, with information on the variety grown and predicted yield, the CAT will provide a tailored field report on lodging risk, a tailored PGR programme, and crop nitrogen content (in kg/ha) measured for fertiliser calculations.
The BASF CAT is a revolutionary tool to help farmers and advisors protect their yield by assessing crop lodging risk. It is an easy to use practical aid, allowing appropriate PGR programmes to be devised and calculating crop nitrogen requirements accurately. It helps to justify inputs and is very much a part of an on-going ICM approach.
The CAT App for iPhone replicates the on-line tool hosted at www.pgrplus.basf.com launched in 2010.
The BASF CAT App for iPhone can be downloaded from iTunes.
The main benefits of the CAT App for iPhone over the on-line tool are:
The possibility to process photos immediately in the field for an instant crop report.
Ability to email crop photos and report at the touch of a button
A GPS mapping function which plots the location of crop assessments on a google map, built into the Apps
Save function - ability to store photos and reports
Possibility to process other photographs either captured by the iPhone previously or sent via email & accessed by the iPhone.
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