Specialists of the branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Rosselkhoztsentr" in the Smolensk Region continue to train employees to work with the "Digital Monitoring" program.
In Kardymovsky and Novoduginsky districts, fields of potatoes (variety Bernina, area - more than 50 hectares), spring barley (variety Vladimir, area - 89 hectares) were examined; spring wheat (variety Sudarynya, area - 90 hectares).
Late blight was found in potato plantings with a spread of 7% and a development of 1,2%, as well as weeds - field thistle (0,5 pcs / sq.m). Information about this is recorded in the program.
The following objects were found on grain crops and entered into the program:
- pests - Swedish fly;
- diseases - fusarium spike, septoria spike;
- weeds - field thistle, common pickle, odorous chamomile.
Specialists of regional structures speak positively about the implementation of this program in practice, since now both specialists of the regional branch and agricultural producers can assess the phytosanitary state of crops online.