Optical measurement instrument for detection of powdery mildew and grey mould in protected crops

This study presents an initiative aimed at developing a real-time click here optical measurement system for non-contact measurement of fungal spores in protected crops such as strawberries, tomatoes and cucumbers.The system is based on a customized microscope.It has been tested in the field under real conditions and image processing sara stedy stand aid algorithms have been developed to identify fungal spores in high resolution microscope images.