GranoDuro.net: a web-assistance tool for durum wheat growers Francesca Salinari- Horta Srl

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1 : a web-assistance tool for durum wheat growers Francesca Salinari- Horta Srl

2 is an interactiveweb-based service which provides decision supports for holisticcrop management of high-quality durum wheat. The DSS provides decision supports for seeding fertilisation weed control disease management The DSS provides also information on: weather crop growth and development

3 The decision supports are calibrated on a selected group of varieties considers the variety innovation as a driving force and the adoption of the correct growing management techiniquesas the mean to allow the full expression of the potential of the interesting genetic accession of durum wheat of Horta s partners CGS and PSB

4 The decision supports are elaborated ad-hoc for each cropunit on the basis of their specific agronomic and environmental conditions A crop-unit is a field sown on an uniformpiece of land (i.e., characteristics of the soil), with the same wheat variety, and cropped in an uniform manner all season long (from the previous crop to harvest)

5 The decision supports are based on static-site profiles and site-specific information. the static-site profile information includes factors about the site that do not change substantially during the growing season(such as previous crop, soil characteristics, cultivar, etc.) the end-user fills in the crop unit description form at the beginning of the season site-specific information may change continuously and are transmitted directly to the DSS as measurements (such as weather data) or scouting reports(such as the current crop status) a weather station located (the closest and most representative for the crop unit environment) periodically sends data to the DSS a phenological models, which considers static-site profile information and receives as input the weather data, simulates the crop development over the season

6 is an interactive, user-friendly, webbased portal that receives real-time data from wheat fields and provides support: forthewholecycleofdurumwheat; for a set of specific varieties; elaborated ad-hoc for the Crop Unit using both staticsite profile and site-specific information. The end user of the service is a person who makes decisions about the crop management or suggests the proper actions to the wheat-grower; therefore, she/he can be a technician, an advisor or a wheat-grower.

7 Conceptual diagram of knowledge analyses scouting Crop environment Crop info & data Weather data weather stations Databases DSS Crop units Weather rules algorithms models Data analysis Interpretation Expert knowledge Decision support Action Decision process

8 Actors and infrastructures in Network of weather stations Pilot Farms Experimental platforms Horta Technological infrastructure Client enterprise Crop manager Crop Unit Crop Unit

9 Pilot farms Farms where the weather stations are located Durum wheat is grown in fields of these farms and managed according to the decision supports provided by Data collected in these farms are used for in-itinere evaluation of the ouput provided by and for a complessive validation of the system

different environments, of: varieties agricultural

10 Experimental platforms Small plot experiments Trials sites big plots micro plots Comparison, in different environments, of: varieties agricultural inputs (e.g., N fertilization) disease management strategies

11 Access to the service

12 Weather data

13 Phenological development

Decision support: fertilization 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 Nitrogen (kg/ha) 20 0 emergence

14 Decision support: fertilization Nitrogen (kg/ha) 20 0 emergence tillering elongation mid-elongation beginning of booting beginning of heading beginning of anthesis milk ripening

15 Decision support: weed control

16 Decision support: weed control

17 Decision support: weed control

18 Decision support: disease management Supports are provided for the following disease: Yellow rust Septoria complex Powdery mildew Brownrust Fusarium head bligh and mycotoxins

19 Decision support: disease management Fusarium head blight model outputs

20 Decision support: disease management Fusarium head blight decision tree

21 Decision support: disease management Fusarium head blight scouting

22 Decision support: disease management Mycotoxins model outputs

FHB-Wheat Models included in is based on

23 FHB-Wheat Models included in is based on the FHB- Wheat(acronym of Fusarium Head Blight on Wheat) model, elaborated for determining the risk of Fusarium head blight on wheat. Istituto di Entomologia e Patologia vegetale Università Cattolica S. Cuore - Piacenza

24 Conclusions: points of strenght Architecture of the system: information flows to and from the environment in an endless loop that begins with sensing and ends with action A holistic vision of wheat cultivation problems: the DSS takes into account and provides decision supports for all the key elements of the production chain, from strategic choices to tactical operations Delivered using the web: i) high accessibility; ii) easy and continuous updating (new knowledge can be provided to farmers in fast and efficient manner); iii) hands-on contact between users and the provider Decision support clear, reliable, and timely

25 Conclusions: remarks is not designed to replace the decision makerbut to helpin making choices by providing additional information represents an important platform for implementing new services and further refining the existent ones

26 New services and developments Certification Weather forecast (up to 7 days) Data base products (fungicides, insecticides) DSS Insects Field book Carbon footprint and other sustainability indicators Models updating based on R&D activity DSS common wheat

27 Collaborations CGS e PSB CRPA Image Line Regione Emilia Romagna Barilla We Tech Off / ASTER Dr. Luigi Mariani, Dr. Antonio Allegri e Dr. Mirco Casagrandi

28 Thank you for your attention

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