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Pest Program

A weather station in every field and a computer in the office can help fruit farmers in their annual fight against

The latest information on rainfall and temperature can be fed into

millions of insects which can wreck crops.

The program combines historical information about the growth of pests and weather data to predict – almost to the hour –

. More importantly, it can tell fruit growers precisely when to spray pesticides and

,which can prove costly to both the grower and the environment.

In the case of the pear sucker, which has almost destroyed the pear industry in some countries, the program can indicate precisely when to spray a selective herbicide

- but not affect the arithocorid bug, its natural predator.