Spectral imaging key to monitoring crops more effectively
1 April 2021 |
The technology is able to identify diseases in real-time before crops develop symptoms
Spectral imaging holds the key to monitoring crops more effectively, according to agri-tech start-up Fotenix.
Fotenix have combined the use of cameras that deploy different colours of light with machine learning to better monitor crop health.
The technology is able to identify diseases in real-time before they develop symptoms that are visual to the human eye.
The company say that this means laboratory level analysis can be used in field situations at an affordable cost.
Dr Charles Veys is an expert in agri-tech engineering who set up Fotenix in 2018 after working as a research engineer at the University of Manchester.