First hand experiences from Hortipower and Research Centre Hoogstraten on using the PATS-C service for moth pest monitoring.
Hortipower - a tomato grower in Belgium - has been using PATS-C to automate the monitoring of Tuta absoluta and Tomato looper pests in their crop. Research Centre Hoogstraten has validated the PATS-C results in both a small research compartment with tomato plants and the production environment of Hortipower. Their results show the rapid and earlier detection of specifically Tuta absoluta with PATS-C, compared to conventional scouting methods.
In this video:
Astrid Sneyders, Cultivation manager at Hortipower
Rani Mertens, Researcher at Research Centre Hoogstraten
"This Project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, through an Open Call issued and executed under the project agROBOfood (Grant Agreement No 731884)"
