Tsopano popeza tagwada munyengo ya sitiroberi, alimi ambiri ali ndi ngongole yothokoza Clyde Fraisse ndi Natalia Peres. Pafupifupi zaka khumi zapitazo, Peres adawona kufunikira kwa chida chothandizira ziwembu. Alimi amapopera pafupifupi sabata iliyonse kuti athetse matenda a sitiroberi omwe amadziwika kuti anthracnose ndi botrytis panthawi yakukula, yomwe imayambira November mpaka March ku Florida.
Peres, pulofesa wa UF/IFAS wa matenda a zomera, ankadziwa kuti kupopera mbewu mankhwalawa pogwiritsa ntchito kalendala kumawononga ndalama kwa wolimayo ndipo kumapangitsa kuti pakhale ngozi yolimbana ndi fungicide. Chifukwa chake, adapita kwa Fraisse, pulofesa wa UF/IFAS waukadaulo waulimi ndi biology.
Fraisse ndi gulu lake anagwiritsa ntchito njira zatsopano za agrometeorological kupanga chida chochokera pa intaneti chomwe chinatulutsidwa mu 2011 pogwiritsa ntchito zitsanzo za matenda opangidwa ndi Peres ndi gulu lake. Imadziwika kuti Strawberry Advisory System (SAS), imagwiritsa ntchito deta monga kutentha ndi kunyowa kwa masamba kudziwitsa alimi nthawi yopopera mankhwala opha bowa.
Flash patsogolo pafupifupi zaka zisanu ndi zinayi, ndipo tsopano, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) anazindikira Fraisse ntchito yake pa chitukuko cha app, amene amapereka zidziwitso alimi molunjika ku mafoni awo kapena makompyuta za nthawi kupopera bowa amene amawononga mbewu zawo.
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