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Listening for Danger: How new technology is protecting crops
Despite their minuscule size, nematodes are huge in number and can have a devastating effect on crops.
A research collaboration between Syngenta Crop Protection and Vivent Biosignals has allowed scientists to 'listen' to plants suffering from a nematode attack in real time. The specialized technology detects problems and can respond with an effective nematicide.
As a result of this project, the joint Syngenta and Vivent Biosignals team developed a model using machine learning to process the data that the plants were sharing.
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Juvenile nematodes shown in tomato root tips after infestation
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Juvenile nematodes shown in tomato root tips after infestation
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Juvenile nematodes shown in tomato root tips after infestation
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Juvenile nematodes shown in tomato root tips after infestation
“No human could handle and decode these signals, see the difference, and translate it”
Dr Anke Buchholz, Syngenta Fellow
Learn more about this revolutionary technology on the Syngenta website.
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