Strawberry Growers Get New Disease-Fighting Smartphone App

MyIPM

MyIPM

A Clemson fruit specialist and a computer software designer have teamed up to develop a smartphone tool to help strawberry growers. The app was introduced at last week’s Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference in Savannah.

MyIPM provides critical crop protection information for strawberry growers.

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“Growers will be able to pick effective and safe fungicides for conventional and organic production of strawberry,” said Guido Schnabel, the fruit specialist who worked with software designer Roy Pargas. “The app will — in a nutshell — tell you with audio, pictures, and text what you need to know about a particular disease and its management.”

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Schnabel added that the team also has completed a peach section of the app.

The android version is available in Google Play, and the iOS version should be in the Apple Store by the end of January.

Source: Clemson University news release

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