CS May 2007 Models in Potato Pest Management (LateBlight) Client: Professor William Fry Sharmin Azam Christopher Brickley Nathan Cormier Ledet Kinfu Cathryn Lao Ashwath Murthy Abhishek Sharma

CS 501 Models in Potato Pest Management May 1 2 Goal Build an application which allows growers to use existing late blight simulation software to predict late blight severity.

CS 501 Models in Potato Pest Management May 1 3 Requirements …  Profile Management:  Create profile  Retrieve and edit profile  Select potato cultivar (from file list) in profile  Weather Data:  Import historical data  Retrieve weather forecast from the National Weather Service OR import weather forecast file  Import saved weather file  Extend the historical and forecast data up to an additional 90 days

CS 501 Models in Potato Pest Management May 1 4 … Requirements  Treatment and Fungicide Model:  Input and edit treatment information  Schedule fungicide sprays (dosage in pints/acre)  Run Simulation:  Run original late blight simulation model  Output result (severity versus time) in text table  Output result (severity versus time) in graphical format

CS May 2007 Demo

CS 501 Models in Potato Pest Management May 1 6 Models in Potato Pest Management (LateBlight) Thank you !!!