Interpret weather data for assessment of disease
risk and
crop management information
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MetWatch software provides quick and easy
interpretation of weather data for use in horticultural management decision making.
Use MetWatch to interpret weather data for up to the hour information on disease risk,
and for general crop management information including heat accumulation and winter
chilling. MetWatch is designed with you in mind - minimum time in the office,
maximum value information.
Hourly weather data can be sourced from a wide range of weather stations giving critical disease risk information when you need it. Subscribe to the optional hourly weather forecast, and MetWatch will forecast likely disease risk, and provide an assessment of how conducive the forecast weather conditions are for spraying.
A range of disease models is available including:
 | Apple blackspot (scab) |
| Fire blight |
| Grape botrytis |
| Grape downy mildew |
| Grape powdery mildew |
| Peach brown rot |
| Peach leaf rust |
| Onion downy mildew |
| Early and late blight of potato |
| and more models are being added all the time |
In addition to providing critical disease management information, MetWatch interprets weather data to provide vital crop management information including a range of methods for calculating Growing Degree Days and Chill Units.
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Tables and graphs at a click:
Information of use to all horticultural managers. Three clicks of the mouse to create the graph shown here. Just a click of the mouse to add another station or year into the comparison. |
Key features at a glance:
| A graphical display of weather data and disease risk that is easy to understand
and interpret. |
| Import hourly weather information from a range of commercially available weather stations to give up-to-the-hour disease risk assessments and crop management information. |
| Import and display forecast hourly weather information, providing an integrated display of forecast disease risk assessment, preceding disease events, and forecast spray conditions. |
| Hourly and daily weather summaries in table and graph format including heat unit accumulations, rainfall accumulations, and chill hours. |
| Flexible format that allows the user to change the number of
days displayed, the canopy-drying period, leaf wetness thresholds, heat unit accumulation
threshold and other options specific to each disease model. |
| Display text information such as spray diary information on the same graph displaying weather and disease information. |
MetWatch is sold in a number of variations so that you only need to pay for the disease
and crop management information you require.
Crop management information is available to all users of MetWatch through the daily weather summaries including heat sums and chill unit calculations.
Disease models are available as follows:
| MetWatch for apple growers: Black spot (Apple scab), fire blight |
| MetWatch for wine grape growers: Botrytis, downy mildew, powdery mildew |
| MetWatch for summerfruit growers: Peach brown rot, leaf rust |
| MetWatch for field crops: Onion downy mildew |
Example output for Black Spot (Apple Scab)
The following screen shot shows MetWatch being used to monitor and assess Blackspot (apple scab) risk
using weather data collected from a recording weather station.
Top panel: Disease risk assessment. Middle panel: Leaf wetness. Bottom panel:
Temperature and rainfall.
Example output for Fire Blight
The following screen shot show MetWatch being used to monitor and assess Fire
blight risk.
Top panel: Disease risk assessment. Middle panel: Leaf wetness. Bottom panel:
Temperature and rainfall.
Example output for Botrytis in grapes
The following screen shot show MetWatch being used to monitor and assess grape
Botrytis risk.
Top panel: Disease risk assessment. Middle panel: Leaf wetness. Bottom panel:
Temperature and rainfall.
Example output for Peach Brown rot
The following screen shot show MetWatch being used to monitor and assess Peach
Brown rot risk.
Top panel: Disease risk assessment. Middle panel: Leaf wetness. Bottom panel:
Temperature and rainfall.
Example of Daily Weather Information Summaries Available
A daily summary of weather information is provided for each day in the range specified by the user. The copy button facility can be used to transfer the summary data to a speadsheet or word processor for further analysis and inclusion in reports.
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Example of disease event summary report (Professional version only)
All disease events for the specified disease occurring within the range of dates requested by the user are summarised in this report. Use the copy button facility to copy this information to word processor or spreadsheet for use in your reports.
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