- gwendolyn neff
>To: "Apple-Crop" <apple-crop@orchard.uvm.edu>
>Cc: gross@ims.com, judd@scr.siemens.com
>Subject: Re: research ideas
>Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 08:57:14 -0800
>From: Don Gross <gross@ims.com>
>Reply-To: "Apple-Crop" <apple-crop@orchard.uvm.edu>
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>>>What electronic devices do YOU THINK would make a contribution toward
>>>sustainable agriculture?
>>>Allow yourself to imagine things that are not quite possible today...
>>>For example, a weeding device that would merely look at a weed and remove
>>>it mechanically (rather than chemically).
>>>
>An obvious one which may already exist (and which is why I'm replying to
>the List rather than following instructions) is a _low-cost_, preferrably
>solar-powered degree-day (degree-hour) meter. It could be either be very
>cheap and targetted at a single pest or disease, or slightly more expensive
>and accept input as well as calculate multiple degree-hour conditions.
>I know there are devices on the market, but the ones I have seen (which
>was quite some time ago) were outside the price range of the home or
>small orchard. I'm sure that the technology already exists (solar-powered
>watches and calculators, integrated semiconductor temperature sensors,
>etc.), and this is simply an issue of supply and demand.
>
>If such a low-cost device exists, I would appreciate someone letting me
>know how to obtain it. When I speak of low-cost, I'm thinking something
>in the $5 to $50 range, depending on feature set and product reliability.
>Another advantage of the low price would be to allow larger orchards to
>place several devices, and monitor their micro-climates (hill-top, north
>slope verses south slope, etc.).
>
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>Don Gross
>Home orchardist
>Member, Home Orchard Society (Small organization in NW Oregon)
>
>
>
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Gwendolyn Neff
University of Vermont
Department of Plant and Soil Science
Hills Building
Burlington, VT 05405
802/656-0486
gneff@zoo.uvm.edu
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