Decision Support Models

DONcast

The DONcast® model was developed to provide wheat producers with a means to predict deoxynivalenol toxin (DON) accumulation levels for better efficiency in spray decisions.

TOMcast

Developed by Dr. Ron Pitblado, TOMcast™ is a disease-warning model which establishes a timed fungicide spraying program for Early Blight, Septoria Leaf Spot and Anthracnose on processing tomatoes.

VITIcast

VITIcast™ is a disease pressure warning model. This models gives growers a sense of the day and the year, in terms of it being more or less favourable to grape diseases.

Strawberry

Anthracnose fruit rot (AFR), Botrytis gray mould (BGM), powdery mildew (PM), and tarnished plant bug (TPB) are major diseases and pests of strawberries in Ontario.

SPUDcast

SPUDcast™ is a weather based system, under development by WIN, to assist in the spray decisions of growers for controlling late blight in potatoes.

TURFcast

WIN’s programs could be especially beneficial to your golf course, with the introduction of the Cosmetic Pesticide Ban and a tightening economy.

WHEATcast

This plant disease model has been developed by Weather INnovations Consulting LP, called WHEATcast™. The purpose is to provide wheat farmers advice on when to more intensely scout their wheat fields for the presence and severity of septoria tritici leaf spot and powdery mildew foliar diseases.

Apple

Available apple models include:

• Tentiform Leafminer
• Codling Moth
• Oblique Banded Leafroller
• Oriental Fruit Moth
• Dogwood Borer
• Apple Maggot
• Phenology (Crop Stage)

Pest

Available pest models include:

• Corn Flea Beetle
• Snapbean Leaf Beetle
• Onion Maggot
• Carrot Rust Fly (Stevenson Model)
• Carrot Rust Fly (Boivin Model)
• Aster Leafhopper
• Carrot Weevil
• Tarnished Plant Bug