date:Dec 17, 2012
rowers choose how to use insecticides more judiciously, said Johnny Park, president and CEO of Spensa and a Purdue research assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering.
This device enables growers to electronically monitor insect populations, reduces the amount of chemicals emitted in agricultural fields, lowers labor costs and reduces the amount of insecticides purchased by growers.
In the US in 2010, crop growers lost $20 billion to insect damage and spent $4.5 billion on inse