AgrotechSpornado has 1,600 samplers in 25 countries and tests for 35 pathogens, BioScout images spores with AI and Paramoria builds Prairie thresholds from scratch, but none can yet give a validated spray-or-don't-spray call; Spornado aims to by 2027.
The fungal disease tar spot has been found in corn in Randolph County, North Carolina, the state's first confirmed case, bringing to 19 the number of US states reporting it this year; a state pathologist says late-season infections rarely cut yield but scouting matters if wet weather continues.
Two InnerPlant scientists argue that drones, cameras and AI all detect fungal disease in soybeans only after symptoms appear, when the spray window has passed, and make the case for plants engineered to signal infection about ten days earlier.
CropsIn early January 2026 Bangladesh's Department of Agricultural Extension warned that potato late blight could reach epidemic levels in winter. The symptoms, preventive steps and BARI's recommended fungicide sprays.
