Sistema de monitoreo remoto para manejo integrado de plagas en cultivos de Chile Habanero

At least 50% of Habanero crop losses are caused by pests, diseases and climatological changes. The crop requires development and implementation of a tool called Remote Predictive Monitoring System for pest on Habanero crops, this consists of installing a structure that is able to integrate sensors that measure temperature, rain, humidity,etc. The system is powered by solar energy at experimental crop centres. The data is sent by radio frequency and GSM to the monitoring centre, where a predictive software generates a percentage of common pest attacks that affect the plants included in the crop field sensed. Finally the system provides specific recommendations for biological and chemical control. With the validation of the experiment by two Farm Research Centres and a Farmers Association, the system was installed on three experimental crop fields, reducing crop losses from 40% to 68%. With an investment of 1.4% (equivalent to the money lost per crop), implementing the system and following the recommendations it was achieved that there would be extra profits between $136,000 and $165,000 per crop cycle of 4 hectares. This project is being considered for patent registry as a prototype to replicate for other crops.