RIMpro User Manual 2011
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1. did not lead to spore ejection and the first rain that brought out spores Advisors using this method set the Biofix several days before the first observed ejection in the field trimming the system so that first simulated discharge meets first observed discharge You can set the Biofix for the scab model in the submenu Ascospore maturation under Parameters in the menu of the Scab model r Maturation of ascospores Biofix date for first ejectable ascospores 21 302 dd mm Biofix date for total leaflitter decay is dd mm Threshold for maturation days without rain 5S days Tsum Base 0 C wet for 50 maturation 50 83 Day C Base 0 C Default values Cancel Codling Moth Cydia pomonella Biofix Users are strongly advised NOT TO USE a Biofix for the Codling Moth model The Codling Mot model has the possibility to use first capture of moths in an pheromone trap as Biofix but this option is only used in cases where the file of weather data does not go back early enough in the season Fire Blight Erwinia Primary infections of Fire Blight occur during flowering As RIMpro cannot calculate accurately when the flowering of the different varieties in your orchard starts and terminates you have to enter these dates in the RIMpro Erwinia parameter menu of the Fire Blight program RIMpro User Manual 16 4 RIMpro based apple scab management ET RiMpro 2010 1 1 22. guidelines for apple scab management during summer Scab level Necessary treatments e Only treat on fruit scab infections e Preventive or stop spray on leaf infections when estimated residue of previous treatment is less then 30 e Preventive or stop spray on fruit scab infections RIMpro User Manual 21 5 The use of RIMpro with a Davis Vantage Pro Weather station Collecting data Use the Davis manuals and the support of your dealer to set up the weather station As the sensors of the station particular the leaf wetness sensors are susceptible to chemicals we advise to setup your station between trees in a garden and not in the orchard Your Davis station should be equipped with two leaf wetness sensors Both sensors are placed horizontally and not in an angle as they are supplied by Davis One sensor is placed outside the trees so gets wet with the first rain drops and cools down during the night indicating dew periods The other sensor is place in the shade inside tree being worst case in duration of the wetness period The Davis Interface in the RIMpro software interprets leaf wet as long as one of the sensors is wet The station should be set to store data in 30 minute interval temperature in C and rain in mm As long as the Console is connected to the PC and Weatherlink is running Weatherlink stores the data every 30 minutes in the Davis internal database Exporting
3. of the apple varieties to apple scab Residual activity of preceding fungicide treatments Together these factors make the absolute infection risk and determine the need fora fungicide treatment Scab management Before the start of the growing season growers and their adviser should establish the general risk for apple scab infections in the local orchard based on orchard history and the susceptibility of the apple variety Unfortunately we tend to plant only highly apple scab susceptible apple varieties Decisions in apple scab management should be based upon this general orchards risk For technical and economical reasons apple scab management should be based as much as possible on the use of contact fungicides The use of systemic fungicides always includes the risk for sub optimal control due to resistance developed or factors limiting the effective concentration in each leaf Protective treatments should be made as close as possible to the rain event causing the infection There will always be a reduction of the fungicide cover due to leaf expansion or rain wash before the fungicide can preform its action during the infection process Stop sprays with contact fungicides can be applied extremely effective during the germination window This is the time between the rain starts and the infection RIM RIMpro User Manual 18 value occurs In this way you place the full rate of your fungicide exactly at the time the fungicide
4. performs its action on the germinating spores By the use of Curative treatments you allow the infection to occur and then try to stop the further growth of the mycelium in the plant As explained there is always a risk that this is not completely effective Therefore you should not make systemic fungicides the key in your strategy but use it al last fall back Table 1 General risk classes for apple orchards Ascospore potential Scab susceptibility of the apple variety Observed last autumn Discovery Alkmene Katja Aroma Boskoop Cox s James grieve Pinova Greenstar Jonagold Golden Gala Braeburn Fuji Pink Lady Summerred McIntosh Gloster Delblush Vf resistent Topaz Santana Collina Goldrush Elstar at low growth level lt 10 infected shoots 10 30 infected shoots gt 30 infected shoots Table 2 Guidelines for apple scab management during primary in the different risk classes Risk General Strategy Aim control at the infection peeks e Protective or stop spray at full rate at events with RIM value exceeding 250 300 Keep all infection events covered e Apply sanitary measures e Cover before or stop spray during each predicted infection e Always double treatment as stop spray or curative when RIM value exceeds 250 300 Zwaar schema pieken dubbel pakken e Apply sanitary measures e Cover before or stop spray during each pr
5. some information is needed on the time settings and the geographical location of the station For several models it is important to know the time of sunrise and sunset RIMpro calculates these from the geographical position and the time Weather forecast data As Fruit grower you only have the option to Use the forecast editor As adviser you can add a source of weather forecast data to this station You can provide weather data for each separate station but as these are not extremely local you can often refer several stations to the same source of forecast data Again the forecast data file need to be recognized by RIMpro so you have to choose the right interface to read exactly as you did with the weather station You can have this forecast file local on your PC in case you create this yourself or download it with an external FTP program RIMpro User Manual 9 But RIMpro can also retrieve the forecast data automatically over FTP or HTTP You then have to choose the option Use WebFile and enter the information you got from your weather provider as in the example below Name of weatherstation My Weather Station r Weather station data Type of weatherstation Davis downld txt 30 min K C Use local file Use Webfile C Use HTTP Use FTP Address example www yourwebsite com Subdir example pourweatherdata Station1 0 Filename ion example Station1 O txt Usemame our FTP username Password your F
6. your local network a file ona directory of an internet site a file on an password protected FTP server Weather forecast data When you are fruit grower you can manually enter key parameters of weather forecast in the RIMpro Forecast Editor as will be explained later When you are using the advisers version of RIMpro you can set up RIMpro to automatically download the weather forecast from a weather forecast service where you made a contract with So before you start setting up RIMpro 1 When you own a weather station find out how to set it up to export automatically a file that can be read by RIMpro For support on this contact the dealer where you purchased the weather station 2 Organize the export from weather data so that the files are complete from beginning of season 3 Note the type of weather station and the file type RIMpro should read 4 Note the exact local file path directory or Internet address and when necessary user name and password for the FTP access to your data file RIMpro User Manual 5 If you are an adviser and made a contract with a weather service to get weather forecast over FTP check that you have the right address and path information a User name and the your password for this service Setting up RIMpro with your weather station s To the growers version of RIMpro you can connect two weather stations As adviser you can connect 110 weather stations These can be of different types
7. 1 Start RIMpro by double clicking the RIMpro icon on your desktop 2 In the main menu under Station you find the item Language where you can select your language RiMpro 2011 0 0 2 Adviser Slt odel Report Forecast editor RIMpro info Open Station gt Add Station Edit Station gt Delete Station gt RIMpro Exportsettings Language gt Forecast extrapolation Set Alarms Exit 3 After selecting your language select Add Station to setup a weather station in RIMpro RIMpro User Manual r ew I Information abouth the station and datafile Name of weatherstation My Weather Station Weather station data Type of weatherstation Aarslev txt Use local file settle ia E Browse SMAARTLOG csv C Use Webfile WatchDog SwD WeerOnline csv Aries A Orbi Weerpaal cs Address iMetos 30 min csv Subdir Campbell FiBL CR1000 dat Filename Username Weather station settings C Station always on wintertime 7 S Latitude o Northern Hemisphere Station always on summertime 52 5 5 C i C Station switsches to summertime Becta ett Weather forecast data File interface type C Use local file C Use web file Address Subdir Filename Username Password Use forecast editor North East C South C West Cancel Next station OK For each weather station you have to fill this screen separate The screen has three sections Weather
8. 7 Grower Te gt Station File Update Simulation Graph Parameters BreakPoints SprayDiary Window lax RIMpro Beemster Last data 21 1 15 00 300 i 120 FEET 250 Fira x i WEU a 3 Fungicide cover o a TOT Ascospore discharge ae sa Potential 31 31 3 23 8 4 23 16 4 23 25 4 0 3 50 11 50 19 50 27 50 4 60 27 315 4 4 23 12 4 23 20 4 23 29 4 0 7 50 15 50 23 50 31 50 8 6 0 l Show Weather Data 211 15 0 Relative and absolute infection risck Relative infection risk During spring during the period of ascospore discharge the RIM values indicate the relative importance of the infection events The graph shows you which rain events bring more and which bring less risk for apple scab infection Lowest graph measured rain and leaf wetness hours Light blue in the lower graph indicates hours of leaf wetness Dark blue are the hours where active rain is recorded by your weather station Middele graph Ascospore potential The dark brown field that is diminishing from left to right in the graph is the fraction of not yet mature ascospores These spores are in the leafs that have fallen during last autumn still lying on the on the orchard soil During spring this potential decrease as more spores mature and more leafs decay The red field in the graph indicates the fr
9. Bio Fruit Advies Marc Trapman Dorpsstraat 32 4111 KT Zoelmond RIMpro User Manual Version Feb 2011 1 Installation of the software 2 Connecting RIMpro to a source of weather data Before you start Measured weather data your weather station Weather forecast data Setting up RIMpro with your weather station s Weather station data Weather station settings Weather forecast data 3 Using RIMpro Opening a station and getting results When you correct your weather data Use of the forecast editor Forecast in the Growers version Forecast in the Advises version General menu structure and basic settings Parameters that should be adapted to year and site Apple Scab Biofix Codling Moth Biofix Fire blight 4 RIMpro based apple scab management Relative and absolute infection risk Scab management 5 Use of RIMpro with a Davis Vantage Pro Weather station Collecting data Exporting data for RIMpro Setting up the automated export by Weatherlink Establishing the connection with RIMproUpdates RIMpro User Manual 1 Installation of the software You need 1 The installation file RIMpro2011setup exe This file is on the CD you received from Bio Fruit Advies or from your reseller or you have downloaded this file after purchasing the software 2 Your Serial Number The Serial Number is on the CD envelope you or we did send you your Serial Number by e mail 1 Open the installation file by double clicking it the welcome s
10. TP password Weather station settings C Station always on wintertime ae F Latitud l o Northern Hemisphere Station always on summertime amar 52 Station switsches to summertime Southem Hemisphere r Weather forecast data File interface type WeerOnline csv z C Use local file Use web file C Use HTTP Use FTP Address Subdir Filename Username Password your FTP password Use forecast editor North East Cancel Next station OK When you have filled in everything correctly you can proceed by pressing either the key next station or OK when you have entered the details to all your stations RIMpro User Manual 10 3 Using RIMpro Opening a station and getting results In the RIMpro main menu under Station you can choose Open Station A list then shows the stations you have created in RIMpro Double click the station to open RIMpro now downloads the weather data file for this station in case the data have to be retrieved over Internet checks for new data Then RIMpro does the same for the weather forecast and the weather forecast file New data are interpreted and added to the internal RIMpro database containing the interpretation of your weather data Now you see in the main menu a new menu item Choose a model for Your Station In this submenu you find a list with the Models your RIMpro version is supporting When you choose a mode
11. action of mature spores These spores are ready to be discharged during the next rain period RIMpro User Manual 17 Upper graph The infection process The yellow peek shows the discharge of ascopsores during and following a rain event These spores germinate on the leaf surface When the leafs dry these spores can survive some hours of dry conditions but eventually dy The white field shows the amount of spores that is still surviving on the leaf surface The red line indicated the amount of spores that has finished the germination process and can continue the infection proses independent from leaf wetness This amount of spores is an indication of the severity of the scab infection This is the RIM value of the infection The more spores are discharged and the better the conditions for their germination the more severe the infection will be and the higher the RIM value RIM values below 100 are considered light infection risk values between 100 and 300 are considered moderate infection risk and values over 300 are considered high infection risk Rain events casing a RIM value over 300 occur only two to four times per year and are the key moments in apple scab management Absolute infection risk The absolute risk for apple scab infections to occur in your orchard is not only determined by the infection conditions as calculated by RIMpro but also by other local factors as Ascospore potential of the orchard PAD Susceptibility
12. creen will appear 2 Click Next Co RiMpro 2011 Setup Welcome Welcome to the installer for RiMpro 2011 0 0 2 you have any oth Cancel close the p 3 Inthe second screen confirm that you agree to the end user agreement and click Next RIMpro User Manual Serial Number Enter your serial number and click Next to continue 4 In the third screen you have to enter your Serial Number If you have trouble to enter the Serial Number correctly type it in Word so you can see what you are typing and copy paste it in the Serial Number field Installation Folder Where would you like RiMpro 2011 to be installed C Biofruitadvies RIMpra 5 Now you can choose where RIMpro should be installed on your computer It is strongly recommended that you install RIMpro in the default directory indicated by the installation program So by default let it as it is and just click Next If you choose to install RIMpro in another directory and you plan to use any of the FTP functions of RIMpro to download weather data from an FTP server or upload graphs to a website make sure that the installation path does not contain RIMpro User Manual broken names E g installation in the directory C Windows Program files RIMpro will block the FTP functionality 6 Now the installer will install RIMpro on your computer If errors show up during installation confirm and proceed with the installation Then repeat the installation proc
13. data for RIMpro RIMpro cannot read the weather data from the internal Davis database but Weatherlink has several possibilities to export data for use by other programs o Itis possible to make a manual export of records see Davis manual When using this option make sure you select to export all record of the current year The file that is produced in this way is read by the RIMpro Davis 30 min txt interface o Itis possible to let Weatherlink export the data automatically in the same txt file format every 30 minutes That is what we normally use The bottleneck in this is that this file is always only 7 days long so it does not contain data from beginning of year That means that if you do not run RIMpro with a week interval data are lost Setting up the automated export by Weatherlink Weatherlink can automatically export the data of the last 7 days in a file that is always called downld08 txt This file is the connection between RIMpro and Davis For this you have to set up the Weatherlink as follows 1 Go to menu Weatherlink Main menu gt Setup gt Internet settings Then you see the screen below RIMpro User Manual 22 Internet Settings Internet Connection Summary Internet Transfer Enabled On Intenet logon FTP host www biofruitadvies nl Local Transfer Enabled On eid Connect through LAN FTP logon w10604918 FTP Path weerstations Zoelmond Proxy Server Use Default Proxy Server Local Path C WEATHERLINKS Inte
14. e Blight 24h Cherry Leaf Spot 24h Downy Mildew 24h In this screen you can set the way forecasts are made for each model your RIMpro version supports individually RIMpro User Manual No means that no extrapolations are made The calculations and graphs stop where you data file ends 24h 14d means that an extrapolation based on previously measure data is made as explained above for the growers version Forecast Editor means that the data you entered in the Forecast Editor are used To give you some regional flexibility in this the Forecast Editor distinguishes four regions North East South and West You can enter a separate weather forecast for each of these regions and assign your weather stations to one of these regions during the setup of the station You can later revise your choice using Edit Station Forecast data in local or Webfile means that RIMpro runs to the end of the file with your measured data then switches to the weather forecast file It looks in this for connecting data and runs the extrapolation using these data 14 General menu structure and basic settings Each of the models has the following menu items Update simulation This forces the model to look for new weather data and append the calculations In the Fire blight and Downy Mildew model this menu has a submenu to make a choice in how the calculations are made to compare the output Graph In all models there are several graphs sho
15. edicted infection e Always double treatment as stop spray or curative when RIM value exceeds 150 19 RIMpro User Manual Secondary infections As soon as you find any apple scab symptoms in an orchard the conidia produced by these spots outnumber the risk for ascospore infections From that moment onward you should only use the graph for secondary infections to make your decisions on apple scab management During rain conidia are splashed form the existing scab spots upon new leafs and fruits Only freshly developed leafs are susceptible for scab infections older leafs not Infections on young leafs are green in the graph Young fruits are as susceptible as young leafs but get more resistant as the get older during the growing season The fruit infections are red in the graph To cause fruit infections in August much longer wetness period are necessary than in May The difference is clearly visible in figure 2 Figure 2 Secondary infections op leafs and fruits in RIMpro Secondary scab infections Conidiospores Assent 2010 Infections on young leaves Apple Pear and fruits of pear Fruit infections on Apple 120 Sever 110 100 90 80 70 4 Light Infection 60 Fungicide cover 08 50 40 4 06 04 0 25 w fo TU r T TTT a o PTRA OS iS Ct J ts OF OS Et Fe 0 0 4 Thresholds On apple scab susceptible apple var
16. ess from the start You will see that no errors occur any more 7 When the installation is finished you find a shortcut icon for RIMpro added to your desktop td RIMpro 2011 YM Fusion 3 0 0 fpbF RIMpro User Manual 2 Connecting RIMpro to a source of weather data Before you start RIMpro needs measured weather data and weather forecast data to calculate the status and expected development of the pest and disease populations in your crop Measured weather data your weather station RIMpro does not read data directly from your weather station or from the internal databases created by your weather stations software Most weather stations have software that facilitates an automatic export in a for RIMpro understandable file format RIMpro needs the weather data to be in a txt of csv file format with each new measurement in a new line The files should be complete from beginning of season and new measurements should be appended at the end of the file As most weather stations have their own file format RIMpro comes with a number of interfaces to interpret the files of the different types of weather stations As an increasing number of modern weather stations is setup to send their data directly to an internet server and also extension services tend to provide weather data to their customers over internet RIMpro has four possibilities to retrieve data RIMpro can read weather data from a file on your local PC a file on
17. ieties scab can increase very fast during rainy periods The level of increase is mainly depending on the weather during summer and hard to predict Strong growing orchards keep producing fresh susceptible leafs long in summer facilitating the further increase of the epidemic In production orchards in maritime climate of The Netherlands and Belgium we see a factor 100 increase between the number of infected leafs end of primary May and end of August In these situations your thresholds should be low RIMpro User Manual 20 On less susceptible apple varieties and orchards that terminate their growth early the increase of the epidemic is much slower and thresholds may be applied to decide on treatments during parts of the summer For observations on apple scab all leafs of at least 200 shoots orchard block should be checked Take one shoot tree in random trees in the orchard The outcome of your observations is only valid for the orchard you checked Repeat the observations within four week or two infection cycles Table 3 Thresholds for scab management during summer Period Threshold in percent shoots with apple scab Discovery Alkmene Katja Aroma Boskoop Cox s James Jonagold Golden Gala grieve Pinova Greenstar Braeburn Fuji Pink Lady Summerred McIntosh Gloster Delblush Vf resistent Topaz Santana Collina Goldrush Elstar at low growth level Table 4 General
18. ion Davis downld txt 30 min Ne C AWEATHERLINK downld08 txt Lokale file gebruiken C Webfile gebruiken E a Weather station settings C Station always on wintertime Mnr z e Noordelijk halfrond Station always on summertime x 3 2uidelij Station switsches to summertime Bese elteliee Weather forecast data File interface type C Use local file C Use web file Use forecast editor C East C South C West Stop Volgende station OK On top at Name of the station write the name of the Farmer orchards or village as indication of the location This will be the name of the station in RIMpro As Type of station you find standard Davis downld08 txt 30 minutes Do not change this See that Use Local File is indicated Then click the button browse and locate the place on your system where the downld08 txt file is created by Weatherlink Double click this file to mark it for RIMpro RIMpro User Manual 25 Click OK to finish the registration of the station in RIMpro When you go now in the main menu to Station gt Open Station and double click your stations name RIMpro will read you weather data and you can choose a model to evaluate your data RIMpro User Manual 26
19. l from this list RIMpro immediately calculates the actual situation for you Open Station Add Station Edit Station gt SSR Delete Station gt Bombaye Dronten Read data from ASCI file again jane RiMpro Exportsettings Hulst Language gt Knooplaan Forecast extrapolation Loksbergen Set Alarms No Station loaded When you correct your weather data When there is a data gap in your file with weather data RIMpro tries to fill this gab by interpolation during the reading of your raw data into the RIMpro internal database RIMpro User Manual 11 When your data gab is more than 5 hours RIMpro does not fill this gab and ther will be a gap in the calculations RIMpro only checks for new data in your data file and does not look back at the old data in your file that are already in the internal database When you make corrections in the original data file of your weather station you should force RIMpro to read all data again You do this as follows 1 Open the station in RIMpro 2 Choose the option Read data from ASCII file again RIMpro now reads your weather data again from the beginning and the next time you choose a model all calculations will be renewed using your corrected data Weather forecast The use of the forecast editor In the main menu you find the menu item Forecast Editor After selecting this menu you see the screen below fen Mt Ri Es You can ente
20. r separate weather forecast for four regions Enter the forecasted minimum and maximum temperature RiMpro will asses the hourly temperatures using a sine function Enter the foreseen rainfall RIMpro will distribute the amount of rain over the rain periods that you indicate Enter foreseen leafwetness events by clicking the hours of wetness Enter foreseen rain events by double clicking the hours that it will rain Region North Region South Region East Region West Tmax C Tmint Rainim 0 00 1 00 200 3 00 400 5 00 600 7 00 8 00 3 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 13 00 14 00 15 00 16 00 17 00 18 00 19 00 20 00 21 00 22 00 ae EEE Saas Save and close The lines in the screen show the following days For every day you can type in the expected maximum and minimum temperature From this RIMpro will estimate the temperature in each hour of the following days using a sine function You can indicate forecasted wetness periods by clicking in the hour fields in each line If you click once this hour will have leaf wetness if you double click in this hour it will be raining The amount of rain in a day is not used Forecast in the Growers version Under Station in the RIMpro main menu you find the submenu Startup parameters that provides access to the following screen RIMpro User Manual 12 Execute at RiMpro start up C Do no
21. rnet Connection Settings Data Upload Summary Profile 1 Profile 2 Profile 3 Profile 4 Profile 5 Profile 6 Profile 7 Profile 8 Offset Time 0 00 Upload Frequency 30 min Automatically download Yes before Internet upload Number of Template 0 Files to transfer Number of Reports to 1 0 transfer Number of Current Data 0 0 Images to transfer Number of Historical 0 0 0 Data Images to transfer Configure Configure Configure Configure Configure Configure Configure Configure Cancel Help 2 In this screen click the button Internet Connection Settings which brings you in the next screen called Internet Connection Settings 3 Ifyou do not wish to send your weather data to an Internet site only Local transfer has to be setup Internet Connection Settings Internet Connection Connect through a local server Host www biofruitadvies nl Port 21 Use Passive Mode 0 Connect through a Dialup Connection User Name w10604813 Remote Path weerstations Zoelmond Proxy Settings Direct r Prozy Pre configured M Auto Proxy Proxy Server V Intemet Transfer Enabled V Local Transfer Enabled Local Path fe WEATHERLINKS Cancel On the left lower corner only mark Local Transfer Enabled and see that the box Internet Transfer Enabled is unmarked In the lower right corner Local Path your Weatherlink directory is indicated as the place
22. se 3 green tip stage of their main apple variety as Biofix Following a wet mild winter users are advised to set the Biofix several days before this event First morphologically mature When looking at pseudothecia crushed on a microscope 3 ascospores under microscope slide finding 5 10 olive coloured spores in the asci indicates the morphological maturity of the pseudothecia This leads however to a relative early setting of the Biofix as not always the first spores are actually released during the next rain event RIMpro User Manual 15 First ascospores discharged in In the weeks before bud burst twice a week 1 the laboratory Pseudothecio containing apple leaves are brought in form the field and put in a perti dish The dish is covered with a microscope slide Then the leaves are wetted at 18 20 C After two hours the slide is checked for the presence of ascospores under microscope The first date spores are discharged from these leaves provides the most accurate Biofix for RIMpro In RIMpro the Biofix date is set a few days prior to this event so that the first discharge in the model matches this date First spores observed in spore Running spore traps in the field will indicate the first 2 traps in the field ascospore release in the field As this method is depending on the occurrence of naturally occurring rain events the actual moment of first ejectable spores is between the last rain event that
23. station data Weather station settings Weather forecast data Weather station data Provide a name for the location of the station This will be the name of the station in RIMpro and appear in the title of the graphs Mostly this will be the name of the orchard the farm or the village where the weather station is located Next choose the interface that RIMpro uses to read your file from the drop down list that appears when you click the small arrow next to the Type of weather station field Then you have to show RIMpro where it can find your weather data When the data are on you local PC or local network press the button Browse and follow the path to your weather data file When you located your data file double click it so RIMpro notes its location Your screen will then look like the next example RIMpro User Manual i LA amp Information abouth the station and Name of weatherstation My Weather Station Weather station data Type of weatherstation Davis downld txt 30 min bd Use local file C Biofruitadvies RIMpro D ata D ata 2009 Hulst txt i C Use Webfile Use HTTP C Use FTP Address Subdir Filename Username Password Weather station settings C Station always on wintertime lends fo Northem Hemisphere Station always on summertime 4 x K C Southern Hemisphere C Station switsches to summertime r Weather forecast data File interface t
24. t open a station at start up Open a station at start up Select the station that will be opened Biddinghuizen Execute at opening a station Ask for the registration of fungicide sprays Extrapolate with existing weather data Ask for weather forecast Cancel OK You can set how RIMpro should behave at start up and how the weather forecast is handled For the extrapolation of the simulations you have two options 1 Extrapolate with the existing weather data In this model the scab calculations are extrapolated 24 hours using the temperature development of the last day and presuming the leafs stay wet for 24 hours This is a worst case extrapolation to see how a developing scab infection could develop In the codling moth model an extrapolation of one week is made based on the average temperature development of the last days 2 Ask for weather forecast In this mode the information you enter in the forecast editor is used for both the Codling Moth and the Apple Scab model Forecast in the Advisers version Under Station in the RIMpro main menu you find the submenu Forecast extrapolation that provides access to the following screen RIMpro User Manual 13 ee E O Select the data source AlMpro should use for the prognosis No Automatic Forecast Forecast data in Extrapolation Editor local or web file Scab C 24h 2 G Sooty Blotch C 24h C ce Codling Moth 14d Fir
25. where Weatherlink will create the downld08 txt export file Leave this as it is and close this screen by clicking OK RIMpro User Manual 23 You are now back in the screen called Internet Settings Click now the button Configure under the column Profile1 This brings you in the following screen called Upload Profile 1 Data Upload Profile 1 30min xl oo wM 1 Week Data Archive Choose in the upper left part at Upload every the setting 30 minutes Mark in the upper right corner the option Download Weather Station First Then you click the button Select report files In the screen that opens next you only mark 1 Week Data Archive Upload Weather Reports for Data Upload Profile 1 Then you close all screens by clicking OK several times RIMpro User Manual 24 You have now setup Weatherlink to every 30 minutes read the data from the station first and then export these in the downld08 txt file that is created in the Weatherlink directory After waiting 30 minutes you will see that Weatherlink has created the downld08 txt file for the first time and you can make the connection with RIMpro Establishing the connection with RIMpro Start RIMpro Inthe main menu choose Station gt Add Station You get the screen below but in English Gegevens over het weerstation en de gegevensfile Naam van weerstation Test Boomgaard Weather station data Type weerstat
26. wing aspects related to management of the pest disease in question Depending on the model these are primary and secondary infections inclusion of estimated residues of previous treatments and weather data Parameters The RIMpro models have an open structure The end user can set most of the parameters that are ruling the calculations Normal users are strongly advised NOT to change any of the parameter settings Only experts that know what they are doing could adapt parameters according to their own experience or ideas Some parameters however NEED TO BE SET to year and local conditions to obtain correct results Parameters that should be adapted to year and site Apple scab Biofix For optimal performance the Biofix needs to be set so that first simulated discharge matches first observed ascospore discharge Technically the Biofix is used to trim the maturation process so that the first cohorts of spores are in a position to be discharged at next rain event Experts use several methods to set the Biofix for RIMpro Early season observations are communicated between RIMpro users in Europe to optimize regional Biofix setting The result of these observations and the advised Biofix for RIMpro are published each spring on the Bio Fruit Advies Website Table 1 Methods for setting the Biofix in RIMpro Method Interpretation Order of preference Green tip of main apple variety When no other information is available users can u
27. ype Use local file Use web file C Use HTTP Address Subdir Filename Username Password Use forecast editor North C East C South C West Cancel Next station OK When your weather data are on Internet or on a FTP server you have to click the option Use webfile Then you have to enter the information you got from the organisation that provides you the weather data Data can be retrieved over http or FTP depending on the service that is provided to you See the example below RIMpro User Manual 8 p nl E Information abouth the station and datafile Name of weatherstation My Weather Station Weather station data Type of weatherstation Davis downld txt 30 min C Use local file Use Webfile C Use HTTP Use FTP Address www yourstatiosnwebsite com example www yourwebsite com Subdir ourdatadirector example yourweatherdata Station10 Filename ourstation tet example Station O txt Username Password your FTP password Weather station settings Station always on wintertime r A Latitude o Northern Hemisphere Station always on summertime 52 k A C i C Station switsches to summertime Southern Hemisphere Weather forecast data File interface type C Use local file C Use web file G i Cu Address Subdir Filename North C East C South C West Cancel Next station OK Weather station settings In the next section
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