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Decision Information Systems for Citrus

The following links to publications, personal home pages of those involved with DISC and agencies that are already doing some work in similar areas will help the reader understand better what DISC is all about. Please surf these web pages at your liesure.

Publications

• Citrus Production Decisions May Be Aided By Network Resources - by J. David Martsolf`
• Computers In Citrus - by Peter D. Spyke
• Technology for Sustainable Agriculture - by Chet Townsend
• 1997 DISC Grant Proposal - as originally submitted to the Florida Citrus Production Research Advisory Council. Approved for two years funding.
• Development of Decision Information Systems for Florida Citrus, FCPRAC Project No. 971-55 - the 1998 Progress Report In PDF Format
• Decision Information Systems for Florida Citrus: Phase II - the FCPRAC Project Preproposal FY 1999-2000 Grant Program In PDF Format

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Products Available

• CPG - Citrus Pathogen Guide Software for Windows - (preliminary copy - see disclaimer)
• The Florida Citrus CD-ROM from UF/IFAS - Order online

Related Technologies

• Best Management Practice Decision Support System for Soybean
• The Virtual Orchard - from the University of Vermont
• Expert Systems Development Group - from PennState College of Agricultural Sciences
• Agricultural Technology Utilization and Transfer Project (ATUT) - from Egypt
• Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) - DSSAT (pronounced deesat) is microcomputer software program combining crop, soil, and weather data bases and programs to manage them, with crop models and application programs, to simulate multi-year outcomes of crop management strategies.

Precison Ag Sites

• AgOnline
• FAWN - Florida Automated Weather Network - Weather for Precison Ag and DISC disease models
• PrecisionAg.com
• Space Imaging
• Terra Industries Precision in Agriculture™ Weather Network Web Site - Weather data from Florida's citrus production area.

Visit These Web Pages

Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department

• Howard Beck's Page
• Jim Jones' Page
• Pierce Jones' Page
• Wayne Mishoe's Page
• Bob Peart's Page
• Fedro Zazueta's Page

Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences -- IFAS

• Jon Allen's Page
• Harold Browning
• J. David Martsolf's Page
• Tom Obreza'a Page

Grower Participants

• Arapaho Citrus Management
• Chet Townsend's Home Page and The Ultimate Citrus Page

Private Industry Partners

• Adcon Telemetry - Weather monitoring Systems for Florida Citrus Growers.
• Breedlove, Dennis & Associates, Inc. - AgInfoMgr
• Durand-Wayland, Inc. - Manufacturers of spraying equipment.
• ESRI - Producers of ArcView and ArcInfo GIS Software.
• Spectrum Technologies, Inc. - Fine-tune your nutrient, irrigation and integrated pest management programs with the help of tools from Spectrum Technologies.
• WELS Research Corporation's - Weather Forecasts for Cold Protection and Ag Forecasts.

University of Florida

• AgriGator - an excellent Agriculture link page!
• Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department
• Citrus Research & Education Center in Lake Alfred, FL
• FAWN - Florida Automated Weather Network
• Horticultural Sciences Department
• Indian River Research & Education Center in Ft. Pierce, FL
• Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences -- IFAS
• Southwest Florida Research & Education Center in Immokalee, FL

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