Re: [apple-crop] spectrum instruments

2011-04-26 Thread Los, Lorraine
From: apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net [apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net] On Behalf Of Jon Clements [jmcext...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 7:02 PM To: Apple-crop discussion list Subject: {SPAM?} Re: [apple-crop] spectrum instruments Yea, look at me, given my old(er

Re: [apple-crop] spectrum instruments

2011-04-26 Thread Juliet Evelyn Carroll
list Objet : Re: [apple-crop] spectrum instruments Hello All, I have a few Spectrum machines and have seen the discrepancies between the different models. As someone else mentioned, one of the reasons is probably related to the issue on how to decide if 2 or more wetting events should

Re: [apple-crop] spectrum instruments

2011-04-21 Thread Daniel Cooley
Dave's right, the Mills model is Al Jones from about 1980. The WA model is actually the original Bill Mills model from the 40's, and the Cornell model is Gadoury, Stensvand and Seem's 1994 revision. Nice overview, Dave. I haven't checked, but there may be differences between the Cornell model

Re: [apple-crop] spectrum instruments

2011-04-21 Thread David Doud
thank you Dave for the time and effort you put into this post - short of input from specmeters, I'll slightly exaggerate and say that the Cornell model will predict scab infection after a short heavy dew, while the WA model requires rainforest conditions for a couple of days before it

Re: [apple-crop] spectrum instruments and infection models in general

2011-04-21 Thread David Doud
thanks Vincent, for the link to RIMpro - I look forward to investigating more when I'm not so tired - David - On Apr 21, 2011, at 12:10 PM, Vincent Philion wrote: Hi! I agree with both Dave and Daniel, but let me add a grain of salt: All infection events are not equal. Plain