Category: Keys

Bunching vegetables

By Matt

This Field Guide was first published by the NSW Department of Primary Industries in 2017 as a PDF booklet. Subsequently it has been converted to a Lucid interactive key and field guide for the identification of insect pests, beneficials, diseases and disorders in Australia. Bunching vegetables mobile app splash screen Bunching vegetables mobile app main…

Tropical Forages: an interactive selection tool

By Matt

In early 2000, a collaborative project was funded by a number of International Agencies to develop a digital support tool to help farmers, advisors, and researchers determine the best forage plants for different locations and purposes. The project involved a number of international research organisations, including CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, the Queensland Goverment Department of Primary…

Sweetpotato Diagnotes

By Matt

A diagnostic key for sweetpotatoes, focused on SE Asia but including information relevant to the diagnosis of problems world wide. This diagnostic key was developed as part of a research project involving the University of Queensland, the International Potato Centre (CIP), PhilRootcrops in the Philippines and funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research…

Rice Doctor

By Matt

A Lucid-based crop diagnostic tool for rice in SE Asia was one of the first to be developed, the result of a long-term research project involving the International Rice Research Institute, PhilRice in the Philippines, the Rice Research Institute in Indonesia and the University of Queensland and funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research…

MyCrop

By Matt

To provide diagnostic help to growers and their advisors, the MyCrop team within the Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food has developed a series of Lucid Mobile apps – “to bring crop diagnostics to the paddock”. With funding support from the Grains Research and Development Corporation, the MyCrop series of tools now covers 6…