Last week at our Field Crop Scout School one resource that we shared was a list of crop scouting related apps and web-based resources. There are a lot of apps and web-based resources out there that can be helpful when it comes to crop scouting.
Check out the list we complied below or click here to download a pdf version. If you have other apps or web-based resources you like to use, please let us know!
Note that Iowa State University does not endorse any company or product in this list and nor is this list a complete comprehensive list of apps or web-based resources available.
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Allows for location-based pin dropping to ID pests or other issues in the field. Able to send/share scouting reports and photos taken in the field. |
FREE |
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Sirrus |
Create field boundaries, soil sample, scout crops, record field operations, check weather conditions, and graph rainfall estimates. |
FREE |
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A great online unbiased, research-based resource for publications on crop diseases, insects, weeds, fungicide efficacy; online tools like estimating disease severity and soybean defoliation; and other resources like podcasts and videos. |
FREE |
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Global Resistance Management |
With the goal of trying to minimize the selection of resistance to any one pesticide this app allows you to search active ingredients for insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides and see which chemical class and mode of action and/or site of action they belong to. |
FREE |
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This website is full of agronomic information. You can even subscribe via email to our ICM News and ICM blog for the latest of what’s happening in the field across the state. |
FREE |
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The Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic provides diagnoses of plant problems (plant diseases and insect damage) and the identification of insects from the field. You can submit physical samples and/or photos. |
Fee depending upon service requested per sample. |
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Tarspotter |
Assists in making management decisions for tar spot in corn. Can input site-specific information about a corn field and the app combines this information with research-based models to predict the best timing for tar spot treatment. |
FREE |
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Web-based resource with up-to-date maps on various corn diseases and insect pests. |
FREE |
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Sporecaster |
Assists in making management decisions for white mold in soybeans. Can input site-specific information about a soybean field and the app combines this information with research-based models to predict the best timing for white mold treatment. |
FREE |
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Sporebuster |
While Sporecaster helps to determine if a treatment is needed for white mold, Sporebuster allows you to compare up to 10 different treatment plans to determine best option for treating for white mold in soybean. |
FREE |
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Web-based resource with more information on soybean gall midge including an up-to-date distribution map. You can also sign-up to receive alerts about soybean gall midge. |
FREE |
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Sign-up to receive text message alerts about pest issues, upcoming events, and scouting info. |
FREE |
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Interactive website that provides a visual on the node injury scale to evaluate corn rootworm feeding on corn roots. |
FREE |
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Web-based resource that tracks growing degree days for specific insect pests. |
FREE |
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LeafByte |
Estimate leaf defoliation with a picture. Saves data to a spreadsheet. |
FREE |
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Bioleaf |
Another app that estimates defoliation based on a photo, either taken in the app or uploaded from phone’s photo gallery. |
FREE |
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Google Lens |
Need help identifying an insect pest? Take a photo and Google Lens can help assist in identifying what the pest may be. |
FREE |
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iNaturalist |
Take a photo of an unknown plant or insect and the app will list potential candidates. It may not be confident enough to make a recommendation but may suggest a family or genus that the weed (or insect) could belong too. |
FREE
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PictureThis |
Snap a photo, and this app will help with plant identification. |
7-day free trial period, and then can pay for a monthly or yearly subscription. |
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PlantNet |
Another app that helps with plant ID by a photograph. |
FREE |
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University of Missouri Herbicide Injury ID |
Diagnose plant damage that may have been caused by herbicides. Use the app to diagnose injury, view herbicide sites of action, search by herbicide, or send off a photo for an expert to help diagnose. |
$0.99
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SoilWeb |
Look-up official soil series descriptions and summaries of soil types associated with the current geographic location. |
FREE |
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Quickly drop pins or create field outlines to note field boundaries, size, and location. |
FREE |
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Web-based resource that allows you to look at historical aerial maps to see how fields may have look going back to the 1930s until today. |
FREE |
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Web-based resource that allows you to look up soil-related information for a specific area of interest (field). |
FREE |
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Yara CheckIT |
App with a photographic library of crops to assist with ID of possible nutrient deficiencies |
FREE |
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Landing page for many helpful environmental data-based resources, such as precipitation, wind maps (roses), pest maps and forecasting, and much more. |
FREE |
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Decision support tool with data sets of 30-year historical perspective to offer growing degree day projections for early/late frosts and corn hybrid physiological maturity projections based on accumulated and forecasted growing degree days. |
FREE |
Rebecca Vittetoe Field Agronomist in EC Iowa
Rebecca Vittetoe is an extension field agronomist in east central Iowa. Educational programs are available for farmers, agribusiness, pesticide applicators, and certified crop advisors.
Areas of expertise include agronomy, field crop production and management of corn, soybeans, and...
