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Bug Sensors Could Slow Infection, Defend Crops

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RIVERSIDE, Calif. and SAO PAULO, Brazil, May 1, 2014 — Better classification of insects in the wild could be a key to protecting crops and halting the spread of diseases. A team from the University of California, Riverside, in collaboration with the University of Sao Paulo and ISCA Technologies, has developed an optical technique to differentiate species of insects with up to 99 percent accuracy. Scientists can study insects more accurately with the new sensor device. “We set out not knowing what was possible,” said Eamonn Keogh, a computer science professor at UC Riverside Bourns College of Engineering. “Now,...Read full article

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    Published: May 2014
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