NARO WAGRI-API (Data & Program)

～API09: Wheat Growth Prediction～

Abstract

  In Japan, to perform timely pest control is crucial for the prevention of wheat Fusarium Head Blight caused by pathogenic fungi. Flowering period of wheat is the most susceptible period to fungal infection as well as the best period for pest control. Last year, NARO released a series of WAGRI-API containing API09: Wheat Growth Prediction, as one of the public cloud services for the purpose of timely pest control. It offers a forecast of the anthesis by inputting a dissemination day of the relevant wheat cultivar and cultivation location (latitude and longitude).