Spore detectors find pathogens early – can they tell growers when to spray? (The Western Producer).

EMILI’s work testing and validating BioScout has been hilighted in The Western Producer.

“BioScout presents spore pressure through a traffic-light system intended to help users interpret the results.

The technology was field tested in Manitoba in 2026 through EMILI’s Innovation Farms program. Two BioScout stations were installed at J.P. Wiebe Ltd., a potato and grain farm near MacGregor, Man.

EMILI scouts the field weekly to compare BioScout’s airborne spore readings with what later shows up in the crop, while the farm continues with its normal disease-management program.”

Read the full story by Don Norman in The Western Producer.