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Spraying for powdery mildew can be ~25% of the cost of farming a vineyard and be one of the key elements of a grower’s carbon footprint. Sarah Placella, Founder and CEO of Root Applied Sciences, has taken her deep research in microbes and created a data-driven solution to monitor the air for mildew and spray only when needed. Root can cut ~5 sprays per season, and growers have an average 5x ROI using the system.
Detailed Show Notes:
Root Applied Sciences (“Root”) - airborne pathogen monitoring for farmers, like an “early warning system”
HW enabled SaaS model - Root owns and maintains devices
Has an automated prototype in process
~25% of operational costs are spent managing PM
Other benefits of Root
Pricing
~5x ROI
Barriers to adoption
Other PM solutions
Product roadmap - more power efficiency, integrating a solar panel
Has done work with/ downy mildew, botrytis, vine mealybug, and can detect them, but does not add a lot of value
Excited about growth in microbial mildewcides (biologicals)
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Spraying for powdery mildew can be ~25% of the cost of farming a vineyard and be one of the key elements of a grower’s carbon footprint. Sarah Placella, Founder and CEO of Root Applied Sciences, has taken her deep research in microbes and created a data-driven solution to monitor the air for mildew and spray only when needed. Root can cut ~5 sprays per season, and growers have an average 5x ROI using the system.
Detailed Show Notes:
Root Applied Sciences (“Root”) - airborne pathogen monitoring for farmers, like an “early warning system”
HW enabled SaaS model - Root owns and maintains devices
Has an automated prototype in process
~25% of operational costs are spent managing PM
Other benefits of Root
Pricing
~5x ROI
Barriers to adoption
Other PM solutions
Product roadmap - more power efficiency, integrating a solar panel
Has done work with/ downy mildew, botrytis, vine mealybug, and can detect them, but does not add a lot of value
Excited about growth in microbial mildewcides (biologicals)
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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