Tools

1. DiseasePlan - a spreadsheet application for training people to assess disease severity and to assist with standard area diagram development

Sachet, Marcos Robson, Citadin, Idemir, Danner, Moeses Andrigo, Guerrezi, Marieli Teresinha, & Pertille, Rafael Henrique. (2017). DiseasePlan - a spreadsheet application for training people to assess disease severity and to assist with standard area diagram development. Ciência Rural, 47(6), e20160924. Epub May 04, 2017. https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0103-8478cr20160924

Click here for download the DiseasePlan.

2. ChillModels Package - Functions for Processing Chill and Heat Models for Temperate Fruit Trees

R package - contains procedures for calculate the chilling and heat accumulation for studies in the temperate fruit trees. The models in this package are:

  • Utah (Richardson et al., 1974)
  • PCU (Utah modified by Infruitec)
  • GDH_A (Growing Degree Hours by Anderson et al., 1986)
  • GDH_A (Growing Degree Hours by Richardon, 1974)
  • North Carolina (Shaltout e Unrath, 1983)
  • Landsberg Model, Q10 Model (Bidabe)
  • Model by Jones et al. (2013)
  • Low-Chill Model (Gilreath and Buchanan, 1981)
  • Model for Cherry “Sweetheart” (Guak and Nielsen, 2013)
  • Model for apple “Gala” (Guak and Nielsen, 2013)
  • Dynamic Model (Fichmann, 1987) adapted of the “chillR” package
  • Unified Model of Chuine (Chuine, I. et al. 2016)

Package Documentation or download .pdf - Reference manual (PDF)

Paper in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture here

The release version of ChillModels package is hosted in GitHub. You can download it from GitHub using devtools package.

install.packages(“devtools”)
devtools::install_github(“RPertille/ChillModels”)
library(ChillModels)