Construction and application of pesticide fast searching system for crop diseases and pests control

A cross-platform pesticide fast searching system for crop diseases and pests control was developed for helping farmers understand and master the knowledge of pest control, facilitating farmers to obtain the key characteristics and scientific control methods of crop diseases and pests through mobile phones quickly and conveniently, and providing online plant protection technology services for farmers. The fast searching system was developed using RESTful web service architecture, HTML5 mobile web development technology, and taking the Wechat platform as user access portal, which realized the functions of pesticide searching, plant diseases and pests mapping searching, and backstage data management. The detailed information of pesticides could be searched by pesticide names and crop disease or pests names for the relationships between pesticides and crop diseases or pests were established. The control technologies of 30 important pest and disease in Fujian Province, which including vegetables, fruit trees, rice, tea and tobacco, were covered in the constructed database. The preliminary application results showed that the system displayed satisfying practicability and stability, which indicating the system was suitable for popularization and application in rural grassroots. The pesticide fast searching system based on Wechat platform could satisfy the demands of the popularization and application of new crop protection technologies, and providing farmers with simple and convenient online plant protection technology services. The research had great significance on improving the ability of farmers in safe application of pesticides and scientific prevention and control of crop diseases and pests, and promoting the efficiency and reduction of pesticides.