The future of the potato sector could include the classification of potato production with a smartphone, while receiving information on soil temperature, humidity and CO2 levels in real time thanks to an electronic potato to be planted among the tubers. These new solutions were presented at Macfrut by Romagnoli F.lli Spa.
The SolGrader technology was developed by Dutch company Solentum and enables, by taking a simple photographs of sample-tubers, the measuring of size, weight, average length, estimated yield and distribution level. Bluetooth SolAntenna electronic potatoes collect data on soil temperature, humidity, CO2 levels and physical shock levels during the entire production process and even during transport and storage.
"The potato sector is dynamic and innovation-oriented. The most recent technologies to monitor production mean we can have information available in real time. This way, we can intervene promptly to optimise production and storage, reaching quality standards that are increasingly higher," explains president Giulio Romagnoli.