Cercospora Spray Manager
Monitor the Cercospora pressure on your fields
- Monitor the Cercospora pressure on your fields
- Be timely efficient with fungicide treatments: the first application is key to safeguard your harvest
- Have better disease control and resistance management
KWS Cercospora Spray Manager – Supports farmers to optimize spray timing
A digital support tool designed specifically for sugarbeet growers, Cercospora Spray Manager helps you plan your first fungicide application with confidence. Powered by real field data and weather modeling, it forecasts Cercospora development and alerts you before the outbreak starts.
This tool has been tested in extensive trials and developed with farmer input. It's easy to use and tailored to your field conditions.
Timely application of fungicides
- Be on time, not too late
- The first spray is the most important
How it works
Draw your field
Register your fields in myKWS. This can be done directly via the Cercospora Spray Manager tool or through the use of Field management or other tools such as the Beet Seed Service.
Go to the tool
Enter basic crop details
After entering the relevant data such as sowing date and last tillage, you will receive field-specific recommendations for the first application.
Let the model do the work
Using daily weather data (temperature, humidity, rainfall, GDD after sowing), Cercospora Spray Manager predicts disease risk and notifies you when it's time to spray.
View of the Cercospora Spray Manager in myKWS
Your advantages at a glance
Optimal application time
Predicting the best time to apply fungicides, based on site-specific forecasts.
Sustainability
Optimized fungicide resistance management: CR+ varieties protect the fungicides efficacy, when respected the ingredients and mode of action’ rotation, and vice versa.
Yield protection
Targeted management ensures your earnings.
Frequently Asked Questions
It’s a decision support tool that helps time your first fungicide application against Cercospora in sugar beet.
No! Just draw your field and fill in basic information. The model uses external weather data and your crop details.
It works for both CR+ and non-CR+ sugar beet varieties.
Currently, the tool supports non-irrigated and partially irrigated fields only.
Do you have questions and suggestions?
Use the Cercospora Spray Manager in the myKWS app
Disclaimer
Apply crop protection products safely. Always read the label and product information before use. Observe the risk instructions and follow the safety precautions specified on the label. Please also follow all procedures required for responsible product use.