Desarrollo de un prototipo electrónico para reducción de hongos nocivos en cultivos en cultivos ornamentales mediante el uso de ondas electromagnéticas

Abstract

In the cultivation of ornamental plants of Ecuador during their production, quality controls are required for their subsequent commercialization, among which is the control, elimination of pests and fungi; they usually do it using chemical products such as fungicides and pesticides. The present project showed o different process for the reduction of harmful fungi in ornamental crops such as Botrytis Cinerea and Puccinia Pelargonii, using electromagnetic waves through the implementation of an electronic prototype applied directly on the ornamental plant. The electronic prototype has a logarithmic potentiometer which tuned a voltage between the values of 0 to 18 volts, these values were displayed on a TFT LCD screen; in addition, on this screen two tactile buttons were used to configure the operating time of the prototype in a range of 1 to 240 minutes, once these values have been configured, another touch button located on the screen was pressed, when there is a need to stop the process, there is a stop touch button, the most results were obtained by radiating the samples at a frequency of 9,5 GHz and an estimated time of 2 hours for the reduction of diseases caused by fungi for both Puccinia Pelargonii and Botrytis Cinerea in crops already produced.