A Software for Diagnosis and Management of Diseases and Pests in White button Mushrooms

Abstract: The cultivation of White Button Mushrooms are growing in Punjab and adjoining areas are carried out by seasonal growers with no almost environmental controls. In the country of India majority of the mushroom holdings are lacking adequate pasteurization compost preparation and proper environmental control facilities, which give rises to the development of various diseases and pests sufficiently to a level to cause considerable yield loss. So this crop is always under threat of attack by diseases and pests. Diagnosing these diseases and pests is difficult and subjected to expert opinion. This proposed system is developed to automate the inspection of White Button Mushrooms and helps to identify diseases and pests. There are also a number of diseases which have similar symptoms making it difficult for non-experts to distinguish them correctly. The proposed system will use colored images of defected mushrooms to detect and diagnose the particular disease and pest. This will assist the farmers to identify any pest, any disease and make right action. This system is developed using ASP.Net and database using SQL Server 2008.

Keywords: Diagnosing, Agaricus bisporus, ASP.Net, HTML, SQL Server.