Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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If you want to stop plant disease in its tracks, it’s essential that the damage is diagnosed as quickly as possible. To do that, you must take to the air.

A UK research team are using drones and a technique originally developed for earth observation, called hyperspectral imaging, to diagnose damaged plant life faster than has been possible up to now.

Read the full story published on Medium: medium.com/big-science-at-stfc.