Plantae is hosting a new free webinar on “chill hours and thermal accumulation”—two fundamental indicators for analyzing the impact of temperature on plant development and improving the interpretation of field data.
Chill hours and thermal accumulation
Temperature is one of the environmental factors that most significantly influences crop development. Its fluctuations throughout the year shape numerous physiological processes and can help us better understand the crop’s current stage and its potential progression.
In this webinar, we will explore—in a practical and accessible way—what chill hours are, how they are used to assess the needs of specific crops, and why they are crucial for understanding processes such as the breaking of dormancy.
We will also discuss the thermal integral, a tool that links temperature accumulation to crop development. This type of information is particularly useful for tracking phenological stages and anticipating key moments during the growing season.
Webinar Objective
The goal of this webinar is to help farmers, technicians, and industry professionals get the most out of weather data and understand how to use it to make decisions based on objective information.
In an era where digitalization and precision agriculture provide access to increasing amounts of data, knowing how to interpret that data correctly is just as important as measuring it.
If you would like to gain deeper insight into the role temperature plays in crop development and learn more about concepts like chill hours and thermal integral, we invite you to join this session.
Registration for the webinar is free.
You can find more information and register here:
Webinar de Plantae
In case you missed this interesting free webinar on chill hours and thermal accumulation, here is the full video. It addresses the combination of weather stations, chill hours, growing degree days, and historical data—a setup that allows you to move beyond merely observing the weather to anticipating crop behavior and making data-driven agricultural decisions.
Pablo del Río: Technical Director at PlantaeTurf. Pablo holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and has over eight years of experience at Plantae, working in irrigated agriculture, professional landscaping, and sports turf management. He has carried out digitalization and monitoring projects for botanical gardens, smart cities, and facilities for soccer, golf, and other sports.
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