The Agrosphere Blog

Field notes

On crop health, weather, languages, and what we're learning while building a pocket crop doctor.

Crop guide

Rice Blast Disease: How to Identify, Treat, and Prevent It

Spot spindle-shaped leaf lesions and neck blast early, learn what Magnaporthe oryzae needs to thrive, and follow a proven prevention and fungicide plan.

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Crop guide

Cotton Bollworm Control: How to Identify and Stop Bollworm Damage

Identify American, pink and spotted bollworm damage, understand the lifecycle, and stop losses with IPM, pheromone traps and well-timed sprays.

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Wheat Rust: How to Identify and Treat Yellow and Brown Rust

Tell yellow, brown and black rust apart, understand the Puccinia fungi behind them, and protect your crop with resistant varieties and timely fungicides.

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Plant care

How to Get Rid of Aphids on Plants, Naturally and Fast

Spot the clusters and sticky honeydew, then clear aphids the gentle way with water, soap, neem and natural predators — for crops and houseplants alike.

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Plant care

Why Is My Pothos Turning Yellow? Causes and Fixes

Yellow pothos leaves? Work through the real causes — overwatering, root rot, light, nutrients and natural ageing — with a clear fix for each one.

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Plant care

Spider Mites: How to Spot and Get Rid of Them

Catch the fine stippling and webbing early, then get rid of spider mites with humidity, oils and predators before they take over your plants.

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Crop guide

Tomato Early Blight: How to Identify, Treat, and Prevent It

Tomato early blight treatment made simple: spot the target-ring leaf spots, learn what causes Alternaria solani, and follow proven

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Plant care

Why Monstera (Swiss Cheese Plant) Leaves Turn Yellow

Monstera leaves turning yellow? Learn the 6 real causes—overwatering, root rot, underwatering, sun, nutrients, aging—and exactly h

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Plant care

How to Identify a Plant Disease From a Photo

Learn to identify a plant disease from a photo: what to photograph, common disease categories, pests vs. disease, and how AI diagn

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Crop guide

Potato Late Blight: How to Spot, Stop, and Prevent It (Tomatoes Too)

Potato late blight can destroy a crop in days. Learn to identify the water-soaked lesions and white mould, understand the cause, a

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Plant care

Powdery Mildew Treatment: How to Clear the White Coating on Leaves

A practical guide to powdery mildew treatment for crops and houseplants: spot the white coating early, treat it with neem, bicarbo

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Crop care

Best Time to Spray Crops: How to Time Sprays With the Weather

Learn the best time to spray crops. Find your ideal spray window using wind, rain, heat, humidity and pollinator safety so every p

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Our story

Why we're building a pocket crop doctor

By the Agrosphere team · June 2026 · 2 min read

A sick leaf is a quiet emergency. Catch it in time and a few rupees of the right spray can save a season; miss it and a whole field can turn. The hard part has never been the treatment — it's noticing early and knowing exactly what to do, in time, where you are.

For most farmers, that knowledge lives somewhere out of reach: an agronomist who's hard to get to, advice written in a language that isn't yours, a forum thread you can't load because the field has no signal. We kept meeting growers who could describe a problem perfectly but had no fast, trustworthy way to confirm it and act.

So we set out to put a calm, expert second opinion in every pocket. Point your camera at a leaf and Agrosphere names the disease, scores the crop's health, and walks you through the fix — the right product, dose and timing. It speaks your language, and the core scan runs on your device, even with no connection, because that's exactly when you need it.

This is just the start. We'll use this space for plain-language crop guides, seasonal pest and weather notes, and honest updates on what's working (and what isn't) as we build.

— Team Agrosphere

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