Ceres AI - Cumulative Stress Index Tool
The Cumulative Stress Index is a scorecard of total orchard health, revealing where yield may be most impacted by stress. Use the index to identify the most vulnerable areas of your operation, evaluate the ROI on addressing issues, and protect the long-term health of your business.
Common uses
- Quantifying the impact of stress on yields
- Prioritizing actions to improve orchard health
- Optimizing irrigation strategy
- Understanding year-over-year performance at the acre level
Growers know that the long-term profitability of an orchard depends on identifying and intervening in areas that experience persistent stress. But most methods of gauging stress—whether with pressure bombs, tissue sampling, or visual inspection—have a serious limitation: it’s impractical to test enough trees to gain an accurate assessment of the entire orchard.
Ceres Imaging makes this holistic view possible by combining the perspective of aerial data with the power of machine learning. The Cumulative Stress Index quantifies likely impacts on yield, enabling growers to determine whether interventions will deliver positive ROI.
Use the Cumulative Stress Index mid-season to assess yield trends, or at the end of the season to refine irrigation strategies, map yields, and run cost-benefit analyses.