Cork scientists develop AI system to monitor 'smelly' insect which damages crops

The brown marmorated stink bug  is an invasive species which feeds on over 100 species of plants, including many agricultural crops, and are considered a problematic pest to orchards and vegetable growing in Europe over the past decade.

Irish scientists have come up with a way to use artificial intelligence to keep tabs on a notoriously smelly insect that can wreak havoc on fruit and vegetable growing.

Tyndall National Institute, based in Cork, has teamed up with the agricultural research State authority Teagasc to monitor and sustainably manage Halyomorpha halys, known as the brown marmorated stink bug.