Feel plants' leaves and note their coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease.

“Feel plants' leaves and note their coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease.” is a supplemental task performed by Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. Among the occupation's 30 rated tasks, workers place it 24th by importance (#7 most important). About 64% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Evaluate production inputs or outputs. in Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Sell and deliver plants and flowers to customers. · importance 4.2
• Record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs. · importance 4.1
• Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting. · importance 4.1
• Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them. · importance 4.0
• Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops. · importance 4.0
• Regulate greenhouse conditions, and indoor and outdoor irrigation systems. · importance 4.0
• Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment. · importance 3.8
• Provide information and advice to the public regarding the selection, purchase, and care of products. · importance 3.8
• Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand. · importance 3.8
• Set up and operate irrigation equipment. · importance 3.7
• Maintain and repair irrigation and climate control systems. · importance 3.7
• Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress. · importance 3.7
• Dig, cut, and transplant seedlings, cuttings, trees, and shrubs. · importance 3.7
• Identify plants, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers. · importance 3.5

See all tasks on the Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-23383,
  title  = {Feel plants' leaves and note their coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-23383}
}