PHENOROB - CP4: Autonomous in-field intervention
Competitive effects of different weed species on yield
PhenoRob combines the research areas of robotics and plant phenology. This interdisciplinary project is a DFG-funded Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bonn in the field of agriculture. The aim of the project is to transform agriculture towards efficient and sustainable plant production through the development and use of new technologies. The global challenge of resource scarcity is to be met with a technology-orientated research approach.
Species-specific and selective weed management
The development and use of autonomous and AI-supported field robots is creating new potential in the area of weed management. The idea of precision farming - the spot application of herbicides, for example, instead of field-wide application - can be further optimised by these new technologies. Through species-specific and selective weed management, their use could contribute significantly to the protection and preservation of our agricultural ecosystems.
Optimised weed management strategies adapted to autonomous robots are needed to make the best possible use of this newly created potential, both to maximise yields and to preserve biodiversity in the field. The information required by a field robot for this and the effects that the actions derived from this would have on yield and biodiversity are modelled on the basis of data from various field trials.
Field trials
In various field trials at Campus Wiesengut, Campus Klein-Altendorf and other locations in NRW, field trials are being carried out to collect suitable data:
- Investigation of soil heterogeneity
- Investigation of diaspores in the soil
- Monitoring of the segetal flora over several years
- Yield effects due to weed removal on partial areas
Competitive effects of different weed species on yield
- Sowing of individual weed species in different density variants in field bean, oat and field bean-oat mixtures
- Including recording of biomass, height and degree of cover
- Recording the yield
Promoting effects of different weed species on biodiversity
- Video-based monitoring of flower visitors on different weed species in spring cereals
- Recording the flowering phenology of different weed species
- Recording the nectar production of different weed species
| Project titel: | PHENOROB - CP4: Autonomous in-field intervention |
| Acronym: | PHENOROB |
| Funding: |
DFG |
| Project website: | www.phenorob.de |
