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... right fertilization, plant density, and mechanical weed control.
... right fertilization, plant density, and mechanical weed control.
...ussions with six CSA farmers, all closely involved in the project, revealed that mechanical weed control is still highly labor-intensive. Correction treatments in particular involve a high degree o...
...m. Task-specific tools can be linked to it. Initially, a multifunctional application for mechanical weed control will be investigated. In a subsequent phase, we will also develop a second work impl...
...tes in nematode control, via under-seeding in grain. The researchers are also optimizing mechanical weed control and improving (post)harvesting techniques. Another work package concerns the organiz...
...pray applications for three model crops (potatoes, wheat, Brussels sprouts) as well as a flat-field weed control. As input to the model, spray application techniques and settings will be characteri...
...radish, angelica and lovage through better varietal knowledge, cultivation mechanization (including weed control, sowing and harvesting), increasing the quality of the harvested biomass and multi-v...
...nstration of a special chain of innovative technologies that promises dramatically more sustainable weed control. A high-tech camera mounted on the drone transmitted images of the field in real tim...
...e with fewer chemical herbicides. Robot weeder In the field of technical, non-chemical weed control, ILVO mainly aims to use its capacities in the field of digital engineering and AI. In t...
Smart weed control and irrigation; the use of sensors in tree nurseries, in asparagus cultivation and in blueberry cultivation: those are the aims of the new Interreg project Smart Growers. Through th...
...actor to use the right products, at the right rate, in the right places, with efficient disease and weed control as a result. How does it work? We install cameras on the sprayer booms of contractor...
...munity Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms in Belgium and the Netherlands. The labor intensiveness of weed control in particular proved to be the biggest issue. Moreover, CSA companies grow many diff...
...ate on innovative solutions to a concrete problem. ILVO is a partner in three trajectories on smart weed control using robotics and artificial intelligence. The Interreg program Smart Farming &...
... and pea was tilled with Treffler's precision weed harrow. The cradle harvester provides mechanical weed control so that no herbicides are needed to kill weeds. Finding the appropriate time...
Treffler precision weeder for mechanical weed control
...whole-plant silage to be ensiled as cattle feed. The yield was good (+/-7 ton dm/ha) and mechanical weed control in the trial was also a success.Cultivation of more diverse (baking) cereals...
...lly or with a group of farmers or a production chain together. Whether it's a simple question about weed control or a wild research idea, the Plant Living Lab is always the right address. C...
...ltidisciplinary knowledge building.” A next step is to have smart agricultural machines for weed control, crop protection or irrigation (in case of drought stress) and intervene locally. On the...
... can be equipped with various standard tools as well as cameras for data capture. During mechanical weed control, the robot took pictures that are used to train an AI model to recognize weeds. Sim...
...hat has proven its usefulness for non-return tillage, innovative (re)seeding methods and mechanical weed control. About the Agroecology Trial Platform in Hansbeke Since 2020, the Agroecolog...
...lso been further developed (e.g. the use of rhizobium inoculants, sowing and harvesting techniques, weed control). The organization of a logistics chain, in which drying, cleaning and storage of th...
...ew practices on their farms and then visit each other's farms to discuss, for example, the use of a weed control robot or a new crop variety. These networks are more than a mere transfer of kno...