System integration, field analysis and evaluation


This work package will focus on integration, test, and evaluation of the methods and methodologies developed in wp1 and 2 in an operational context. The package will through the project serve as “proof of concept” and give “feed back” to the other work package for refinements of proposed methods.

Encapsulated in the package will be refinement of a newly developed N-sensor based on reflectance and laser range measurements. This development will be placed in the beginning of the project and hence provide a constant flow in the integration process.

The evaluation criterion for the sensor system is the accordance to the manual analysis using well-establish methods and the sensitivity to detect variations in crop stress.  The sampling strategy will be designed in uniform grid. The resolution will be adjusted such that the system manages to give a precise and detailed description of the local level and spatial deviations of the measured crop parameters.

The integration will take place on the API platform a small self-propelled platform but also the perspective of the proposed methods ability to be implemented in the present ruling agricultural practice, will be investigated.


Project responsible: Martin Heide Jørgensen, DJF, Bygholm

For further information  please contact: Hans Jørgen Andersen