PhenoRob Core Project 3: The Soil-Root Zone

Описание: The DFG-funded Cluster of Excellence PhenoRob - Robotics and Phenotyping for Sustainable Crop Production is divided up into 6 Core Projects, each with its own focus.

Core Project 3 measures the soil-root zones of crops with minimally or non-invasive sensors and robotic technology concentrating on sensing and predicting root performance in the field. New technologies such as 3D imaging methods gather information on the spatial organization of subsurface soil at the field scale. We aim to assemble the tools to collect and apply soil-root zone data to structural function crop models, yield predictions with the goal of optimizing resource inputs on farms in real time.