GRK 722:  Information Techniques on Precision Plant Protection in Agriculture and Horticulture

• Subject Area: Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine
• Term: from 2001 to 2010
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 273331

The objective is a precise control over weeds, pests, and plant diseases. In this way, the use of chemical pesticides on agricultural and horticultural fields may be reduced. The research focuses on:
-- the development and the use of optical sensors, radar sensors and digital cameras for close and long distance screening in order to register the appearance and dissemination of weeds, pests and diseases quickly and extensively with computer based diagnostic methods,
-- the use of geo-informatics systems and expert systems for a specific planning, analysis and documentation of measures of plant protection,
-- the proper application of those measures with sensor controlled plant protection machines/devices,
-- the evaluation of the economic benefits and of the environmental effects on the ecological balance and the quality of the produced food.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Heinz-Wilhelm Dehne (†); Professor Dr. Roland Gerhards; Professor Dr. Walter Kühbauch; Professor Dr. Gunter Menz (†); Professor Dr. Georg Noga; Professor Dr. Lutz Plümer; Dr. Stefan Pätzold; Professor Dr.-Ing. Peter Schulze Lammers; Professor Dr. Richard A. Sikora
• Spokesperson: Privatdozent Dr. Erich-Christian Oerke