Projektsuche

Federal State

Bavaria

Project Title

Control of Volunteer Potatoes (implementation)

Project description

Volunteer potatoes are increasingly problematic as weed-like competitor plants in follow-up crops. They compete for light, water, and nutrients and promote disease and pest development. The project aims to develop a semi-autonomous robot using AI to detect these plants and destroy their underground tubers – helping to secure healthy, high-yielding successor crops. The solution avoids herbicide use and is therefore highly relevant for organic farming. It addresses phytosanitary challenges by eliminating competitive weed pressure in crop rotations. The system is designed to allow future expansion to other weed species or farming systems.

Final report

Results and the Final report will be found here, as soon as the project is completed.

Main funding source

Rural development 2023-2027 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 127 of Reg. 2021/2115)

Project status

ongoing

Total budget applied for in EUR

509,476

Link 1

project for concept development

NUTS3 CODE

DE27B