Basf Agro Trademarks Gmbh

Basf Se Corporation

Ole Peters

Holger Hoffmann

Andreas Johnen

Gang Zhao

Eva Hill

Mirwaes Wahabzada

Eleen Grüneberg

Andree-Georg Girg

Fabian Johannes Schäfer

Bjoern Kiepe

Walter Mayer

Thomas Rommel

Sandra Selinger

Bernhard Grimmig

Maria Tackenberg

Karoline Epke

Christian Kerkhoff

Umit Baran Ilbasi

Priyamvada Shankar

Tobias Menne

Alexei Melnitchouck

Subhashree Das

Christian Bitter

Silke Andree-Labsch

The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining agricultural relevant information in an agricultural environment. It is described to provide a processing unit with at least one image of an agricultural area. The at least one image corresponds with at least one area of the agricultural area. The at least one image comprises remotely acquired reflectance intensity data relating to a plurality of features on the ground. An image of the at least one image is of a first area of the agricultural environment. The processing unit is provided with at least one sensor data relating to the first area of the agricultural environment. The processing unit implements a radiation propagation model of the atmosphere that utilizes at least one model parameter. The processing unit determines modified at least one model parameter. The processing unit determines at least one agricultural relevant information for an examination area of the at least one area.

Apparatus for determining agricultural relevant information

The present invention relates to the autonomous application of crop protection products by means of a drone. The present invention relates to a process and to an unmanned aerial vehicle for applying crop protection product taking into consideration drift phenomena. The present invention furthermore relates to a computer program product which can be employed for controlling the process according to the invention.

Drift correction during the application of crop protection agents

The present invention relates to the technical field of precision farming. The present invention provides a method, a computer system and a computer program product with which a digital cultivation map for a field is created, said cultivation map comprising multiple zones, with at least one feature of at least one zone matched to at least one value of a machine working parameter that has been obtained from an image of the field.

Generation of digital cultivation maps

The present application relates to the cultivation of crop plants using plant protection agents. Certain embodiments relate to methods, a system, and a computer program product for determining partial-area-specific requirements of a crop plant for plant protection agents.

Determination of the requirements of plant protection agents

The present invention relates to the planning and implementation of agricultural measures using remote sensing data and local field data. Using remote sensors, the total required amount and partial-area-specific required amounts of plant protection agents and/or nutrients and/or seeds and/or the like can be determined, and based on this information, the use of an application device can be planned. Using local field sensors, the current local required amounts in the field are determined so that the application device can apply the corresponding amounts as required.

Planning and implementing agricultural measures

The invention relates to a method for operating a harvesting machine for harvesting a crop in a field, at least one operating value for a working part of the harvesting machine being determined in dependence on at least one plant property of the crop. According to the invention, it is provided that the plant property is mapped in a plant growth model, the plant growth model modelling a development over time of the plant property and determining a predictive value or a predictive characteristic of the plant property for the time of the harvest.

Method for operating a harvesting machine with the aid of a plant growth model

The present invention relates to the technical field of controlling harmful organisms in the cultivation of cultivated plants. The present invention relates to a method for controlling harmful organisms, to a system for controlling harmful organisms and to the use of a digital application map for the application of one or more control agents against harmful organisms.

Method for pest control

The present invention relates to the efficient use of application agents in the cultivation of crop plants. Based on application-agent-specific information and information on a partial-area-specific requirement of a field for the application agent, a partial-area-specific and application-agent-specific application map is prepared that indicates for individual partial areas of the field whether and how the application agent is to be used.

Efficient use of plant protection agents, nutrients, and the like in the growing of cultivated plants

A method performed by at least one apparatus is inter alia disclosed, said method comprising: obtaining weather model data indicative of location-specific weather information for a first set of locations () on a first grid (); obtaining an area of interest () associated to at least one user (); obtaining and/or determining a second set of locations () based on a second grid () within said area of interest (); obtaining measurement data on location-specific weather information of a measurement device associated to said at least one user located at a measurement location () within and/or proximate to said area of interest (); and determining, based on at least said obtained weather model data and said obtained measurement data, location-specific weather information for said second set of locations () based on said second grid ().

Determination of location-specific weather information for agronomic decision support

The present invention relates to the control of harmful organisms which may appear during the cultivation of crop plants. The control is effected on the basis of the prediction of subarea-specific infestation risks.

Control of harmful organisms on the basis of the prediction of infestation risks

The present invention relates to an apparatus for plant management. It is described to provide () a processing unit with at least one image of a field. The processing unit analyses () the at least one image to determine information relating to a plant that is present. The processing unit determines () if the plant is to be controlled or is not to be controlled by a plant control technology based on the information relating to the plant. An output unit outputs () information that is useable to activate at least one plant control technology if the determination is made that the plant is to be controlled by the plant control technology.

Apparatus for plant management

The invention relates to a method, a system and a computer program product for ascertaining a plant property of a useful plant in a field, wherein external data concerning the useful plant are stored in a memory unit, wherein a measurement device ascertains a raw measured value relating to at least one plant property, and wherein a calibrated or corrected value for the plant property is ascertained on the basis of the raw measured value taking account of the external data from the memory unit.

Method for ascertaining plant properties of a useful plant

The present invention relates to the application of a concentrate in diluted form. Subject matters of the present invention are a device and a method for application of a concentrate in diluted form. A further subject matter of the present invention is use of the device according to the invention in the area of agriculture, in particular for treating cultivated plants with plant protection agents and/or nutrients.

Application of fluids

The present invention relates to unmanned aerial vehicle for agricultural field assessment. It is described to fly () the unmanned aerial vehicle to a location in a field containing a crop. A body of the unmanned aerial vehicle is positioned () in a substantially stationary aspect above the crop at the location. A camera of the unmanned aerial vehicle is moved () vertically with respect to the body of the unmanned aerial vehicle between a first position and a second position, wherein the first position is closer to the body of the unmanned aerial vehicle than the second position. The camera acquires () at least one image relating to the crop when the camera is not in the first position.

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Ole Peters