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NJF seminar 415
Future Field Experiments
Workshop / Seminar
8-10 October 2008 Denmark |
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In Field experiments, plot trials are used as a standardized method for investigating different treatments on crops and/or soil in both scientifically and commercial environments within agriculture and horticulture. Such trials are labour intensive with regard to planning, execution and data analyses. Furthermore, the manual execution of plot trails may introduce errors and bias in form of human related handling errors and bias compromising the reproducibility.
A way to improve the field experiment could be by using automatically guided agricultural field machinery, where GPS auto-guidance systems have the ability to reduce overlaps between applications of chemicals, increase operational performance, increase position awareness, etc. Specifically, auto-guided field operations allow a higher complexity in the experimental design and an increase in the number of repetitions, thereby increasing the value of the statistical analysis of the acquired experimental data.
As a part of the seminar, the participants will be included in a workshop as a part of an ongoing research project between University of Aarhus, University of Southern Denmark and AgroTech Denmark. The goal of this workshop is to categorise and describe existing and potential plot-trail-designs. An important issue is to be able to describe and specify how persons and machinery can navigate in different designs. Also possibilities and requests to the design of user-interfaces will be included in the process.
The key software module is the ROPMO (Route Planning Module), which is able to generate route planes to auto guided tractors carrying out field operations. As an example, the software can be used for the seeding operation, where the route plan automatic guides the tractor carrying the seeder to the plots, which should be seeded the current setup. In the same project, the NASMO (Navigation Support Module) module is being created which is able to guide an experimental technician or a machine by use of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). Hence NASMO enables manual and/or automated data acquisition with field plot in correct symbiosis with existing data acquisition equipment.
The national dealers of Claas tractors and AutoFarm AutoSteering are also involved in the project and supplies equipment for testing and developing these software modules. |
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Plot-trail designs
GNSS in field experiments
Navigation in field trail
Automation in field experiments
Data acquisition and logging
User-interface
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| The target group is scientists, PhD students, advisors and technicians working with field experiments and experimental research. |
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Please submit a 1-2 page abstract for oral and ½-1 for poster presentations.
The seminar language is English. All abstracts and presentations shall be prepared and presented in English. The authors themselves are responsible for the content, scientific and language quality of the articles. PhD students have to supplement their paper with the review of their scientific adviser. Papers will not be additionally reviewed.
The Organizing Committee reserves the right to select among the submitted titles for oral or poster presentations, if necessary.
For accepted papers an extended abstract, up to four pages, will be published in seminar proceedings by NJF. Poster presentations will also be included in the proceedings. |
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Adress:
Bygholm Agricultural College
Hattingvej 49
DK-8700 Horsens
For further travle info please contact the seminar secretary |
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Seminar fee includes meals, seminar dinner and seminar proceedings.
Reductions:
Participants from the Baltic countries and students pay 75% of the ordinary fee.
Accomadation
At the College:
Single room with bath: 50 EUR per night
Double room: 70 EUR per night
The seminar is arranged together with a PhD course at University of Aarhus on the same topics. PhD students can contact the seminar secretary for further info. PhD students attending the course shall only pay for meals. |
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| NJF members before 2008-09-15: 150 EUR |
| NJF members after 2008-09-15: 150 EUR |
| Others before 2008-09-15: 200 EUR |
| Others after 2008-09-15: 200 EUR |
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| The seminar will be held at Bygholm Agricultural College, Horsens, Denmark. |
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- Submission of abstracts for oral presentations: 2008-09-15
- Submission of abstracts for poster presentations: 2008-09-15
- Final registration: 2008-10-01
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LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Claus Grøn Sørensen (Chariman), University of Aarhus
Rasmus N. Jørgensen, University of Southern Denmark
Ole Green (Secretary), University of Aarhus
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
NJF section VII board |
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Ole Green, University of Aarhus, Dept. of Biosystem Engineering
Blichers Allé 20,
8830 Tjele, Denmark.
E-mail: seminar441@secretary.net
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