Reduction also possible in the 2025 field trial: challenges due to frost and site conditions
In 2025, we once again conducted a field trial together with Certis Belchim to test and improve the VineForecast algorithm. As in the previous year, this showed that the algorithm can be used to minimise plant protection measures without the vines being more severely affected by diseases. However, the evaluation of the results was not very favourable, especially for Oidium [...]
Plant protection reduction through VineForecast in the 2024 field trial
Efficient and sustainable plant protection is a cornerstone of modern viticulture. In 2024, Certis Belchim tested the VineForecast algorithm in field trials on a Müller-Thurgau vineyard in Spiesheim, Germany. The aim was to reduce the number of plant protection measures to a necessary minimum while ensuring effective control of Peronospora and Oidium. The result was promising: up to [...]
Mobile sensors for viticulture
VineForecast researches the use of mobile sensors Can microclimate data from mobile sensors improve local weather forecasts? To answer this question, VineForecast recently received research funding from the High-Tech Incubator (HTI) Lower Saxony. Mobile sensors are attached to implements and vehicles that drive through various fields during regular operations. This approach is in contrast to [...]