Descrizione del progetto
Soluzione di rilevamento per la mitigazione dello spacco del frutto
Lo spacco del frutto è una delle principali malattie che limitano la qualità e la resa della frutta. Si tratta di una malattia della buccia che si verifica principalmente nella fase di pre-raccolta ed è causata dalle condizioni climatiche e ambientali e da una cattiva gestione del frutteto. Il progetto CrackSense, finanziato dall’UE, svilupperà e amplierà le tecnologie di rilevamento che forniscono dati in tempo reale attraverso attività pilota relative al problema dello spacco del frutto in agrumi, melograni, uva da tavola e ciliegie. La soluzione integrata CrackSense migliorerà i dati raccolti dai sensori in set di dati a livello europeo, comprendendo i dati di osservazione della Terra e altri set di dati relativi alle condizioni ambientali e utilizzati per monitorare la produzione agricola. La soluzione mitigherà gli effetti del fenomeno dello spacco dimezzando le perdite di resa dovute a questa malattia, consentendo agli agricoltori una gestione efficiente e azioni sostenibili.
Obiettivo
Fruit cracking is a peel disorder, limiting fruit quality and yield. The phenomenon occurs mainly in the pre-harvest stage and affects many types of fruit. External conditions like climatic and environmental conditions, and orchard management play important roles in increasing the incidence of the phenomenon, this CrackSense will condict reasers in IL, FR, DE, LT, EL. CrackSense aims to address the problem of fruit cracking in citrus, pomegranate, table grapes and sweet cherries by developing and upscaling sensing technologies that will provide real-time sensor data through piloting activities. The sensor data collected will be upscaled into EU-wide data sets which will encompass Earth Observation Data (provided by Copernicus, e.g. Sentinel) and other data sets reflecting on environmental conditions. This data will be used to monitor agricultural production of the studied crops and enable farmers and growers’ efficient management of their resources and sustainability of their actions. By improving the agricultural production of these crops, CrackSense will as well help in creating a model for other agricultural crops. Furthermore, CrackSense will address the critical need for efficient and real-time monitoring of agri-environmental conditions because these conditions have a great influence on agricultural production. By deploying sensing technologies, CrackSense will enable high throughput assessment of cracking incidence risk at fruit, tree, field, and regional scale to mitigate the negative effects of the cracking phenomenon. By reducing 1/2 of the yield losses due to cracking, the use of the Integrated CrackSense Solution will result in 50% higher financial gain for farmers and growers. Integrated CrackSense Solution will enable farmers and growers to optimise their cost efficiency and generate pathways for more income. Fostering complementarities between partners will enable us to fulfil our goals to bring state-of-the-art CrackSense Solution to end users.
Campo scientifico
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligence
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturefruit growing
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringremote sensing
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
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Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinatore
50250 Bet Dagan
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