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What are the Trends in Agricultural Research Trials.
Agricultural
research depends on results of field and other trialling systems. Plant
breeding and selection are impossible without reliable trials.
The goal is
to improve the accuracy of the trials without additional replicates and research
plots, by finding better trial sites, more uniform soil and other environmental
factors. The use of new technology (GPS, sensoring,
mapping, image analysing) has made progress possible.
Recently we
observe more frequent unfavourable
weather conditions during planting and harvesting season. It means that the
trials manager has to be able to keep up with often higher numbers of plots and
less people, and at the same time less workable days.
Smart
solutions are those who really increase the capacity, and smart invention of
technology in new machinery, equipment, trials software are enabling this.
The key is a
targeted team that is focused on this important job, and dedicated to achieve
these results every year, even under pressure and suboptimal conditions.
The right equipment will help.