What can a drone 🚁 do to assess 🔎 soybean earliness?
That’s the question Héliantis Group (which has now joined Staphyt) and Sylphagro set out to answer, based on a variety trial carried out in 2024 in southwest France.
And the initial results are encouraging!
After validation of the optimum shooting 📷 conditions (resolution, periodicity, etc.), NDVI and the multispectral vegetation indices derived from it (SAVI, OSAVI, GNDVI) appear to be the most relevant.
2025 will enable us to refine the shooting and processing of drone data, based on a solid field reference.
The expected benefits: a robust, scalable method that can be easily transferred to other Group teams.
Thanks to Guillaume Caussinus and Joris Roux for their support.
Stay tuned!