Information and technologies for agro-processing (UMR ITAP)

With the aim to develop equipment for sustainable agriculture, the ITAP UMR is developing the scientific and technical foundations for the following topics:

• Sensors and decision-making aid: technologies for the characterization of the eco- and agro-systems;
• Technologies and methods for reducing pollutions due to pesticides, modelling and experimenting;
• Environmental and social assessment of products and processes.

The Joint Research Unit is structured in 4 research areas:

• Modelling/decision-making
• Optical sensors
• Liquid fragmentation and dispersion
• Environmental and social assessment

A regional platform on eco-technologies for agrobiological processes, a 400 m² laboratory (physico-chemistry, opto-electronic vision, mechatronics), a 3000 m² platform for evaluating spray systems, and a large-scale experimental wind tunnel to study drift (ReducPol platform)

2010: 15

2005 - 2009 : 43

1. Acevedo-Opazo, C., Tisseyre, B., Guillaume, S., Ojeda, H. - 2008. The potential of high spatial resolution information to define within vineyard zones related to vine water status. Precision Agriculture, vol. 9, n° 5, p. 285 - 302

2. Bellon Maurel, V., Mc Bratney A. - 2010. Near Infrared (NIR) and Mid Infrared (MIR) spectroscopic techniques for assessing the amount of carbon stock in soils - Critical review and research perspectives. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, accepted

3. Bellon-Maurel, V., Fernandez, E., Palagos, B., Roger, J. M., Mc Bratney, A., 2010. Prediction of soil attributes by NIR/ MIR spectroscopy. Coming back to statistics fundamentals to improving prediction accuracy. TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry 29 (9), 1073-1081.

4. Bozon, N., Mohammadi, B., Sinfort, C. - 2008. Similitude and non symetric geometry for dispersion modelling. e-STA Sciences et Techniques de l'Automatique, vol. 5, n° 2, p. 17 - 20

5. Da Silva, A., Sinfort, C., Tinet, C., Pierrat, D., Huberson, S. - 2006. A Lagrangian model for spray behaviour within vine canopies. Journal of Aerosol Science, vol. 37, n° 5, p. 658 - 674

6. De Luca, M., Vallet, A., Borghi, R. - 2009. Pesticide atomization modelling for hollow-cone nozzle. Atomization and Sprays, vol. 19, n° 8, p. 741 - 753 [ ]

7. Gil, Y., Sinfort, C., Brunet, Y., Polveche, V., Bonicelli, B. - 2007. Atmospheric loss of pesticides above an artificial vineyard during air assisted spraying. Atmospheric Environment, vol. 41, p. 2945 - 2957

8. Gil, Y., Sinfort, C., Guillaume, S., Brunet, Y., Palagos, B. - 2008. Influence of Micrometeorological Factors on Pesticide Loss to the Air during Vine Spraying: Data Analysis with Statistical and Fuzzy Inference Models. Biosystems Engineering, vol. 100, n° 2, p. 184 - 197

9. Gorretta, N., Roger, J.M., Fiorio, C., Rabatel, G., Bellon-Maurel, V., Lelong, C. - 2009. Une stratégie de segmentation d'images hyperspectrales. Traitement du signal, vol. 26, n° 2, p. 161 - 174

10. Igne, B., Roger, J.-M., Roussel, S., Bellon-Maurel, V., Hurburgh, C.R. - 2009. Improving the transfer of near infrared prediction models by orthogonal methods. Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, vol. 99, n° 1, p. 57 - 65

11. Leger, B., Naud, O. - 2009. Experimenting Statecharts for Multiple Experts Knowledge Elicitation in Agriculture . Expert Systems With Application, vol. 36, p. 11296 - 11303

12. Naud,O., Tuitete,T., Leger, B., Helias, A., Giroudeau, R. - 2008. Systèmes à événements discrets : de la simulation à l'analyse temporelle de la décision en agriculture. e-STA, vol. 5, n° 2, p. 52 - 56

13. Panneton, B., Roger, J.M., Guillaume, S., Longchamps, L. - 2008. Effects of preprocessing of ultraviolet-induced fluorescence spectra in plant fingerprinting applications. Applied Spectroscopy, vol. 62, n° 6, p. 747 - 752

14. Rabatel, G., Delenne, C., Deshayes, M. - 2008. A non-supervised approach using Gabor filters for vine plot detection in aerial images. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture , n° 62, p. 159 - 168

15. Roudier, P., Tisseyre, B., Poilve, H., Roger, J-M. - 2008. Management zone delineation using a modified watershed algorithm. Precision Agriculture, vol. 9, n° 5, p. 233 - 250

Software

- FISPRO: www.inra.fr/internet/Departements/MIA/M/fispro/FisPro_FR.html

- Ticsad software for pesticide spraying traceability

Patents

- Optical spectrometer, in particular standalone, portable optical spectrometer

- Wireless system for viewing the operating parameters of an agricultural sprayer

- Process for determining the volume of treatment liquid contained in the tank of a mobile machine

- Hewing and bundling vehicle

Devices developed in partnership with private partners

- SPECTRON:https://vinnotec.cemagref.fr/les-produits-de-vinnotec/le-spectron-tm-un-capteur-pieton-pour-le-suivi-de-la-maturation-du-raisin

- TIXAD: http://www.tixad.eu/