GEOADVENTICE : Detect and geolocate, for effective, long-term management.

As a pioneering developer of datura detection using drones, Telespazio France offers weed control solutions. This is an area of great concern in many agricultural sectors: yield losses, lower quality, contaminations, industrial risks with batch recalls and loss of consumer confidence.

Key dates

2016

Beginning of the GeoAdventice Datura service on corn and green beans

2019

Large-scale marketing over several thousand hectares

2021

New products added to the line (other weeds and crops)

2022 in figures

431

days of operation for our drones, over 5 months

25 000

hectares of detection before harvest and at the young crop stage

4 482

plots monitored

> 2 000 000

datura detections delivered and used for continuous improvement of our models

Detection at different stages

Young crops

> Corrective measures
• Targeted spraying where needed (decrease in the treatment frequency index / fewer plant health products used)
• Precise mechanical weed control
• Reinforced monitoring of plots under pressure

Pre-harvesting

> Corrective measures
• Targeted treatment and labour management (time saving)
• Selective harvesting
• Zone management or specific sorting during harvesting

Pre-harvesting

Crops concerned

Operational, tried-and-tested service (over 24,000 hectares in 2022) on:
Eligible crops: corn (all types), soya, sorghum, sunflower, buckwheat, quinoa, green beans, peas, lentils, chickpeas, tomatoes, lemon balm and echinacea , artichoke.

Targeted weeds

We target a broad range of weeds that threaten the plot (datura, ragweed, black nightshade, bindweed, dodder, etc.), with special emphasis on:

Datura is a highly competitive invasive plant for spring and vegetable crops. The entire plant is toxic (it contains tropane alkaloids). New European standards (EFSA) have applied to these substances since 1st September 2022, to consolidate food and health safety.