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>> Agronomic experimentation
 The
agricultural world is changing. Agronomic experimentation is one of the
driving forces of its dynamism, but requires significant specialist personnel
and equipment resources. Furthermore, the volume of work varies each year
with the different programs to be implemented. Experimentation, however,
should be reinforced over the coming years, with increasing
test quality demands.
In order to help you anticipate this change, ANTEDIS
is pleased to offer you a service based on the professionalism of specialist
teams and the availability of high
performance equipment. Our variety assessment, crop protection and
plant nutrition services all comprise common steps:
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Searching for a suitable location
ANTEDIS possesses a broad range of experimentation plots.
Soil homogeneity is a key factor for a plot to be selected. Plots are
selected by our technicians, or by our partner farmers, acknowledged for
their reliability and availability. Thanks to the extent of our network
of farmer-partners, we possess plots corresponding to very varied pedoclimatic
conditions, and this for a number of specific conditions: presence of
weeds, specific diseases or agronomic properties and different soil types.
Pegging
Pegging
is an important step in your test procedures. It determines the appearance
of your experiment and must therefore be performed rigorously. ANTEDIS
performs this pegging according to your experimentation plan, experimental
constraints, location, block distribution, homogeneity of parasitism,
soil type and seed-bed preparation.
 Cropping
Cropping leads to clean micro-plot delimitation. It is performed using
two different types of equipment: a knapsack instrument for reduced widths
(30cm) and a specially modified sprayer for greater widths.
Product spraying
Products are sprayed using electric compressor sprayers (2 to 3 meter
booms). Pneumatic equipment for micro-plots is used for pellet fertilizers.
Scoring
Scoring is performed according to the method established by the AFPP's
(French Plant Protection Association) biological testing commission.
Results summary
Each experimentation file gives rise to a summary that presents the following
elements:
The experimental protocol
The test sequence, with the different steps
The test plan, with the farmer's details
The plot's agro-cultural properties and general management practices
The treatment timetable, with the conditions at the time of treatment
and the levels of infestation, the stage, temperature, hygrometry,
etc.
Scoring (analyses, tables, etc.)
Standardized yield and statistical analyses
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Variety assessment activity: change in the number of trials conducted
1999-2007
Product & program assessment activity: change in the number of trials conducted over the period
1998-2007
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