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1 Near-infrared spectroscopy on plot harvesters Peter Tillmann, DLU Kassel Christian Paul, L Braunschweig

2 Back ground Field trials with high demand for information regarding composition NIRS applications on fresh products (grass silages, meat, whole meals) Integrating NIRS into the harvest process (NIRS onboard)

3 Field trials grass, forage trials forage maize trials grains and rapseed trials forage harvester chopper plot combine harvester

4 The beginning forage harvesters: Rode and Paul, L ( first field test 1999) Kormann, TU München (2001) maize choppers: Femenias, Limagrain and Dardenne, CRAGX (1998) Welle, Pioneer (1998) plot combines: Femenias, Dardenne, Welle (1998) Reyns, KU Leiden (2003) Rademacher, Uni Kiel (2003)

5 HALDRUP grass harvester Paul, Pfitzner, Kaiser, L

6 black reference white reference material rubber band Paul, Pfitzner, Kaiser, L

7 DL DL DL DL

8 DM % - drying oven Moisture in grass SEP : 1,23 Bias : 0,03 SEP(C) : 1,23 slope : 1,01 r ² : 0, DM % - NIRS Paul, Pfitzner, Kaiser, L

9 DL DL DL DL

10 DL DL DL DL inside plot

11 between plot

12 Technological constrains masses harvested in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th cut low DM content in especially clover

13 Present developments NOFUG: EUCARPIA working group founded Aug New parameters: sugar content digestibility fibre content

14 Forage maize choppers Paul, Pfitzner, Kaiser, L

15 DL DL DL DL

16 Applications Parameter moisture N 3000 SEP 1,6 R 2 93% range source Femenias moisture starch cellulase ,2 2,2 2,0 96% 90% 39% Welle 2003 sugar 281 1,7 88% 2-22

17 Technological constrains impact of length of cut on the spectra all NIRS onboard installations are homebrewed sampling problem: NIRS analyses 100% of the plot lab sample is 1/30 of the plot speed of material in the spout: 16 m / s

18 Present development Working group under the roof of DMK, Bonn Danish, French and German plant breeders

19 DL DL DL DL Grains

20 Applications parameter moisture moisture moisture n SEP 0,55 0,65 1,05 R 2 99% 96% 92% range source maize Welle 2005 maize Femenias maize Pfitzner mositure protein ,54 0,41 98% 96% small grains small grains

21 Present development Working group Danish and German plant breeders

22 Benefit of NIRS applications parameter REP 1% C.. LSD5 r REP1%: repeatability (1%) C% :coefficient of variation (s %) LSD5: least significant difference (5%) r (rep 1/2): correlation between 1. and 2. repeat DM drying oven 74,4 1,49 1,53 0,78 DM NIRS onboard 89,2 0,64 1,01 0,92

23 Commercial side plot harvesters with NIRS onboard and off the shelf: Baural, Haldrup, Wintersteiger NIRS components: Zeiss Corona,

24 Thank Working group at L Mrs. Kaiser, Mr. Pfitzner, plant breeders involved manufacturers of plot harvesters

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