Plantix

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Plantix
Basic data

Maintainer PEAT GmbH
developer PEAT GmbH
Publishing year 2015
operating system Android
category Plant doctor for Smart Garden and Smart Farming
German speaking Yes
https://plantix.net/

Plantix is an app that enables you to recognize plant diseases and pests by analyzing an image recorded by the mobile phone camera with an artificial intelligence and then making a suitable diagnosis with appropriate treatment tips. Plant lovers can exchange ideas internationally via the Plantix Community . The app remains free for users . The app is currently only available for devices with the Android operating system .

Target group and application

The app is aimed primarily at farmers , gardeners and people who grow plants. Developing countries in particular should benefit from recognizing nutrient deficiencies or pest- infested crops in good time and introducing appropriate measures. Small farmers should also be better protected against crop failures . Those interested in the industry include seed manufacturers and insurance companies . In the future, the app will become the largest database and community in the field of plant diseases and will spread more internationally. At the end of March 2017 there were around 60,000 users and today there are over a million with over 90,000 uploaded photos. The app is now represented in 150 countries and the company is planning to set up a headquarters in Pune , India , in order to expand further.

The company cooperates with ICRISAT , CIMMYT and CABI and organizations from individual countries such as India .

functionality

A special algorithm for image recognition analyzes photos of plants or individual leaves that the user has made available to the app. An artificial neural network then tries to recognize typical patterns and then assigns them to individual diseases. Using machine learning , the software tries to better classify known patterns using known data. The app already automatically records over 60 diseases. When photos are taken, GPS data is sent along with it, so that researchers can more easily see where diseases are spreading. Other big data content is also evaluated for research purposes.

development

Developed the app was 2015 from that in Hannover stationed -up companies start Peat, which by the geographer Simone Strey is passed, which at the Leibniz University research. The idea arose in Brazil when Strey was doing research on carbon in the soil and realized that the real question for farmers is how their crops are doing. The app was officially released in 2016, but a prototype called a garden bench already existed in 2014 . Today the company is based in Berlin .

criticism

The app was featured in Fortune magazine's list of 6 companies that can change the world in September 2017 .

Awards

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Machine Learning Helps Small Farmers Identify Plant Pests And Diseases. In: Fast Company. September 21, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Eco-Business: From identifying plant pests to picking fruit, AI is reinventing how farmers produce your food. In: Eco-Business. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c d digital plant doc: Plantix app helps with artificial intelligence. In: computerbild.de. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  4. ↑ The Plantix app recognizes sick plants. In: Gründerszene Magazin. May 4, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  5. ↑ a b c d The Plantix app recognizes sick plants. In: WIRED. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  6. ↑ a b Peat: "We heal plants all over the world" - WiWo founder. In: WiWo founder. April 6, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  7. ↑ a b Start-up PEAT - Plant and environmental protection via app. In: Deutschlandfunk. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Manju Bansal: The Business of Climate Change. In: MIT Technology Review. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Jorn Madslien: 'Tell me phone, what's destroying my crops?' In: BBC News. October 13, 2017, accessed July 12, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Mobile App to Help Farmers Overcome Crop Damage. Retrieved July 12, 2018 (American English).
  11. ^ AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Launches Mobile App For Farmers In India. In: IndianWeb2.com. May 26, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Changemakers - Creating Shared Value Prize - Plantix - grow smart Fighting plant pests, diseases and nutrient deficiencies with a smartphone and the force of human and neural networks! Accessed July 12, 2018 .
  13. ↑ 6 'Change the World' Companies That Are Rising Stars. In: Fortune. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Manuel Medicus: Plantix plant app wins CeBIT Innovation Award 2017 - connect. In: connect. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Peat: Digital plant doctor scores at CeBIT - WiWo founder. In: WiWo founder. March 20, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  16. ↑ 1st place: Plantix - BMBF CEBIT Innovation Award. Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
  17. ↑ US Data-Driven Farming Prize Awards $ 300,000 for Innovative Agricultural Solutions in Nepal - Data Driven Farming Prize. In: Data Driven Farming Prize. September 8, 2017, accessed July 12, 2018 .
  18. ↑ Plantix | WSA. Accessed July 12, 2018 .