Evaluation of plant spatial placement by TF POLYM Software

Abstract

Food production intensity is a key issue in the modern world. Due to the development of the possibility of increasing the production area, the technology is constantly being improved and supplemented to increase their efficiency. The basis of any cultivation is sowing, which should provide everyone with a suitable living space. It allows the plant to effectively use the applied fertilization, chemical protection or mechanical treatments. The article develops the options for determining the living space of plants. The computational algorithm uses the Voronoi diagram belonging to the computational geometry technique, and then the Delphi software, the TfPolyM computer application, which was developed at the Faculty of Engineering of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. Based on the digitization of photos, the software is able to calculate the living space of the plant, and also allows for a precise assessment of the uniformity and quality of planting.