Pheno-Inspect
Pheno-Inspect provides AI-powered, fully automated image analysis solutions for crop monitoring, weed management, and agronomic trials.
About
Pheno-Inspect is an agritech startup from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, specializing in automated, AI-driven analysis of drone imagery for agriculture and plant breeding. Its cloud-native SaaS platform, the Plant-Analyzer, transforms high-resolution aerial images into actionable agronomic insights such as plant counts, weed mapping, crop health monitoring, and trial evaluations. Compatible with standard drones and accessible to users without technical expertise, Pheno-Inspect's solution enables farmers, contractors, breeders, and researchers to optimize input use, reduce costs, and improve decision-making, supporting both commercial agriculture and experimental breeding programs.
Products & Services
- Plant-Analyzer SaaS Platform
- AI-powered image analysis for crop monitoring
- Weed detection and management
- Automated application maps for herbicide and growth regulator use
- Field trial analysis and management
- Automated trait scoring (emergence, biomass, flowering, disease)
- Flight planning for drones tailored to agronomic tasks
- Custom AI model development
- Digital field scouting and evaluation services
Use Cases & Case Studies
- Weed mapping and targeted herbicide application
- Crop stand assessment and gap detection
- Automated trait scoring for field trials
- Disease detection and scoring
- Vegetation index analysis for crop monitoring
- Flower and ear counting (e.g., sunflower head and cereal ear detection)
- Customizable analysis for insurance claims and damage assessment
Partnerships & Collaborations
- Collaboration with leading seed and agribusiness companies
Awards & Recognition
- Winner of the Euregional Start-up Pitch at the 19th Private Equity Conference NRW (2025)