New Trends in Agricultural UAV Application

Dear Colleagues,

UAVs have demonstrated significant advantages in agricultural scenarios such as crop information monitoring, disease and pest detection, and aerial application for pesticide, fertilizer, seed, etc. For example, UAV sprayers have proven ability in spraying and work efficiency in field crops such as rice, wheat, and corn. Still, their application in scenes such as steep mountain slopes and densely planted orchards needs further exploration and improvement. At the same time, the environmental drift caused by spraying also deserves our attention. When considering precision spraying strategies, we must include crop canopy characteristics and disease levels based on remote sensing into the scope of variable spraying decisions. When examining different agricultural production problems, we will use the UAV platform to generate new solutions, model methods, and control strategies, which are the focus of this Issue.

The theme of this Special Issue is New Trends in Agricultural UAV Applications. We encourage exploration and application research on UAVs in various fields of agriculture in different areas, including but not limited to agricultural remote sensing, pesticide spraying, and mechanical system structure innovation, covering remote sensing, plant science, agronomy, and engineering technology.

All manuscript types, such as original research papers and reviews, are welcome.

Dr. Yali Zhang
Dr. Ganesh Bora
Guest Editors

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