Drones | Selected Papers Published in 2023–2024 in the “Drones in Agriculture and Forestry” Section

We are pleased to invite you to read our selected papers published in Drones (ISSN: 2504-446X) in the “Drones in Agriculture and Forestry” Section, which are listed below:

1. “Performance of Individual Tree Segmentation Algorithms in Forest Ecosystems Using UAV LiDAR Data”
by Javier Marcello, María Spínola, Laia Albors, Ferran Marqués, Dionisio Rodríguez-Esparragón and Francisco Eugenio
Drones 2024, 8(12), 772; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8120772
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/12/772

2. “Drones in Precision Agriculture: A Comprehensive Review of Applications, Technologies, and Challenges”
by Ridha Guebsi, Sonia Mami and Karem Chokmani
Drones 2024, 8(11), 686; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8110686
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/11/686

3. “A Review of Drone Technology and Operation Processes in Agricultural Crop Spraying”
by Argelia García-Munguía, Paloma Lucía Guerra-Ávila, Efraín Islas-Ojeda, Jorge Luis Flores-Sánchez, Otilio Vázquez-Martínez, Alberto Margarito García-Munguía and Otilio García-Munguía
Drones 2024, 8(11), 674; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8110674
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/11/674

4. “Under-Canopy Drone 3D Surveys for Wild Fruit Hotspot Mapping”
by Paweł Trybała, Luca Morelli, Fabio Remondino, Levi Farrand and Micael S. Couceiro
Drones 2024, 8(10), 577; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8100577
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/10/577

5. “Assessing the Impact of Clearing and Grazing on Fuel Management in a Mediterranean Oak Forest through Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Multispectral Data”
by Luís Pádua, João P. Castro, José Castro, Joaquim J. Sousa and Marina Castro
Drones 2024, 8(8), 364; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8080364
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/8/364

6. “Transforming Farming: A Review of AI-Powered UAV Technologies in Precision Agriculture”
by Juhi Agrawal and Muhammad Yeasir Arafat
Drones 2024, 8(11), 664; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8110664
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/11/664

7. “Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Bushfire Management: Challenges and Opportunities”
by Shouthiri Partheepan, Farzad Sanati and Jahan Hassan
Drones 2023, 7(1), 47; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7010047
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/1/47

8. “Deep Learning-Based Weed Detection Using UAV Images: A Comparative Study”
by Tej Bahadur Shahi, Sweekar Dahal, Chiranjibi Sitaula, Arjun Neupane and William Guo
Drones 2023, 7(10), 624; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7100624
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/10/624

9. “Estimating Maize Maturity by Using UAV Multi-Spectral Images Combined with a CCC-Based Model”
by Zhao Liu, Huapeng Li, Xiaohui Ding, Xinyuan Cao, Hui Chen and Shuqing Zhang
Drones 2023, 7(9), 586; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7090586
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/9/586

10. “Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Bushfire Management: Challenges and Opportunities”
by Shouthiri Partheepan, Farzad Sanati and Jahan Hassan
Drones 2023, 7(1), 47; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7010047
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/1/47