In Europe, there is a growing interest in crop spraying using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, drones), although current legislation imposes significant limitations on this technique. Spraying of orchard crops with drones remains particularly challeng...
The study aimed to assess the quality of spraying of ornamental conifer using a multi-rotor drone. We examined how the speed of drone movement and the propellers’ spin speed can affect the deposition quality of the sprayed liquid in the crown o...
The advancement of technology in agriculture has driven the use of drones for spraying, with their increasing adoption presenting challenges in calibration and volumetric distribution efficiency. This study aimed to evaluate the volumetric distributi...
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the need to maximize the cleanliness of outside public services and the need to disinfect these areas to reduce the virus transmission. This work evaluates the possibilities of using unmanned aircraft systems for disin...
Robots are increasingly emerging as effective platforms to overcome a wide range of challenges in agriculture. Beyond functioning as standalone systems, agricultural robots are proving valuable as collaborative platforms, capable of supporting and in...
To better understand the effects of agronomic practices on yield–nutrition relationships in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grains for Zn biofortification while improving yields simultaneously, effects of different soil fertilization and different...
On a mounted laboratory stand, comparative tests were carried out on the effectiveness of spraying wheat plants with liquid using a multi-rotor drone. The study was undertaken with and without propeller rotations. The lack of rotations simulated spra...
Conventional methods of nano-urea application in maize cultivation, such as tractor-operated gun sprayers, involve high water usage, labor intensity, and operator health risks due to chemical exposure. The drone spraying system ensures precise and au...
Precision agriculture is revolutionizing the management and production of agricultural crops. The development of new technologies in agriculture, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has proven to be an efficient option for spraying various compo...
Pest control is essential for increasing agricultural production. Agricultural drones with spraying systems for pest control have generated great interest among farmers. However, spraying systems installed on unmanned aerial vehicles, like any other...
Smart agricultural drones for crop spraying are becoming popular worldwide. Research institutions, commercial companies, and government agencies are investigating and promoting the use of technologies in the agricultural industry. This study presents...
Policies aimed at reducing plant protection products (PPPs) are part of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Sustainable management of PPPs is crucial for soil health, biodiversity, and ecosystem services, including food provision....
Research was carried out concerning spraying young cherry trees with a multirotor drone: a hexacopter. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of the following: the nozzle type, the air stream from the drone rotors and the size of spacing bet...
In recent years, small drones have been used in agriculture, for spraying water and pesticides. Although spraying systems affect the efficiency of agricultural drones considerably, research on the spraying system of drones is insufficient. In this pa...
Integrating remote-controlled (RC) helicopters and drones equipped with variable-rate sprayer systems represents a significant advancement in agricultural practices, particularly for the precise management of crop diseases. This study utilizes low-al...
Drone-based chemical spraying in agriculture faces challenges related to operator health hazards, spray deposition, application efficiency, and environmental safety. Electrostatic charging system is a novel technology that minimizes off-target sprayi...
This work aims to study and compare different range finders applied to altitude sensing on a rotating wings UAV. The specific application is the altitude maintenance for the fluid deployment valve aperture control in an unmanned pulverization aircraf...
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are an alternative to traditional pesticide applications in orchards. Particularly, drones are an example of UAVs that have increased in popularity in recent years; however, relatively few studies have evaluated how sp...
Vespa velutina nigrithorax, a species of hornet, is spreading globally, with increasingly negative effects on human health. To effectively eliminate V. velutina, its nest should be destroyed and its queen removed; however, the nests are difficult to...
The operational limitations of ground-based machinery in waterlogged soils of northern regions often lead to missed agronomic treatments, resulting in substantial yield losses. This problem is important in potato production, where a delay in disease...
Controlling non-native plant invasions that reduce the quality of preferred wetland habitats is a challenge for many wetland managers. Herbicides may be used to control invasions, but it may be difficult to find effective application methods dependin...
The use of drones in agriculture is expanding at a brisk pace in crop production due to the superiority in precision, efficiency, and safety of their applicators. However, their potential drift risk also raises concern for users and regulatory author...
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused very serious problems almost to the whole world, so every opportunity must be considered to improve the situation. One such improvement strategy is decontamination carried out from the air. This technique can be consi...
Replanting trees helps with avoiding desertification, reducing the chances of soil erosion and flooding, minimizing the risks of zoonotic disease outbreaks, and providing ecosystem services and livelihood to the indigenous people, in addition to sequ...
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The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for pesticide application has increased substantially. However, there is a lack of technical information regarding the optimal operational parameters. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of pes...
The phenomenal growth of remotely piloted aerial application systems (RPAASs) in recent years has raised questions about their impact on the off-target movement of plant protection products. The spray droplet spectrum is one of the important determin...
The application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in viticulture is becoming increasingly popular. To the best of our knowledge, there are no studies comparing the effects of UAV spraying to manual spraying in high-slope vineyards. The goal of this...
Leucoptera coffeella (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae) is one of the main pests in coffee crops. The economic injury level (EIL) is the lowest density of the pest at which economic damages match the costs of control measures. The economic threshold (ET) is...
The use of unmanned aerial spraying systems is currently being explored and applied worldwide. The objective of this study was to characterize the droplet population generated by hydraulic nozzles and centrifugal atomization nozzles used in sprayers...
The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of varying wind speeds (1.5, 3.0, and 4.5 m/s), initial payload volumes (2 and 10 L), and nozzle droplet size characteristics (fine, medium, coarse) on drift during spray applications from an...
Recently, technological development has become increasingly pronounced, with great advances in all production areas, including agriculture. In the agricultural sector, improvements in machinery and the study of new techniques have resulted in the inc...
Marine aerosol particles can act as cloud condensation nuclei and influence the atmospheric boundary layer by scattering solar radiation. The interaction of ocean waves and coral reefs may affect the distribution and size of marine aerosol particles....
Remotely piloted aircraft (RPAs) have been increasingly used for crop protection in coffee plantations. However, the applications can result in low spray deposition on leaves and higher product losses between rows compared to ground airblast sprayers...
The application of pesticides using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has grown, but there is a lack of information to support more efficient applications. Using a DJI AGRAS-MG-1P octocopter equipped with different spray tips, this study sought to expl...
Agricultural spraying, despite modern technological advances, still poses the problem of downwind spray drift, which contributes to environmental contamination and ecological imbalance, which are critical sustainability concerns. This study investiga...
In this study, we evaluated the spatial variability in droplet deposition in herbicide applications using a remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) in pasture areas. The investigation was conducted in a square grid (50.0 m × 50.0 m), with 121 sampling...
Large-scale forest pest management has traditionally relied on aerial spraying; however, increasing regulatory restrictions and environmental concerns have limited its application in many regions. Unmanned Aerial Spraying System (UASS) platforms for...
Locust outbreaks usually begin in remote unpopulated areas following higher than average rainfall. The need to survey such areas has suggested that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), often referred to as drones, might be a suitable means of surveying a...
Drone insecticide spraying is generating increasing concern and interest among academics and the public. However, the differences in the quantity of insecticide delivered by this method, and its efficacy in pest control for individual plants, remain...
Desert locust is one of the most destructive migratory pest in the world. Current methods of control rely on conventional chemical insecticides during invasion. Some environmentally friendly biopesticides based on Metarhizium acridum and insect growt...
Chemical application using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has received significant attention from researchers and the market in recent years. The concept of using drones for collaborative spraying was proposed by manufacturers for improving intellig...
Given the stagnating progress in the fight against malaria, there is an urgent need for area-wide integrated vector management strategies to complement existing intra-domiciliary tools, i.e., insecticide-treated bednets and indoor residual spraying....
Ethephon (2-chloroethylphosphonic acid) is frequently used for flush management in order to maximize flowering in litchi. However, the optimal dosage of ethephon, which balances between flush control effect and the detrimental effect on leaves, is un...
In light of alarming climate change and the worsening water crisis, the use of ultra-low volume applications is essential for modern agricultural practices. Given that sunflower cultivation is widespread in Romania, our study focused on analyzing the...
The application of drones has contributed to automated herbicide spraying in the context of precision agriculture. Although drone technology is mature, the widespread application of agricultural drones and their numerous advantages still demand impro...
This paper proposes a cluster-based flight path construction method for automated drone-assisted pear pollination systems in orchard environments. The approach uses RGB-D (Red-Green-Blue-Depth) sensing through an observation drone equipped with RGB a...
Effective spraying is an important component of precision agriculture, directly influencing the efficiency of the spray materials. Despite their potential, optimal settings for sprayer drones remain underexplored due to limited research data. This st...
Global food demands have led to the rapid introduction of Information Communication Technology (ICT) innovations in the agriculture sector—one such innovation is drone technology. Drones are used in precision agriculture, including aerial observation...
Drones are commonly used in numerous applications, such as surveillance, navigation, spraying pesticides in autonomous agricultural systems, various military services, etc., due to their variable sizes and workloads. However, malicious drones that ca...
Firefighting in high-rise buildings remains a difficult problem in the world because fire extinguishing equipment and tactics have many deficiencies in dealing with such building fires, especially for buildings higher than 50 m. In the present study,...
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