Modern technologies and information tools can be used to maximize agricultural aviation
productivity allowing for precision application of agrochemical products. This paper reviews …

One of the major components in precision agriculture is crop health monitoring, which
includes irrigation, fertilization, pesticide sprays, and timely harvest of the crop. Further, the …

Improvements in the spray application of plant protection products enhance agricultural
sustainability by reducing environmental contamination, but by increasing food quality and …

Highlights•Wireless wind speed sensors used to test the downwash airflow UAV.•Reduction
in payload affects the downwash airflow of UAV.•Downwash airflow of UAV in turn affects …

BACKGROUND Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a recently developed aerial spraying
technology. However, the effect of spray volume variation on deposition and pesticide …

A small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can spray pesticide with high efficiency and with
no damage to crops is required for the timely and effective spraying of small fields and/or …

Droplet size, weather conditions and operational parameters of sprayers also affect the
spray coverage, absorption attachment to the target. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) …

Small-scale plant protection Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are finding a wide range of
appli cations in modern agriculture management (including aerial spraying) due to their high …

As a new low volume application technology, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) application is
developing quickly in China. The aim of this study was to compare the droplet deposition …

BACKGROUND In the last decade, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sprayers have been
growing rapidly worldwide as a new method for pesticide application, especially in Asian …