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Smart tree crop sprayer utilizing sensor fusion and artificial intelligence

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2021
Abstract Delivering the appropriate amount of chemicals for each plant based on their needs is essential for reducing costs, waste, and labor. Smart agricultural machinery can provide variable-rate technologies using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine vision to optimize spraying applications.
Victor Partel, Lucas Costa, Yiannis Ampatzidis   +2 more
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Variable-rate Spray Technology Optimizes Pesticide Application by Adjusting for Seasonal Shifts in Deciduous Perennial Crops

HortTechnology, 2021
To optimize pesticide applications to the canopies of deciduous perennial crops, spray volume should be adjusted throughout the year to match the changes in canopy volume and density.
Lloyd L. Nackley, Brent Warneke, Lauren Fessler, Jay W. Pscheidt, David Lockwood, Wesley C. Wright, Xiaocun Sun, Amy Fulcher   +7 more
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Reducing the Nursery Pesticide Footprint with Laser-guided, Variable-rate Spray Application Technology

HortScience, 2021
Nursery producers are challenged with growing a wide range of species with little to no detectable damage from insects or diseases. Growing plants that meet consumer demand for aesthetics has traditionally meant routine pesticide application using the ...
Lauren Fessler, Amy Fulcher, Liesel Schneider, Wesley C. Wright, Heping Zhu   +4 more
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Research Status, Methods and Prospects of Air-Assisted Spray Technology

Agronomy, 2023
Air-assisted boom sprayer is proven to be one of the best pesticide application methods to achieve uniform deposition of droplets in the canopy and improve the effective utilization of pesticides.
Zhiming Wei, Rui Li, Xinyu Xue, Yitian Sun, Songchao Zhang, Qinglong Li, Chun Chang, Zhihong Zhang, Yongjia Sun, Qingqing Dou   +9 more
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Advancing Sustainability in Tree Crop Pest Management: Refining Spray Application Rate with a Laser-guided Variable-rate Sprayer in Apple Orchards

HortScience, 2020
Advanced variable-rate spray technology, which applies pesticides based on real-time scanning laser rangefinder measurements of plant presence, size, and density, was developed and retrofitted to existing sprayers.
Lauren Fessler, Amy Fulcher , Dave Lockwood, Wesley Wright , Heping Zhu   +4 more
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NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF SPRAY FIELD OF IMPINGEMENT NOZZLE [PDF]

Engenharia Agrícola, 2023
The shape of a spray droplet from a flat-fan nozzle in the plant protection sector is similar to a ‘U shape’, the middle particle size being small but the diameter of both sides being too large.
Fulong Dong, Wenjian He, Hongping Zhou
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Reconfigurability Evaluation of Multifunctional Intelligent Boom Sprayer Based on Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation [PDF]

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2020
Multifunctional intelligent boom sprayer is a development direction of boom sprayers, and it could satisfy needs of precision and variable spraying and achieve aims of sustainable development of pesticide spraying, ecological protection, and efficient plant protection by reconfiguring its structures.
Luqiang Ma, Youlin Xu, Jiaqiang Zheng, Xiang Dai   +3 more
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2D LiDAR-Based System for Canopy Sensing in Smart Spraying Applications

IEEE Access, 2023
The efficient application of phytochemical products in agriculture is a complex issue that demands optimised sprayers and variable rate technologies, which rely on advanced sensing systems to address challenges such as overdosage and product losses. This
Andre Rodrigues Baltazar, Filipe Neves Dos Santos, Miguel Leao De Sousa, Antonio Paulo Moreira, Jose Boaventura Cunha   +4 more
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Key Technologies and Equipment for Smart Orchard Construction and Prospects

智慧农业, 2022
Traditional orchard production is facing problems of labor shortage due to the aging, difficulties in the management of agricultural equipment and production materials, and low production efficiency which can be expected to be solved by building a smart ...
HAN Leng, HE Xiongkui, WANG Changling, LIU Yajia, SONG Jianli, QI Peng, LIU Limin, LI Tian, ZHENG Yi, LIN Guihai, ZHOU Zhan, HUANG Kang, WANG Zhong, ZHA Hainie, ZHANG Guoshan, ZHOU Guotao, MA Yong, FU Hao, NIE Hongyuan, ZENG Aijun, ZHANG Wei   +20 more
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Control of Insects and Diseases with Intelligent Variable-rate Sprayers in Ornamental Nurseries1 [PDF]

Journal of Environmental Horticulture, 2019
Abstract Intelligent spray technology can reduce pesticide use and safeguard the environment; however, its ability to effectively control insects and disease must be validated before its adoption by growers. Comparative tests for two different laser-guided variable-rate intelligent sprayers and the same sprayers with conventional constant-rate ...
Liming Chen, Matthew Wallhead, Heping Zhu, Amy Fulcher   +3 more
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