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Designing and Constructing an Active Boom Balancing System using a New Technique Variable Fulcrum Method and Comparing It with a Conventional Sprayer [PDF]
Journal of Agricultural Machinery, 2021 Introduction According to reports on trends in the agricultural industry, demand for more precise and affordable machinery is rising and precision farming methods used by farmers are expanding.
P Pashaee, H. R Ghasemzadeh, H Behfar
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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 +2 more
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Fuzzy Control on the Performance of Hose-reel Sprinkler Irrigation System
Guan'gai paishui xuebao, 2022 【Objective】 Improving the performance of irrigation systems is critical to improving their operation and water use efficiency. The aim of this paper is to present a new control method.
GUO Yijian +4 more
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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 +4 more
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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 +7 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 +9 more
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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 +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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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 +3 more
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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 +3 more
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