Characteristics of unmanned aerial spraying systems and related spray drift: A review

P Chen, JP Douzals, Y Lan, E Cotteux… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although drift is not a new issue, it deserves further attention for Unmanned Aerial Spraying
Systems (UASS). The use of UASS as a spraying tool for Plant Protection Products is …

Wind-induced response of rice under the action of the downwash flow field of a multi-rotor UAV

Q Shi, D Liu, H Mao, B Shen, M Li - Biosystems Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•When UAVs fly over fields, the area of rice deformation is horseshoe
shaped.•Payload has greatest impact on the deformation, followed by flight speed, and …

Comparison of droplet distribution and control effect of wheat aphids under different operation parameters of the crop protection UAV in the wheat flowering stage

T Sun, S Zhang, X Xue, Y Jiao - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aphid is one of the main insect pests of wheat in the flowering stage, so timely and effective
control of wheat aphids plays an important role in ensuring wheat yield. The crop protection …

The Airflow Field Characteristics of the Unmanned Agricultural Aerial System on Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus) Canopy for Supplementary Pollination

S Zhang, C Cai, J Li, T Sun, X Liu, Y Tian, X Xue - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pollination success is essential for hybrid oilseed rape (OSR, Brassica napus) seed
production, but traditional pollination methods are not efficient. The unmanned agricultural …

Study on Effects of Different Concentration Adjuvants on the Properties of Prochloraz Emulsion in Water Solution Droplets and Deposition

S Zhang, M Huang, Q Zhou, Y Jiao, H Sun, X Cheng… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Adjuvants are frequently incorporated into crop protection operations to modulate the droplet
characteristics by diminishing the surface tension (ST) and contact angle (CA), thereby …

Effects of crop protection unmanned aerial system flight speed, height on effective spraying width, droplet deposition and penetration rate, and control effect analysis …

S Zhang, B Qiu, X Xue, T Sun, W Gu, F Zhou, X Sun - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
As a new type of crop protection machinery, the Crop Protection Unmanned Aerial System
(CPUAS) has developed rapidly and been widely used in China; currently, how to use the …

Image Recognition of Male Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus) Plants Based on Convolutional Neural Network for UAAS Navigation Applications on Supplementary …

Z Sun, X Guo, Y Xu, S Zhang, X Cheng, Q Hu, W Wang… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
To ensure the hybrid oilseed rape (OSR, Brassica napus) seed production, two important
things are necessary, the stamen sterility on the female OSR plants and the effective pollen …

Optimization-Design and Atomization-Performance Study of Aerial Dual-Atomization Centrifugal Atomizer

Z Yang, J Yu, J Duan, X Xu, G Huang - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
The aerial atomizer is the most essential component of the plant protection UAV (unmanned
aerial vehicle). However, the structural optimization of existing aerial atomizers lacks …

Effects of Different Pollination Methods on Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus) Plant Growth Traits and Rapeseed Yields

J Zhang, S Zhang, J Li, C Cai, W Gu, X Cheng, H Wang… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pollination success is essential for hybrid oilseed rape (OSR, Brassica napus) seed
production, and the pollination method has some influences on the OSR plant growth traits …

Effects of flight parameters for plant protection UAV on droplets deposition rate based on a 3D simulation approach

L Xu, Z Yang, Z Huang, W Ding… - International Journal of …, 2023 - ijabe.org
With the development of aviation agricultural technology, the number of farmers adopting the
use of drones in daily agricultural activities is growing rapidly in recent decades. Among …