[HTML][HTML] Recent Development Trends in Plant Protection UAVs: A Journey from Conventional Practices to Cutting-Edge Technologies—A Comprehensive Review

SA Nahiyoon, Z Ren, P Wei, X Li, X Li, J Xu, X Yan… - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) for plant protection play a vital role in modern agricultural
operations. In recent years, advancements in UAVs and pest control technologies have …

Field evaluation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sprayer: effect of spray volume on deposition and the control of pests and disease in wheat

G Wang, Y Lan, H Qi, P Chen, A Hewitt… - Pest management …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a recently developed aerial spraying
technology. However, the effect of spray volume variation on deposition and pesticide …

Effect of droplet size parameters on droplet deposition and drift of aerial spraying by using plant protection UAV

S Chen, Y Lan, Z Zhou, F Ouyang, G Wang, X Huang… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the field of pesticide spraying, droplet size is one of the most important factors affecting
droplet deposition and drift. In order to study the effect of different droplet size parameters on …

Comparison of spray deposition, control efficacy on wheat aphids and working efficiency in the wheat field of the unmanned aerial vehicle with boom sprayer and two …

G Wang, Y Lan, H Yuan, H Qi, P Chen, F Ouyang… - Applied sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
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 …

Effect of unmanned aerial vehicle flight height on droplet distribution, drift and control of cotton aphids and spider mites

Z Lou, F Xin, X Han, Y Lan, T Duan, W Fu - Agronomy, 2018 - mdpi.com
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as emerging plant protection machinery, have the
advantages of high operational efficiency, high speed, and low drift. The current study aimed …

Research progress of electrostatic spray technology over the last two decades

J Wang, Y Zhang, W Zhang, Z Fan - Journal of Energy Engineering, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
From the raindrops of lightning to atomized droplets used in many fields, research on
electrostatic spray technology has both a natural basis and practical significance. The …

Droplet distributions in cotton harvest aid applications vary with the interactions among the unmanned aerial vehicle spraying parameters

P Chen, F Ouyang, G Wang, H Qi, W Xu, W Yang… - Industrial Crops and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A common problem of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) spraying is that fewer droplets
could reach the lower layer, and the depositions among the spray width show a significant …

Droplet deposition and control of planthoppers of different nozzles in two-stage rice with a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle

P Chen, Y Lan, X Huang, H Qi, G Wang, J Wang… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Previous studies have confirmed that choosing nozzles that produce coarser droplets could
reduce the risk of pesticide spray drift, but this conclusion is based on a large volume of …

Effect of formulations and adjuvants on the properties of acetamiprid solution and droplet deposition characteristics sprayed by UAV

M Zeeshan, H Li, G Yousaf, H Ren, Y Liu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
While the pesticide formulations are widely used for pest control, the combined effects of
these formulations with adjuvants on droplet behavior, spraying characteristics, and pest …

Study on Spray Deposition and Drift Characteristics of UAV Agricultural Sprayer for Application of Insecticide in Redgram Crop (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.)

Y Dengeru, K Ramasamy, S Allimuthu, S Balakrishnan… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Insecticide applications are typically being carried out with traditional manual spraying
equipment in redgram, which leads to inadequate control of insects due to higher crop …