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

Pest Management Science

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 1546-1555

  Wang, Guobin ^a   Lan, Yubin ^a,b,c   Qi, Haixia ^a   Chen, Pengchao ^a   Hewitt, Andrew ^d   Han, Yuxing ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Texas A M University   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

control efficacy; electric air pressure knapsack sprayer; pesticide deposition; unmanned aerial vehicle; wheat aphid; wheat powdery mildew

Indexed keywords

APHID; EQUIPMENT; FIELD METHOD; INSECTICIDE; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE; UNMANNED VEHICLE; WHEAT;

APHIDIDAE; ERYSIPHALES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; APHID; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PEST CONTROL; PLANT DISEASE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ROBOTICS; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; APHIDS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PEST CONTROL; PLANT DISEASES; ROBOTICS; TRITICUM;

EID: 85061593446     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.5321     Document Type: Article

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