Precision agriculture accounts for within-field variability for targeted treatment rather than uniform treatment of an entire field.It is built on agricultural mechanization and state-of-the-art technologies of geogra...Precision agriculture accounts for within-field variability for targeted treatment rather than uniform treatment of an entire field.It is built on agricultural mechanization and state-of-the-art technologies of geographical information systems(GIS),global positioning systems(GPS)and remote sensing,and is used to monitor soil,crop growth,weed infestation,insects,diseases,and water status in farm fields to provide data and information to guide agricultural management practices.Precision agriculture began with mapping of crop fields at different scales to support agricultural planning and decision making.With the development of variable-rate technology,precision agriculture focuses more on tactical actions in controlling variable-rate seeding,fertilizer and pesticide application,and irrigation in real-time or within the crop season instead of mapping a field in one crop season to make decisions for the next crop season.With the development of aerial variable-rate systems,low-altitude airborne systems can provide high-resolution data for prescription variable-rate operations.Airborne systems for multispectral imaging using a number of imaging sensors(cameras)were developed.Unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)provide a unique platform for remote sensing of crop fields at slow speeds and low-altitudes,and they are efficient and more flexible than manned agricultural airplanes,which often cannot provide images at both low altitude and low speed for capture of high-quality images.UAVs are also more universal in their applicability than agricultural aircraft since the latter are used only in specific regions.This study presents the low-altitude remote sensing systems developed for detection of crop stress caused by multiple factors.UAVs,as a special platform,were discussed for crop sensing based on the researchers'studies.展开更多
Agricultural remote sensing has been developed and applied in monitoring soil,crop growth,weed infestation,insects,diseases and water status in farm fields to provide data and information to guide agricultural managem...Agricultural remote sensing has been developed and applied in monitoring soil,crop growth,weed infestation,insects,diseases and water status in farm fields to provide data and information to guide agricultural management practices.Precision agriculture has been implemented through prescription mapping of crop fields at different scales with the data remotely sensed from space-borne,airborne and ground-based platforms.Ground-based remote sensing techniques offer portability,flexibility and controllability in applications for precision agriculture.In weed management,crop injury from off-target herbicide spray drift and herbicide resistance in weeds are two important issues.For precision weed management,ground-based hyperspectral remote sensing techniques were developed for detection of crop injury from dicamba and differentiation between glyphosate resistant and sensitive weeds.This research presents the techniques for ground-based hyperspectral remote sensing for these two applications.Results illustrate the advantages of ground-based hyperspectral remote sensing for precision weed management.展开更多
Rubidium chloride(RbCl)was used as a tracer tank-mixed with active ingredients to profile downwind deposition of aerially applied crop protection and production materials to characterize off-target drift,which helps i...Rubidium chloride(RbCl)was used as a tracer tank-mixed with active ingredients to profile downwind deposition of aerially applied crop protection and production materials to characterize off-target drift,which helps improve spray efficiency and reduce environmental contamination.Mylar sheets were placed on a holder in the field at each sampling station to collect sprayed solution.RbCl tracer was used to assess downwind drift of nozzles mounted on the booms installed and controlled on both sides of an agricultural airplane.The experiment was conducted on a field covered by Bermuda grass(Cynodon dactylon).During the experiment,the airplane was planned to fly three passes with three replications at each of three different altitudes,3.7 m,4.9 m,and 6.1 m for total of 27 flight runs.The results indicated that sampling station location had a significant effect on RbCl concentration.However,application release altitude was not significant to the change of RbCl.Another practical application in the same aerial application system was used to assess crop injury from the off-target drift of aerially applied glyphosate.RbCl concentrations measured from Mylar sheets were correlated with visual injury,plant height,shoot dry weight,leaf chlorophyll content,and shikimate,which were measured from the leaves and plant samples collected.Overall,RbCl is an effective tracer for monitoring spray applications from agricultural aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles to intensify agriculture output and minimize environmental impact.展开更多
文摘Precision agriculture accounts for within-field variability for targeted treatment rather than uniform treatment of an entire field.It is built on agricultural mechanization and state-of-the-art technologies of geographical information systems(GIS),global positioning systems(GPS)and remote sensing,and is used to monitor soil,crop growth,weed infestation,insects,diseases,and water status in farm fields to provide data and information to guide agricultural management practices.Precision agriculture began with mapping of crop fields at different scales to support agricultural planning and decision making.With the development of variable-rate technology,precision agriculture focuses more on tactical actions in controlling variable-rate seeding,fertilizer and pesticide application,and irrigation in real-time or within the crop season instead of mapping a field in one crop season to make decisions for the next crop season.With the development of aerial variable-rate systems,low-altitude airborne systems can provide high-resolution data for prescription variable-rate operations.Airborne systems for multispectral imaging using a number of imaging sensors(cameras)were developed.Unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)provide a unique platform for remote sensing of crop fields at slow speeds and low-altitudes,and they are efficient and more flexible than manned agricultural airplanes,which often cannot provide images at both low altitude and low speed for capture of high-quality images.UAVs are also more universal in their applicability than agricultural aircraft since the latter are used only in specific regions.This study presents the low-altitude remote sensing systems developed for detection of crop stress caused by multiple factors.UAVs,as a special platform,were discussed for crop sensing based on the researchers'studies.
文摘Agricultural remote sensing has been developed and applied in monitoring soil,crop growth,weed infestation,insects,diseases and water status in farm fields to provide data and information to guide agricultural management practices.Precision agriculture has been implemented through prescription mapping of crop fields at different scales with the data remotely sensed from space-borne,airborne and ground-based platforms.Ground-based remote sensing techniques offer portability,flexibility and controllability in applications for precision agriculture.In weed management,crop injury from off-target herbicide spray drift and herbicide resistance in weeds are two important issues.For precision weed management,ground-based hyperspectral remote sensing techniques were developed for detection of crop injury from dicamba and differentiation between glyphosate resistant and sensitive weeds.This research presents the techniques for ground-based hyperspectral remote sensing for these two applications.Results illustrate the advantages of ground-based hyperspectral remote sensing for precision weed management.
文摘Rubidium chloride(RbCl)was used as a tracer tank-mixed with active ingredients to profile downwind deposition of aerially applied crop protection and production materials to characterize off-target drift,which helps improve spray efficiency and reduce environmental contamination.Mylar sheets were placed on a holder in the field at each sampling station to collect sprayed solution.RbCl tracer was used to assess downwind drift of nozzles mounted on the booms installed and controlled on both sides of an agricultural airplane.The experiment was conducted on a field covered by Bermuda grass(Cynodon dactylon).During the experiment,the airplane was planned to fly three passes with three replications at each of three different altitudes,3.7 m,4.9 m,and 6.1 m for total of 27 flight runs.The results indicated that sampling station location had a significant effect on RbCl concentration.However,application release altitude was not significant to the change of RbCl.Another practical application in the same aerial application system was used to assess crop injury from the off-target drift of aerially applied glyphosate.RbCl concentrations measured from Mylar sheets were correlated with visual injury,plant height,shoot dry weight,leaf chlorophyll content,and shikimate,which were measured from the leaves and plant samples collected.Overall,RbCl is an effective tracer for monitoring spray applications from agricultural aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles to intensify agriculture output and minimize environmental impact.