ASSESSMENT OF SPRAY DEPOSITION AND LOSSES IN AN APPLE ORCHARD WITH AN UNMANNED AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT SYSTEM IN CHINA

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Liu, Y.

作者： Liu, Y.;Liu, Y.;He, X.;Song, J.;Zeng, A.;Wang, Z.;Li, L.

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关键词： Air-assisted orchard sprayer; Apple orchard; Spray deposition; Spray loss; UAAS

期刊名称：TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASABE （ 影响因子：1.188； 五年影响因子：1.695 ）

ISSN： 2151-0032

年卷期： 2020 年 63 卷 3 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Unmanned agricultural aircraft system (UAAS) technology has developed rapidly in China in recent years. Due to their high application efficiency, all-terrain operation, and low-volume spraying, UAASs have been widely used for pest management in field crops, achieving good pest control and reduced pressure on farmers. In this study, the applicability of UAAS for orchard protection was tested in an apple orchard by spraying with a four-rotor UAAS and a conventional air-assisted orchard sprayer. The spray characteristics of both sprayers, including canopy deposition, drift in the air, loss to the ground, and external contamination on the sprayer, were measured and compared. The field results showed that the effective spray swath width of the UAAS was 2.23 m, and the maximum droplet density was 132 droplets cm(-2) in the center of the flight line. The actual deposition in the free canopy was lower with the UAAS than with the air-assisted sprayer, but the normalized deposition of the UAAS was equivalent to that of the air-assisted sprayer, and the coefficient of variation for deposition in all parts of the canopy was obviously higher for the UAAS than for the air-assisted sprayer. Due to the airflow produced by the high-speed rotors, the spray drift in the air was much higher with the UAAS than with the air-assisted sprayer, whereas the ground loss of the UAAS was 1/5 that of the air-assisted sprayer. Moreover, the rotor airflow of the UAAS caused a large amount of droplets to attach to the sprayer fuselage, causing the external contamination on the UAAS to be five times that of the air-assisted sprayer. Results showed that the use of a multirotor UAAS for plant protection in an orchard had considerable influence on the spray drift and external contamination of the spray equipment. Based on the results, the following recommendations can be made: (1) plant protection with a UAAS should be attained by spraying at a reasonable height to reduce the drift in the air, and (2) UAAS manufacturers should develop adequate spraying systems as well as appropriate UAAS designs for plant protection.

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