Smart spraying can help cut pesticide use in orchards

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Smart spraying can help cut pesticide use in
orchards
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• Researchers have developed an automated spraying
  system based on ultrasonic sensors that promise
  to reduce pesticide consumption in orchards.
  Ultrasonic sound signals are sent and received by
  the sprayer, which may be mounted on a tractor.
  When the tractor goes through a plant canopy, the
  sprayer activates, and it becomes silent when it
  passes through open space as it drives through an
  orchard. 
• The most frequent methods employed by orchard
  producers are manual spraying and continuous
  spraying. Both of them have serious issues.
  Manual spraying demands the use of a sprayer,
  which is hazardous to ones health. In ongoing
  operating procedures, the pesticide is sprayed
  continuously. As a consequence, more than half of
  the chemicals sprayed are wasted. The
  sensor-based sprayer, on the other hand, is
  capable of spraying the pesticide just on
  plants. 

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• We expect our technology to replace both of these
  traditional spraying techniques and would assist
  farmers in protecting their health as well as
  resources, BrajeshNare of ICAR-Central Potato
  Study Institute, Shimla, and a part of the study
  team stated in an interview with India Science
  Wire.
• Pesticide spraying on plant canopies in orchards
  is a significant concern because of the evident
  complex structure of plants and variations in
  their spacing. When pesticides are applied, a
  substantial portion of the pesticide misses its
  intended target leaves and fruits and enters
  the environment via soil or air, degrading the
  ecosystem.
• Orchard sprayers that can skip the area between
  trees can conserve the environment while saving
  money for growers.

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• The concept is simple when agricultural
  chemicals are sprayed on orchards throughout the
  dormant and in-season seasons, the spray should
  only land on the trees where they are needed,
  rather than on the ground where they are not.
• Target sensors that activate spray nozzles only
  when a tree is present can be integrated into
  orchard sprayers.
• Crops are vulnerable to pest and disease
  outbreaks, resulting in up to 20 production
  losses if not handled. Unfortunately, traditional
  farming still uses many synthetic pesticides and
  spraying machinery that isnt always
  appropriately calibrated. This use case
  illustrates how IoT-enabled and highly efficient
  smart sprayers may considerably minimize the
  consumption of plant protection chemicals. 

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• Farmers expenditures are reduced, and
  environmental impacts are reduced because of the
  faithful and automated adaption of sprayers to
  specific field zones and individual plant
  conditions. Innovative spraying technology helps
  to avoid crop damage and production losses by
  proactively preventing application mistakes.
  Furthermore, with tailored crop protection and
  real-time information on treatment quality,
  operating efficiency is improved. As a
  consequence, this application aids farmers in
  producing high-quality crops in an
  environmentally friendly and safe manner. Let us
  now describe how this idea emerged from the
  visionarys fire.
• Helping farmers save money and preserve
  biodiversity
• Citrus, fruit trees, and vine and stonecrops,
  including cherries, apples, and almonds, benefit
  from using a trailed air-blast sprayer.

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• It uses the cloud to link to a field management
  platform (Specialty Crops Platform, SCP),
  allowing direct communication between the
  smartomizer H3O on the field and the farms back
  office. For proper and effective treatment, the
  SCP offers the best treatment settings based on
  the crop dimensions.
• The technician may quickly configure work orders
  and send the required parameters straight to the
  sprayer using the program. This intelligent
  equipment sends real-time alerts to the tractor
  operator if any pre-configured treatments are not
  completed correctly, preventing potential
  failures. As a result, this proactive strategy
  significantly decreases drift. When the treatment
  is finished, all data is sent to the field
  management portal, allowing additional analysis.
  Every stage of the spraying process is monitored
  to provide complete traceability of the amount,
  time, and place where a specific plant protection
  product was sprayed. It assists the farmer in
  complying with food safety regulations and
  organic labeling requirements and makes mandatory
  farm paperwork easier. For the customer, this
  means more information on the product on store
  shelves.

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• Final Words
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