Feature Papers for Drones in Agriculture and Forestry Section: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Drones (ISSN 2504-446X). This special issue belongs to the section "Drones in Agriculture and Forestry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2024 | Viewed by 58
Special Issue Editors
Interests: drone-based remote sensing; 3D photogrammetry; optimal sensing in cyber-physical systems; distributed collaborative sensing in distributed parameter systems; mobile sensor networks; virtual metrology
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Interests: smart agriculture; UAS; remote sensing; plant phenotype and disease-pest monitoring; crop yield prediction; variable spraying system; deep learning; imaging processing technology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As the Section Editor-in-Chief, I am pleased to announce a Special Issue entitled “Feature Papers for Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry 2nd Edition”. This Special Issue welcomes high-quality papers from the latest research and application results related to the use of drones in agriculture and forestry. Manuscripts can be theoretical, applied, or review articles. Interdisciplinary manuscripts are particularly welcome. For more scope information, you may check https://www.mdpi.com/journal/drones/sections/drones_in_agriculture_forestry.
Prof. Dr. Yangquan Chen
Prof. Dr. Fei Liu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Drones is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- drones for agriculture:
- personal remote sensing (PRS)
- smart farming (crops, dairy, grazing, etc.)
- site-specific management (SSM) of water, pesticide, fertilizer, etc.
- integrated pest management (IPM)
- phenotyping
- yield prediction
- environmental emissions (GHG, dust, etc.)
- water-saving agriculture and irrigation management
- applications (crop dusting, seeding, etc.)
- soil moisture, soil health, soil variability, and carbon-negative practices
- smart sensing and smart big data analytics
- drones for forestry:
- forest fire sensing and management
- precision forestry and forestry management
- forest mapping and biodiversity
- mapping of canopy distribution and gaps
- capturing forestry informatics (biomass, stockpile, fuel load, etc.)
- three-dimensional mapping for carbon storage
- tree planting and reforesting with drones
- applications (surface fertilizer, growth stimulant, pesticides, etc.)
- monitoring illegal logging and quarrying (forest security)
- combating deforestation and desert forestation dynamics
- smart sensing and smart big data analytics
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- Feature Papers for Drones in Agriculture and Forestry Section in Drones (11 articles)
