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Article

Orchard Spray Study: A Prediction Model of Droplet Deposition States on Leaf Surfaces

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College of Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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Key Laboratory of Key Technology on Agricultural Machine and Equipment, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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Department of Agri-Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnología, Campus del Baix Llobregat, Esteve Terradas, 8, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Conservation and Precision Utilization of Characteristic Agricultural Resources in Mountainous Areas, Jiaying University, Meizhou 514015, China
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Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Agronomy 2020, 10(5), 747; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10050747
Submission received: 14 April 2020 / Revised: 8 May 2020 / Accepted: 18 May 2020 / Published: 21 May 2020
(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Biosystem and Biological Engineering)

Abstract

During air-assisted spraying operations in orchards, the interaction between the droplets and the target leaves has a decisive influence on the retention of the droplets on the leaves and the final deposition state. Based on the observation of the final deposition effect of the droplets in the spray test, the retention state of the droplets on the leaves is divided into three categories: uniform distribution (hereinafter referred to as uniform), accumulation, and loss. During the initial interaction between the droplets and the leaves, the adhesion or sliding state of the droplets has an important influence on the final deposition state of the droplets, which is determined by the target leaf adhesion work in this paper. Based on obtaining the characteristic parameters of the leaf surface, a theoretical model of adhesion work related to parameters such as the contact angle, rough factor, and initial tilt angle of the leaf is established. Afterward, through the connection of the droplet coverage on the macro level, the establishment of the deposition state model of the droplet group on the leaf is completed. By conducting the experiment test based on the Box-Behnken design of response surface methodology (RSM), the droplet deposition states under the influence of the spray distance, fan outlet wind speed and droplet size were studied and compared with the predicted values. The test results show that the prediction accuracies of the three states of uniform, accumulation, and loss were 87.5%, 80%, and 100%, respectively. The results of the study indicate that the established prediction model can effectively predict the deposition states of droplets on leaves and provide a reference for the selection of spray operation parameters.
Keywords: air-assisted spray; leaf characteristics; spray parameters; prediction of deposition state; parameter decision air-assisted spray; leaf characteristics; spray parameters; prediction of deposition state; parameter decision
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Li, J.; Cui, H.; Ma, Y.; Xun, L.; Li, Z.; Yang, Z.; Lu, H. Orchard Spray Study: A Prediction Model of Droplet Deposition States on Leaf Surfaces. Agronomy 2020, 10, 747. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10050747

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Li J, Cui H, Ma Y, Xun L, Li Z, Yang Z, Lu H. Orchard Spray Study: A Prediction Model of Droplet Deposition States on Leaf Surfaces. Agronomy. 2020; 10(5):747. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10050747

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Li, Jun, Huajun Cui, Yakun Ma, Lu Xun, Zhiqiang Li, Zhou Yang, and Huazhong Lu. 2020. "Orchard Spray Study: A Prediction Model of Droplet Deposition States on Leaf Surfaces" Agronomy 10, no. 5: 747. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10050747

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Li, J., Cui, H., Ma, Y., Xun, L., Li, Z., Yang, Z., & Lu, H. (2020). Orchard Spray Study: A Prediction Model of Droplet Deposition States on Leaf Surfaces. Agronomy, 10(5), 747. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10050747

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