Design and Development of Smart Crop Protection Equipment
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 February 2025 | Viewed by 323
Special Issue Editors
Interests: two-phase flow theory and application; precision crop protection spraying technology; intelligent crop protection equipment
Interests: agricultural robot; parallel mechanism and its application in agricultural engineering; cash crop field management machinery; transplanting theory of plug seedlings and its automation equipment
Interests: efficient utilization of agricultural water and soil resources; intelligent water and fertilizer integration equipment; agricultural remote sensing; agricultural numerical model
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The application of crop protection equipment to spray chemical pesticides can significantly improve agricultural production efficiency, reduce manual labor intensity, and minimize the harm of pesticides to people. This has become the most important method for crop pest and disease prevention and control at present. However, traditional crop protection equipment still faces problems such as low effective utilization of pesticides and severe pesticide droplet drift pollution. Based on the rapid development of information technology, plant phenotype, and advanced manufacturing, smart crop protection equipment is formed by deeply integrating emerging technologies such as big data, remote sensing, and artificial intelligence with the development of agricultural equipment. This equipment can realize independent accurate and variable spray operation, innovate the prevention and management of crop diseases and pests, and become a major support to promote the transformation and upgrading of modern agriculture.
This Special Issue aims to introduce innovative theories, methods and applications of smart crop protection technology and equipment. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: efficient and precise pesticide spraying technology and equipment; droplet deposition and drift control; construction and simulation of spray numerical model; remote sensing detection of crops, pests, diseases, and weeds; pesticide spraying decision; key components for precise spraying; crop protection robot; crop protection UAV and low-altitude and low-volume aerial pesticide application; low carbon drive and multi-machine collaboration for crop protection equipment; process monitoring and effect evaluation of crop protection equipment; intelligent mechanical weeding equipment. Various types of articles are welcome for submission, including original research, reviews, communications, etc.
Prof. Dr. Weidong Jia
Prof. Dr. Qizhi Yang
Dr. Xiaowen Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart crop protection equipment
- pesticide droplet drift
- crop protection robot
- aviation crop protection
- remote sensing
- agricultural sensor
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