Assessment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based spraying to manage sheath blight disease of rice
Research Type
Departmental Research
Experiment Background
Pests in crops significantly affect agricultural production and
due to that world had to face about 30% of crop loss
annually. Therefore, it is prime objective to adopt an efficient
crop protection technology which can effectively control
pests for agricultural productivity and sustainability. Aerial
spraying by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is an emerging
practice in many developed countries as well as developing
country like India. Indian farmers use conventional sprayers,
which leads to excessive use of chemicals, less spray
uniformity, low deposition, higher cost of spray operation
and environment pollution. The use of UAV for spraying
pesticides can improve spray quality, timeliness,
effectiveness and reduce labour cost also. The unmanned
aerial vehicle spraying system saved up to 50% pesticides
and 90% water compared to high clearance crop sprayer.
Experiment Group
Plant Protection
Unit Type
(02)EDUCATION UNIT
Unit
(13)ASPEE COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE (NAVSARI)
Department
(220)Plant Protection, ACHF, Navsari
BudgetHead
(329/12237/00)329/03/REG/01815
Objective
To study the feasibility and bio-efficacy of UAV based
spraying to mange sheath blight disease of rice.