On May 30th, Jiangyong County held an on-site observation and training session on plant protection drone flight prevention operations. At the meeting, more than 90 people attended the training meeting, including agricultural technicians from the township agricultural comprehensive service centers, major citrus growers, professional citrus cooperatives, and principals of citrus bases.
After the meeting, the organization went to the citrus base in Tuanjie Village, Xiaopu Town to conduct a on-site demonstration of the operation of plant protection drone flight prevention operations, which provided citrus growers and cooperative members with a clearer and more intuitive understanding of the methods and dissemination effects of plant protection drone flight prevention operations.
A plant protection drone can spray 15 acres of fruit trees in about an hour, with an average of only 4-5 minutes per acre, which is 16 times more efficient than traditional manual operations, “said Zhou Yunwen, a senior agronomist at the Jiangyong County Agriculture and Rural Bureau.
At present, we are in a critical period of fruiting for fruit trees. With the gradual increase of temperature and rainfall, the high temperature and humidity climate can easily lead to the occurrence of major pests and diseases such as red spiders. However, using plant protection drones to carry out pest and disease control operations in orchards not only greatly improves work efficiency, but also makes fruit trees more evenly sprayed with pesticides, greatly improving the prevention and control effect, greatly reducing labor costs and water consumption, It not only improves the utilization rate of pesticides, but also promotes the improvement of quality and efficiency in citrus production.
In recent years, in order to actively respond to the national promotion of green environmental protection concepts and reduce environmental damage caused by pesticides, Jiangyong County has continuously increased the promotion of green pest prevention and control technologies. Since the introduction of the first plant protection drone in 2016, it has owned 66 sets of plant protection drones and is equipped with agricultural Beidou meter level (sub meter level) operation quality monitoring terminals, with an annual operating area of over 500000 acres.
In the next step, we will further strengthen the promotion of plant protection UAVs in pest control of cash crop such as citrus, constantly improve the level of agricultural science and technology services, and fully guarantee the sustainable and healthy development of Jiangyong’s citrus industry. Cao Guojun, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Jiangyong County Agriculture and Rural Bureau, expressed confidence.
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