Qijiang: Drone “Flying Defense” Ensures High Summer Grain Yield and Harvest

Recently, in a high standard farmland in Xianling Village, Shijiao Town, Qijiang District, the rice is green and swaying in the breeze at the beginning of jointing. After the plant protection technician set the route and speed on the UAV controller, a special agricultural UAV rose up under the control, flew low along the paddy field, and the huge airflow under the rotor impelled the pesticide mist flow to spread evenly, accurately sprayed on the rice leaves, and carried out the fine and intelligent work of field management and Pest control with high quality and efficiency.

This plane flies so fast, it’s done in a few minutes! “Chen Dicai, a villager from Xianling Village, stood by his own rice field and said happily. He has 2 acres of surplus water in the rice field, and in previous years, he had to work from 6 am to noon to finish the medicine. This year, the district organized a unified drone plant protection system to provide free medicine, saving money and effort.

“We used thiamethoxam, tetrachloroamide and Jinggangla to prevent and control the borer, leaf curler, rice planthopper and Sheath blight of rice.” According to Hu Gang, the manager of Chongqing Yingyi Agricultural Co., Ltd. who was responsible for the “flight prevention” work on the site, one plant protection UAV can operate more than 200 mu in an hour, and there are more than 1000 mu of rice in Xianling Village. One plant protection UAV can complete the operation in a day. Compared to traditional manual operation methods, plant protection drones spray more evenly, have better control effects, and also reduce pesticide consumption, greatly reducing planting costs.

The arrival of the summer solstice, with an increase in temperature and humidity, is the peak period for the occurrence of rice diseases and pests. During the current critical agricultural season, our agricultural technicians will go deep into the fields, track the growth of rice and the dynamics of disease and pest occurrence, and guide farmers to implement measures to promote weak to strong, prevent diseases and pests, and reduce disasters and increase rice production, laying a solid foundation for the annual rice harvest, “said Tian Dong, deputy director of the Agricultural Service Center in the region, At the same time, they also strictly manage the types of pesticide names, pesticide content, registered crops, and control objects used by the mechanical defense service organization to ensure consistency. They also require third-party service organizations to collect pesticide packaging bottles and bags on-site after each “flight defense” is completed to prevent agricultural non-point source pollution.

At present, Qijiang is actively promoting the integration of green rice prevention and control and specialized unified prevention and control technology in a scientific and orderly manner. It has organized more than 10 plant protection drones, with a daily “flight prevention” operation area of over 11000 acres. It plans to complete the “flight prevention” task of over 50000 acres in the entire region by the end of June.

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