Drone “Flying Defense” Protects Rice

Three minutes, seven minutes in charge. At present, it is the critical period for rice growth and the best period for Pest control. In recent days, Sinan County, Guizhou Province has seized the agricultural time, actively carried out rice Pest control work, made full use of the “flying prevention” operation of plant protection drones, applied pesticide precisely, and combined green prevention and control with the rule of unified prevention, so that field management is easy, efficient, energy saving and environmental protection, and ensure high grain production and farmers’ income.

At the 1200 acre rice planting base located in Airport Dam, Tangtou Town, Sinan County, there are endless stretches of green rice, resembling green waves, forming a beautiful scenery. Accompanied by the sound of rotor rotation, two plant protection drones rose into the air under the operation of technicians, flying at a constant speed along the rice field. The sprinkler under the fuselage sprayed white atomized pesticides evenly onto the rice field, putting a “protective coat” on the rice in the field.

Due to the relatively high temperature during this period, we carry out plant protection drone ‘flying defense’ operations from 7 am to 11 am and from 4 pm to 7 pm in the afternoon. We can complete 600 to 800 acres in a day, which is quite efficient, “said Cheng Chaoyuan, a drone operator at Sinan Hemufu Agricultural Machinery Specialized Cooperative.

It is understood that the operational efficiency of a plant protection drone is more than 20 times that of manual spraying, which can reduce the use of pesticides by more than 30%. Compared to manual spraying, the “fly defense” of a plant protection drone is more efficient, safe, economical, and environmentally friendly.

In addition, in response to the growth trend and disease occurrence patterns of rice in the fields this year, the Agricultural Service Center of Tangtou Town actively cooperates with the Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Sinan County to carry out plant protection drone flight prevention operations. Through the advantages of large-scale centralized services, low toxicity, efficient, and green environmental protection pesticides are purchased, and professional services for integrated prevention and control of rice diseases and pests are implemented, reducing the pressure of non-point source pollution in farmland and water bodies, and promoting green prevention and control of rice diseases and pests.

“This year, rice stem borer, rice leaf roller and other diseases and pests came early, and the county agriculture and rural bureau also put drugs and UAVs in place at the first time, so that our rice can be effectively protected.” Yang Xiufeng, deputy director of the agricultural service center in Tangtou Town, Sinan County, said that the efficient and rapid plant protection UAV flight prevention makes the field management show a “scientific and technological model”, which effectively improves the efficiency of pest control, Reducing pesticide use and control costs has also helped farmers solve the problem of labor shortage, laying a solid foundation for high grain yield and harvest.

In recent years, Sinan County has always implemented the strategy of “storing grain in the ground and storing grain in technology” throughout the entire process of standardized rice planting, vigorously promoting scientific and technological planting methods such as mechanical transplanting, drone management, and mechanized harvesting, further promoting the intelligence, mechanization, simplification, and efficiency of rice production, and inserting “technological wings” into grain production, allowing the masses to hold their rice bowls more stable, Let the path of rural revitalization go deeper and wider.