Agricultural Plant Protection Drones Assist in High Yield and Harvest of Cotton

Autumn is clear and refreshing, and cotton is about to enter the harvest period. To ensure mechanized cotton harvesting, Korla City and Liulin Village in Shilik Township coordinate drones to carry out operations in the jurisdiction of Liulin Village. Under the guidance of plant protection drone operators, they strictly follow scientific operating procedures to spray defoliants on the cotton fields.

This year, the cotton planting area in Helike Township is over 60000 acres. In order to improve the quality of cotton and ensure that the cotton fibers are not contaminated during harvest, the Liulin Village Committee has coordinated more than 3 drones and 8 professional technicians to guide cotton farmers to carry out defoliant spraying operations in an orderly and reasonable manner.

Spraying defoliant on cotton not only helps to defoliate and dehydrate, but also increases the rate of cotton boll opening, reduces impurities in the cotton boll, improves the collection rate, reduces pollution, and improves the quality of cotton. “The plant protection drone operator carefully popularizes relevant knowledge to cotton farmers. For the cotton fields that have been sprayed, the plant protection drone operator promptly sends personnel to check the operation effect, and completes the spraying task with quality and quantity, laying a solid foundation for cotton harvesting.

At present, 20000 acres of defoliant spraying work in Liulin Village has been completed, and it is expected to be completed by the end of September. Cotton farmer Zhu Yongwei happily said, “Applying defoliant to cotton is an important part of achieving machine harvesting, and cotton farmers attach great importance to it every year. This year, they used drones, which is really time-saving and labor-saving.

This year, the Liulin Village Committee has been continuously building high standard farmland, comprehensively promoting water-saving drip irrigation technology, continuously updating cotton varieties, achieving cost saving and efficiency improvement in cotton planting, and assisting farmers in increasing income and wealth.