Technology Assists Agricultural Plant Protection

At present, it is a critical period for field management and protection. Xiongwu Township in Xingyi City vigorously promotes water-saving, drug-saving, and efficient plant protection drones, and carries out spraying operations for disease and pest control, greatly improving the efficiency of crop disease and pest control, laying a solid foundation for this year’s agricultural yield and harvest.Recently, with the professional operation of plant protection personnel, a plant protection drone loaded with pesticides shuttled through the fields in the Goujishan and Bange groups of Panjiang Village, Xiongwu Township. The pesticide was evenly sprayed on sorghum, completing 300 acres of work in one day.

In the past, it used to be a weather like this, where I used to get medicine and get tired from sunbathing. Now, there are drones to help, which is not only efficient but also helpful. It really helps a lot Wang Yingli, Secretary of the Party Branch and Director of the Village Committee of Panjiang Village, said.

Last year, we tasted the sweetness of technology. On the one hand, drone spraying can save costs. A drone can complete a spraying operation of 300 acres in one day, which is more than 20 times the efficiency of manual spraying. On the other hand, plant protection drones spray evenly, have good control effects, and save 15% of pesticides compared to manual spraying. It is more efficient, safe, economical, and environmentally friendly, and drone spraying is highly popular among the people. This year, we are seizing the growth of sorghum Timing, carry out spraying operations for disease and pest control, detect and intervene early, to ensure the smooth progress of ‘Gaoliang Town’ Xiongwu Township Party Secretary Zou Ji said.

It is understood that Xiongwu Township relies on its advantages in geography, climate, infrastructure, and other conditions. In accordance with the strategic decision of the Xingyi Municipal Party Committee and Government to solidly promote the “Industrial Strong City” strategy and vigorously cultivate the development of township characteristic industries, in the past two years of practical exploration, it has decided to promote the development of the sorghum+N industry and make every effort to build Xiongwu Township’s “sorghum town”. Currently, the total sorghum planting area in the township is over 10000 acres.

Next, Xiongwu Township will continue to strengthen monitoring and early warning of crop diseases and pests, and vigorously promote drone integrated prevention and control around the goals of green prevention and control, integrated prevention and control, and pesticide reduction and efficiency enhancement. This will effectively improve the level of scientific and technological pesticide application, providing strong guarantees for grain harvest.