The worn-out nozzles of field sprayers cause agricultural treatment to be uneven and therefore ineffective. Spray are consumable elements the sprayer that subject inspection in event their excessive wear should replaced with new ones ensure proper execution treatment. aim study is propose, using operational research methods, an expert methodology allowing further operation often expensive nozzl...

Plant protection product (PPP) applications to isolated olive trees are commonly performed with regular air-assisted sprayers, which not adapted their particular characteristics. Whilst strong efforts have been undertaken over the last years improve technical aspects like canopy detection and automated proportional dosing, nearly no made regarding sprayer adaption crop. For this reason, three p...

A smart sprayer comprises a detection system and a chemical spraying system. In this study, the development status and challenges of the detection systems of smart sprayers are discussed along with perspectives on these technologies. The detection system of a smart sprayer is used to collect information on target areas and make spraying decisions. The spraying system controls sprayer operation....

The application of pesticides to fruit throughout the Northeastern US, as in the rest of the world, gives rise to concern, primarily due to inaccurate application, which often results in high residues and environmental pollution. Inaccuracy, due to overor under-application, may result in high levels of disease or insect activity. Air and water pollution resulting from pesticide drift is a major...

Under the conditions of strengthening competition for each enterprise, preserving and increasing competitiveness production is an integral necessary attribute successful modern company. It proved that determining condition success management decisions to strengthen products' competitive position in markets objective timely quantitative assessment products. determined complex indicator level pro...

BACKGROUND Universal salt iodation will prevent iodine deficiency disorders (IDD). Globally, salt-iodation technologies mostly target large and medium-scale salt-producers. Since most producers in low-income countries are small-scale, we examined and improved the performance of hand and knapsack-sprayers used locally in Tanzania. METHODS We studied three salt facilities on the Bagamoyo coast,...