Advanced technologies for the improvement of spray application techniques in spanish viticulture: an overview.
Spraying techniques have been undergoing continuous evolution in recent decades. This paper presents part of the research work carried out in Spain in the field of sensors for characterizing vineyard canopies and monitoring spray drift in order to improve vineyard spraying and make it more sustainable. Some methods and geostatistical procedures for mapping vineyard parameters are proposed, and the development of a variable rate sprayer is described. All these technologies are interesting in terms of adjusting the amount of pesticides applied to the target canopy.
Department of Agri Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Esteve Terradas 8, Campus del Baix Llobregat D4, 08860 Castelledfels, Barcelona, Spain. Emilio.Gil@upc.edu.
Emilio
E
Gil
Department of Agricultural and Forest Engineering, Research Group in AgroICT & Precision Agriculture, Universitat de Lleida, Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. JArno@eagrof.udl.cat.
Jaume
J
Arnó
Department of Agri Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Esteve Terradas 8, Campus del Baix Llobregat D4, 08860 Castelledfels, Barcelona, Spain. Jordi.Llorens.Calveras@upc.edu.
Jordi
J
Llorens
Department of Agricultural and Forest Engineering, Research Group in AgroICT & Precision Agriculture, Universitat de Lleida, Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. RSanz@eagrof.udl.cat.
Ricardo
R
Sanz
Department of Agri Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Esteve Terradas 8, Campus del Baix Llobregat D4, 08860 Castelledfels, Barcelona, Spain. Jordi.Llorens.Calveras@upc.edu.
Jordi
J
Llop
Department of Agricultural and Forest Engineering, Research Group in AgroICT & Precision Agriculture, Universitat de Lleida, Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. JRRosell@eagrof.udl.cat.
Joan R
JR
Rosell-Polo
Department of Agri Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Esteve Terradas 8, Campus del Baix Llobregat D4, 08860 Castelledfels, Barcelona, Spain. Montserrat.Gallart@upc.edu.
Montserrat
M
Gallart
Department of Agricultural and Forest Engineering, Research Group in AgroICT & Precision Agriculture, Universitat de Lleida, Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. AEscola@eagrof.udl.cat.
Alexandre
A
Escolà
D000383:Agriculture; D006801:Humans; D010575:Pesticides / Q000737:chemistry*; D013030:Spain; D027843:Vitis / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology
D010575:Pesticides