Smart spraying can help cut pesticide use in orchards
                     Smart spraying can help 
cut pesticide use in 
orchards

• Researchers have developed an automated spraying system based on ultrasonic sensors 
that promise to reduce pesticide consumption in orchards. Ultrasonic sound signals are 
sent and received by the sprayer, which may be mounted on a tractor. When the tractor 
goes through a plant canopy, the sprayer activates, and it becomes silent when it passes 
through open space as it drives through an orchard. 
• The most frequent methods employed by orchard producers are manual spraying and 
continuous spraying. Both of them have serious issues. Manual spraying demands the 
use of a sprayer, which is hazardous to one’s health. In ongoing operating procedures, 
the pesticide is sprayed continuously. As a consequence, more than half of the chemicals 
sprayed are wasted. The sensor-based sprayer, on the other hand, is capable of spraying 
the pesticide just on plants. 
• We expect our technology to replace both of these traditional spraying techniques and 
would assist farmers in protecting their health as well as resources,” BrajeshNare of 
ICAR-Central Potato Study Institute, Shimla, and a part of the study team stated in an 
interview with India Science Wire.
• Pesticide spraying on plant canopies in orchards is a significant concern because of the 
evident complex structure of plants and variations in their spacing. When pesticides are 
applied, a substantial portion of the pesticide misses its intended target – leaves and 
fruits – and enters the environment via soil or air, degrading the ecosystem.
• Orchard sprayers that can skip the area between trees can conserve the environment 
while saving money for growers.
• The concept is simple: when agricultural chemicals are sprayed on orchards throughout 
the dormant and in-season seasons, the spray should only land on the trees where they 
are needed, rather than on the ground where they are not.
• Target sensors that activate spray nozzles only when a tree is present can be integrated 
into orchard sprayers.
• Crops are vulnerable to pest and disease outbreaks, resulting in up to 20% production 
losses if not handled. Unfortunately, traditional farming still uses many synthetic 
pesticides and spraying machinery that isn’t always appropriately calibrated. This use 
case illustrates how IoT-enabled and highly efficient smart sprayers may considerably 
minimize the consumption of plant protection chemicals. 
• Farmers’ expenditures are reduced, and environmental impacts are reduced because of 
the faithful and automated adaption of sprayers to specific field zones and individual 
plant conditions. Innovative spraying technology helps to avoid crop damage and 
production losses by proactively preventing application mistakes. Furthermore, with 
tailored crop protection and real-time information on treatment quality, operating 
efficiency is improved. As a consequence, this application aids farmers in producing high-
quality crops in an environmentally friendly and safe manner. Let us now describe how 
this idea emerged from the visionary’s fire.
• Helping farmers save money and preserve biodiversity
• Citrus, fruit trees, and vine and stonecrops, including cherries, apples, and almonds, benefit from using 
a trailed air-blast sprayer.
• It uses the cloud to link to a field management platform (Specialty Crops Platform, SCP), allowing direct 
communication between the smartomizer H3O on the field and the farm’s back office. For proper and 
effective treatment, the SCP offers the best treatment settings based on the crop dimensions.
• The technician may quickly configure work orders and send the required parameters straight to the sprayer 
using the program. This intelligent equipment sends real-time alerts to the tractor operator if any pre-
configured treatments are not completed correctly, preventing potential failures. As a result, this proactive 
strategy significantly decreases drift. When the treatment is finished, all data is sent to the field 
management portal, allowing additional analysis. Every stage of the spraying process is monitored to 
provide complete traceability of the amount, time, and place where a specific plant protection product was 
sprayed. It assists the farmer in complying with food safety regulations and organic labeling requirements 
and makes mandatory farm paperwork easier. For the customer, this means more information on the 
product on store shelves.
• Final Words
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