Ask questionsControl psyllids in citrus fall shoots with drone help

At present, navel orange and pomelo are entering the autumn shoot pumping period, which is the peak period of citrus psyllid occurrence. Huichang County organized a professional team to carry out the joint prevention and control of citrus greening disease, and carried out agricultural plant protection relying on the advantages of drones and other machinery, so as to reduce the density of citrus psyllids, reduce the occurrence of greening disease, ensure the high yield of navel orange and grapefruit, and increase the income of fruit farmers.

Ao back in Massachusetts town village, navel orange, orange, pomelo bases with the “buzzing” sound, drones un-experienced operator is manipulation of the plant protection to shape the navel orange, orange, pomelo fruit psyllid control pesticide spraying. The drone shuttles back and forth in a fly-prevention operation, spraying pesticides on fruit trees with speed and precision.

Li Jiansheng, head of UAV flight prevention operation: The X30 UAV we are using now carries 30 kilograms of potions each time. Each sortie can complete 5 mu of mission, and each takeoff takes about 8 minutes

Growers Liu Lirong in Ao back village of navel orange, orange, pomelo, grapefruit of more than 100 acres, it’s not more than an hour of work smoothly fly against the spraying prevention and control work.

Massachusetts town Ao back village growers Liu Lirong: for our growers have many advantages, it can full cover, no dead Angle, save work time saving, and avoid the interference of the weather.

In recent years, Huichang County adheres to the principle of “prevention first, prevention and control combined, treating both the symptoms and root causes”, guiding fruit farmers to prevent and control themselves, mass prevention and control, forming a three-level linkage mechanism of county, township and village yellow dragon disease prevention and control, effectively curbing the spread of citrus yellow dragon disease, and effectively guaranteeing the high-quality development of fruit industry. At present, 92 joint prevention and control bases have been established in the county, covering an area of 24,000 mu.

In the joint prevention and control base, the joint prevention and control is carried out with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other machinery in the unified time of spraying and spraying. At the same time organize 50 farmers fruit technician to do well