Vakuru vatatu veVirginia Tech vakatsvaga kuti ma drones angaone sei hunyoro hwevhu hwepurojekiti yekirasi muChikoro cheZvidyarwa uye Zvemamiriro ekunze Sainzi Muzvinafundo Kang Xia's Monitoring and Analysis of the Environment course.
Matt Darrah, Grady Hesse, uye Ryan Humphry ve Chikoro cheZvirimwa uye Sainzi Yezvakatipoteredza zvakaunzwa kukurima kwakaringana sechiito che manejimendi uko michina yekuongorora yakazvimiririra inotumirwa kunotora ivhu uye masampuli evhu kuti agare achiona nzvimbo dzinoda chekuwedzera chikafu.
"Takaona paine basa rakaitwa kare nemadrones ekutarisa kusiyana kwezvinomera, asi hapana chatakaona pakufanotaura hunyoro hwevhu uye zviri mukati mevhu," akadaro Hesse, wekuBerryville, Virginia, akapedza kudzidza. .
Vaizvibvunza kana izvi zvaigona kudzokororwa ne drone.
"Izvi zvinogona kutyisa," akadaro Darrah, wekuLas Vegas, Nevada, uye akapedza kudzidza sainzi yezvakatipoteredza. "Pamusoro pazvo kutonhorera kubhururuka drones, taifunga kuti tinogona kutora chikamu mukutsvagisa shanduko sevanopedza kudzidza."
Chidzidzo ichi chakaongorora Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI) uye Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data, maviri spectral indices yevhu, akaunganidzwa kubva kudrones kuona hunyoro hwevhu risina chinhu.
Iyi purojekiti yekudzidza yekuyedza yakazosanganisira dzakasiyana siyana muzvidzidzo Koreji Yekurima uye Hupenyu Sayenzi. The faculty ine chekuita nepurojekiti yevadzidzi yaisanganisira Song Li, purofesa anobatana muChikoro che Plant uye Environmental Sayenzi uyo anonyanya hunyanzvi hwepamusoro genomics uye sensor tekinoroji, Sanaz Shafian, mubatsiri purofesa muChikoro chePlant uye Environmental Sayenzi, Shawn Jadrnicek, the maneja wepurazi weVirginia Tech's Homefield Farm, uye Xia. Li, Shafian, uye Xia vane hukama neiyo Center for Advanced Innovation in Agriculture.
Homefield Farm, mubatanidzwa pakati peDining Services neKoreji Yekurima neHupenyu Sayenzi uye iyo chete yakasimbiswa organic oparesheni yaive neyunivhesiti muVirginia, yaive nzvimbo yekutsvagisa kwevadzidzi. Maeka matanhatu, purazi revadzidzi riri mamaira masere kumadokero kwekampasi yeBlacksburg uye rinopa makirogiramu makumi mashanu ezviuru zvezvibereko zvitsva kunzvimbo dzekudyira uye purazi reHomefield pamusasa. Iyo purazi chikamu cheVirginia Tech's College Farm Operation, iyo inosanganisirawo Kentland Farm.
"Nerubatsiro rwese rwevadzidzisi nevashandi vanobatanidzwa, zvakaita kuti iyi ive chirongwa chine musoro chekutsvaga kwatiri," akadaro Darrah.
Vadzidzi vakafunga kuti basa rakawanda rinodiwa pamberi apa, kunyanya kuvandudzwa kwemaindisi ezvivakwa zvevhu, kusanganisira hunyoro hwevhu. Vatatu vakaona kuti kuwirirana pakati peNDVI yavo neSAVI seti yedata yakanga isingakoshi uye isina kusimba zvakakwana kuti ishandiswe yakavimbika.
Pakupera kwemesita, boka - pamwe nevamwe vadzidzi vari mukosi - vakagovana izvi mhedzisiro uye zvakawanikwa kuburikidza neZoom. Boka rakakurukura nezvemifananidzo yavo yemuchadenga, mawiriraniro avakaita mhedzisiro, nezvimwe.
“Rutivi rwangu rwandaifarira zvikuru rwechirongwa chacho rwakanga rwuri apo takaona miuyo yedu,” akadaro Humphry, wokuYorktown, Virginia, akapedzawo kufunda wesayenzi yemhoteredzo. “Takaona kuti tingave takarurama mune zvimwe zvinhu uye mune zvimwe zvakaipa. Asi ndinofunga zvaifadza kungoona zvatakakwanisa kuita mumesita imwe chete panguva yedenda. "
- Max Esterhuizen, Virginia Tech University
Matt Darrah, Grady Hesse, naRyan Humphry vanogadzirira kubhururutsa drone kuHomefield Farm kuyera hunyoro hwevhu. Mufananidzo: Courtesy of Darrah, Hesse naHumphry