Poster by Liv Meyer and Mark Gleason, presented at the 2022 Plant Health APS annual meeting (Pittsburgh, PA) (PDF)
Fire blight warning system for apples: timing bactericide spraying.
Five how-tos on water-sensitive spray cards:
Dr. Zhu's presentation at the Airblast Spray Application and Modeling Conference (May, 2022) (PDF)
See the infographic about SBFS, by our project's graduate student Liv Meyer.
Retrofitting intelligent spray system on airblast sprayers for sustainable horticultural crop production, a presentation by Dr. Heping Zhu for Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention 2022. (PDF)
NEWA 3.0 - Making the Most of Apple Disease Warning Systems, presentation by Dr. Melanie Lewis Ivey for Ohio Produce Network, 2022. (PDF)
Validation of Laser Guided Intelligent Sprayer Technology, presentation by Dr. Melanie Lewis Ivey for Ohio Produce Network, 2022. (PDF)
2021 Apple Diseases Program Update, by Dr. Melanie Lewis Ivey. (PDF)
Fire Blight Management M.L. Lewis Ivey, OSU Plant Pathology, February 2022 (PDF)
Feasibility analysis of four automated equipment for operations in vineyards, by Dr. Guil Signorini and Dr. Melanie Lewis Ivey. (PDF)
Scientia: Improving Prospects for Sustainable Pesticide Use (article)
ISUCALS News Release: "Researchers work to make spray application more cost-effective, sustainable for apple growers"
We have been featured on page 3 in the November issue of Ohio Fruit News! (PDF)
Two of the project's graduate students, Liv Meyer and Lianna Wodzikci participated in the APS online conference "Plant Health 2021: Seismic Shifts in Disease Risk", with the following posters:
Combining Intelligent Sprayer Technology and a Warning System for Sooty Blotch and Flyspeck (PDF)
The infographic below condenses what the intelligent sprayer technology is and what we are doing with it.
The Intelligent Sprayer System (PDF)
We are in July's issue of Small Farm Sustainability!
Dr. Celeste Welty shows you the important pieces of a bucket-style trap and how to assemble it for monitoring insects, like Codling Moth.
A testimonial from Andre Bailey (Rivers End Orchard, BC; Canada) using the intelligent sprayer:
Keeping up with the Johnsons at Buffalo Ridge Orchard (YouTube)
By cutting the amount of pesticide that ends up in the air or on the ground, a new high-tech pesticide sprayer can save vineyard, orchard, and nursery growers money while protecting the environment...
(Ohio State University, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences)
"Precision Sprayer Benefits Growers and the Environment"
A team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, along with several university partners, began a collaboration in 2009 to develop an intelligent spray-control system that uses laser vision (LiDAR) to map the size, shape, and foliage density of a tree or plant and then applies a custom-tailored dose of pesticide based on foliage volume.
An introduction from USDA-ARS scientist - Dr. Heping Zhu on the Precision Sprayer.
"Teaching your airblast sprayer new tricks to reduce drift and costs" - Good Fruit Grower Magazine.
Penn State Extension: "Specialty Crop Innovations: Intelligent Spraying Systems"
Michigan Farm News: "One-of-a-kind “Intelligent” sprayer being developed in Ohio"
Sensor Sprayers for Specialty Crop Production - OSU Extension Catalog