Aral, Xinjiang, 4 Apr (Zhongxin Net) -- At present, 17,14 mu of winter wheat in Aral, the First Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, has entered a critical period of spring management and protection. When local farmers rush to grasp farmers, plant protection drones are used to carry out wheat disease and pest control operations to ensure a stable and bumper wheat harvest.
Wheat is green. Photo by Du Xinmin
In a high-standard farmland in the town of Batan in the seventh regiment of Aral City, the first division, wheat is full of greenery. The staff set up the route on the mobile app, and six plant protection drones took off and flew low along the wheat field, constantly spraying the continuous wheat with dwarf and herbicides. Compared with the traditional manual operation method, the spraying of plant protection UAVs is more uniform and the control effect is better.
"This year I planted 175 acres of winter wheat, and it used to take half a day to a day for three or four people to spray dwarf and herbicide, but now it can be finished in two hours using a drone, saving time and effort. The wheat is growing okay, 750 kg per mu should be no problem. Wan Jichang, an employee of the 15th Company in Matan Town, Aral City, said of the First Division.
Compared with the traditional manual operation method, the spraying of plant protection UAVs is more uniform and the control effect is better. Photo by Du Xinmin
The control of pests, insects and weeds is related to the stable yield and increase of grain crops, and it is also the key to achieving quality and safety. In the past few days, the relevant departments of the first division of Aral City have organized agricultural technicians to go into the fields to carry out training in wheat scientific management technology, and guided growers to hire professional flight defense teams to carry out plant protection drone prevention and control operations, improve the speed and effect of large-scale prevention and control, and consolidate the foundation for summer grain production.
Agricultural technicians went into the fields to carry out training in wheat scientific management techniques. Photo by Du Xinmin
Yang Zhigang, director of the Grain Research Office of the First Division Institute of Agricultural Sciences, said: "At present, our wheat planting has been mechanized from ploughing, land preparation, sowing to harvesting. Chemical regulation, chemical weeding, pest control of wheat, all use drones, through drones to reduce the cost and labor intensity of employees planting wheat, which is more conducive to high and stable wheat yield. (End)