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Funding Program:
Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program |
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Project Title:
Utilizing UAV Technology to Assess Pest and Disease Pressure in Berry Crops |
Project Directors (PDs):
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Lead State: OR Lead Organization: Northwest Berry Foundation |
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Cooperating State(s):
Washington |
| Undesignated Funding: $29,732 |
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Start Date: Mar-01-2018 End Date: Mar-01-2019 |
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Pests Involved: Multiple insect and diseases in various berry crops |
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Site/Commodity: blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, and red and black raspberries |
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Area of Emphasis: Project Initiation |
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Summary:
Commercial UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) technology has opened many opportunities for growers. Employing high-resolution and multispectral cameras, it is now possible to see fields in unprecedented detail. This project aims to utilize UAV derived field imagery to assess pests and diseases in berry crops.
Working with Northwest berry growers, fields with a known presence of pests likely to be visible in aerial imagery will be mapped. These pests include blueberry shock virus (BlShV), Silver Leaf (Chondrostereum purpureum), Phytophthora and Armillaria (Armillaria mellea) in blueberries; in red raspberries- Phytophthora root rots, yellow rust (Phragmidium rubi-idaei), raspberry bushy dwarf virus (RBDV) and spider mites; in black raspberries-- Verticillium (Verticillium dahlia) and black raspberry necrosis virus (BRNV); in strawberries-- spider mites, strawberry crown moth, and root weevils; in blackberries--raspberry bushy dwarf virus (RBDV) and blackberry rust (Phragmidium violaceum). Flights will be timed when symptoms are most evident. Imagery will be taken in RGB, red-edge, near-infrared, and infrared spectrums. Ground observation data will be overlaid onto aerial imagery to determine what pests and diseases can be identified and quantified from the imagery. This project addresses a key goal for the National Roadmap for IPM to “Develop economical high-resolution environmental and biological monitoring systems…” as well as numerous research priorities of the Northwest Commodity Commissions. The results will be disseminated through industry newsletters, grower workshops, and field demonstrations. Results will also be used to develop future projects aimed at further refining and implementing UAV technologies into standard IPM programs for Berry Crops. Objectives: 1) Use commercially available UAVs, camera sensors, and remote sensing software to collect multispectral imagery from Northwest berry crops which can be developed into multi-layered orthomosaic maps and cross-analyzed with ground-based observational data. 2) Develop a list of pests and diseases that can be identified and potentially quantified through high-resolution multispectral remote sensing of berry crops, including blueberries, blackberries, red and black raspberries, and strawberries. 3) Conduct and film a public field demonstration for growers and industry members on using UAV’s to create high-resolution field imagery. 4) Identify promising directions for future research into the use of UAV technology to improve the efficacy and cost of IPM in berry crops. |
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