U.S.: There is a Smarter Way to Count Citrus Trees
From time to time, we all can use some help with counting, reports Growing Produce. Citrus growers take time to count trees each season for crop insurance purposes. And with hurricane season upon us, getting an accurate count is crucial. To aid growers in this necessary task, cool ag tech tools from UF/IFAS are at the ready to take off.
Yiannis Ampatzidis, a UF/IFAS Assistant Professor of agricultural and biological engineering, and his research team developed and continue to elevate a cloud-based system known as Agroview. The latest test run results show a computerized method that counted 175,977 citrus trees on a commercial citrus farm in Hendry County at nearly 98% accuracy.
According to UF/IFAS, Ampatzidis also found that the combination of drones and Agroview tech counts trees and measures their canopy. “This is critical for breeders and farmers to evaluate the productivity of their plants,” Ampatzidis stated.
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