2016 Volume 51 Issue 4 Pages 143-153
Diseases and pests need to be controlled to prevent damage to agricultural crops and achieve a stable supply of food. It is important to control spraying of agricultural chemicals that aid in the prevention of diseases and pests. Therefore, the use of riding vehicles for crop management is required to ensure adequate and even spraying. Hence, the relationship between the boom height of the sprayer and even application of the pesticide was studied. The following results were obtained from a riding obstacle test. We determined that the IQR (inter quartile range) increased 351% for a water distribution test and the IQR increased 20% for an application test. Additionally, we show the relationship between boom heights and application using a gamma distribution of a generalized linear model based on a wind tunnel test. The study indicated that a lack of uniformity of the boom height created uneven application when using riding vehicles for crop management. We concluded that uniformity of boom height acts to reduce uneven application.
