Drone monitoring provides almost complete accuracy in estimating turnout.

Research confirms that the use of drones for seedling count has a reliability of up to 98%. This is stated in an article on Kurkul.com. Company Corteva Agriscience enters into contracts for sowing seeds to obtain high-quality material with high demands on the farmer. The agronomist-technologist always monitors the quality of sowing and seedlings. A question arose about the result of sunflower seedlings – the norm was one, but visually it seemed that there were fewer plants. "We conducted an aerial survey, used software to count from the RGB camera. It was recorded approximately 50 thousand plants/ha at a norm of 80 thousand. There were problems with the seeder. The methodology showed high reliability," said Mykola Bykov. Also, with the help of UAVs, the company detected signs of sunflower wilting provoked by sclerotinia. It was necessary to understand the scale of the damage and localization. NDVI was used, zones were detected, and additional field visits were conducted. As a ...