Grains Convo

Drone imaging in pest management

Grower Group Alliance Season 1 Episode 61

Host: DPIRD research agronomist Cindy Webster
Guest Speaker: DPIRD senior research scientist Dusty Severtson

In this episode of Grains Convo, Cindy Webster hosts DPIRD research scientist Dusty Severtson, as they discuss Dusty's research in broadacre grains entomology and the exciting possibilities of using drones in this field.
 
Dusty then looks to the future and discusses whether there is scope to integrate drone technology into standard agricultural practices in Australia.

Episode Links:
Click here to read DPIRD media release Joint project to identify unknown weevil
Click here to read DPIRD media release Project evaluating 'eyes in the skies' technology to detect crop pests  
Click here to read GrainsConvo article Mission to identify an incognito weevil