Drone Measures Plant Stress and Nutrient Contents With Multispectral Camera
Drone Measures Plant Stress and Nutrient Contents With Multispectral Camera
A partnership between vision-guided unmanned aerial vehicle ( UAV) company QuestUAV and drone sensor and analytics company MicaSense has enabled the acquisition of multispectral images to monitor the health, stress, and nutrient content of crops. Together with the MicaSense RedEdge multispectral camera, the Q-11 DATAhawk UAV is already being used worldwide in agricultural and fruit farming applications. The fixed wing drone can cover more than a square mile in a single flight; providing high-quality multispectral data for crop monitoring and analysis in an automated workflow. The RedEdge camera captures images in blue, green, red, red edge, and near-infrared, and […]
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