Monitoring of Nitrogenized Coverage Fertilization in Wheat Crops by Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA)

Abstract

One of the factors that makes possible the variable condition within the same culture is known as agricultural georeferencing for the creation of maps and, more recently, the use of remotely piloted aircraft to acquire images of higher quality and more dynamically and cheaper, because it is a new technology, lacks regional technical-scientific information. The uses of remotely piloted aircraft help in the discovery of variables using images in a faster way, thus enabling the identification of factors that may interfere with production and take measures to correct them. The objective of this study was to monitor nitrogen fertilization coverage in wheat crops by remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). Nitrogen fertilization in wheat crops was managed of the two ways: conventional management and RPA management. The variables analyzed were yield (kg / ha) and economic analysis. The analysis of variance revealed a significant effect of nitrogen and non-significant between crops in relation to the variables response yield, revenue, expense and profit, evidencing the superiority of the RPA management in relation to the conventional one.