Development of Intelligent Automated System for Plant Protection Product Control in Orchards Based on Fuzzy Logic

Abstract

Conventional process of plant protection product (hereinafter PPP) used against diseases, fungus, insects and weeds runs with a range of spraying techniques and equipment, such as sprayers, air blasters and foggers. However, in many cases the PPP residues remain in the environment and find their way into food, despite several different models to calculate the correct dosage of PPP. To overcome this problem it is necessary to integrate the tree canopy properties (the density of leaf area) in the model with intelligent automated systems, which enables controlling the amount of spray mixture in orchards. This chapter represents the development of intelligent decision-making model, which operates on the principle of fuzzy logic algorithm and generates the pulse width modulation (hereinafter PWM) signal in real-time.