10 Powerful Roles of Drones in Agriculture That Dramatically Enhanced Productivity

 Modern Technological Use of Drones in Agriculture

            Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) are simple known as drones because their size is low and of two types automated (controlled automatically) or manually controlled. The weight remained maximum up to 20 kilograms. There are different kinds of drones used in agriculture in know a days which includes fixed wing, rotary wing, tethered vehicle and lighter than air. Currently drones are used in different activities in agriculture which ar given below:

1. Drones are used to investigate the irrigation requirement of the crops that supports the consumptive and homogenized use of water. These are the need of current century in which limited supply of water available for crops.
2. This technology is quite helpful in pest and disease scouting in crops. With UAV larger area could be covered in less time and labor. In this approach there will be less error chances as compared to labor method.
3. To count the number of plants, density and overall crop health can be measured through drones and different yield related traits can measure in short duration.
4. Soil analysis is easy through drones in which soil general health, organic matter, water requirement, and level etc,.
5. This advancement is predominantly applied in forest to capture larger area monitoring, evaluation and research to analyze the growth or decline in forest area.
6. In fisheries, drones are using in many countries like Brazil to investigate the fish population in different natural resources.
7. Wildlife conservation is also analyzed easily through drones in which animals track, analyze and monitor the population through thermal cameras became easier.
8.  Application of artificial chemicals like fertilizer, pesticides and weedicide etc,.
9. It is reported fact that some drones are also used for planting at huge level.
10. These are helpful to investigate the nutrient deficiency in crop plants.

 

Links for Reference:

1. https://blog.agrivi.com/post/powerful-role-of-drones-in-agriculture_april2018
2. http://www.fao.org/3/I8494EN/i8494en.pdf
3. https://www.precisionag.com/market-watch/the-future-of-satellites-in-precision-agriculture/
4. https://www.slideshare.net/RedmondRaminShamshir/choosing-the-best-uav-drones-for-precision-agriculture-and-smart-farming-agricultural-drone-buyers-guide-for-farmers-and-agriculture-service-professionals

10 Vital Roles of Algae in relation to Agriculture

                   Central Roles of Algae on the Planet

                 Phycologist says life is impossible without aquatic photosynthetic algae that belongs from kingdom Protista. There is a great variation in size from micromonas algae to 200 feet kelps, in terms of number of cells from one cell to millions of cells. There are following major roles that plays algae on planet earth:

1. It is reported fact about 50% oxygen of the available oxygen in atmosphere for respiration comes from algae.
2. Algae are subjected as a green manure for the field to enhance the soil health. There are many reported species which includes Gracillaria and Sargassum.
3. Some algae species as a biofertilizers that improve soil health by fixing nitrogen from the atmosphere directly like Nostoc, Spirulina etc.
4. In different regions of the world some algae species are widely used as source of reclamation of saline soil like some blue green algae.
5. In livestock point of view algae are the rich source of fodders for the farm animals. These includes Laminaria and Fucus.
6. Vegetative animals (herbivores) in sea life like fishes, sea star and worms etc mainly rely on algae as a main food source.
7. Some algae species of micro-algae like Botryococcus can be the alternative energy source for fuel in the future. High oil recovery, less carbon dioxide and less time consuming oil will be the future of the world.
8. Algae fix carbon dioxide efficiently about 40% of all the planet carbon dioxide. It directly clean environment and lowers global warming.
9. Some algae species are used as a food for human population which includes Chlorella, Sargassum, and Spirullina etc. These are rich source of carbohydrates, proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins etc.
10.  Agar-agar is used in culture media for energy sources therefore it is main component of green biotechnology lab.

         Algae are some times known as plants primitive forms have great relationship with agriculture in these days and playing vital role for environment stability. Algae can play important role to uplift agricultural sector by various forms like fertilizers,food source, soil reclamation and health improvement and many other forms etc. It is recommended that to screen the species which are helpful for agricultural or industrial point of view to uplift the living standard of human beings.

10 Real Breakthroughs in Green Biotechnology

               Agricultural Biotechnology's real developments

           Green Biotechnology made real advancement is classical agriculture approaches. The newly emerged branch developed the agriculture all branches for example plant breeding and genetics, pathological studies of plants, entomology and many more. There are following revolutionary steps appeared which are given below;

1. Genome sequencing helped to sequence the whole genome of major crops that aided selective breeding to enhanced the genetically controlled traits and decreased the duration of breeding cycle. 
2. Genetically modified crops(GMO) are the revolution in green biotechnology, it is reported fact that about 57 major and minor plant species modified with the help of biotechnological approaches.
3. Gene Biotechnology is used to transfer gene from one plant variety to another variety even inter-specific or inter-generic transfer became feasible. 
4. Non Gene Biotechnology is most widely used branch in agricultural biotechnology in different ways like tissue culture and hybrid seed production etc.
5. Bio-fortification improved crop nutrient values and enhanced the calories that mitigate the population needs of food with better quality.
6.  Comparative genomics aided the bio technologists to study the evolutionary history of plants and their interrelationship at gene level.
7. Epi-genetics variations are also helpful for breeding process in crop plants are the fruit of agricultural biotechnology.
8.  Increased food production, milk production, meat production with the help of genetic engineering are the real advancements of green biotechnology.
9. Disease resistance crops, herbicide tolerance, fertilizer responsive varieties, insect tolerance and resistance, and high yielding varieties are the real breakthroughs of research in this field.
10. Tissue culture,Somoclonal variation, micro propagation and haploid production are the success stories of biotechnology.

10 Dangrous effects of Agrochemical on soil, water, air and Humans

Excessive use of Fertilizer/Pestisides/Weedicide/Rodenticides in crops

Application of artificial agrochemicals are become the major needs for expanding population but at the same time these are causing many troubles to soil, water and air environment.

 

 

                             Short term benefits are hurting the long-term use resources.

There are following damages reported so far in current research;

Damage in soil Environment:

1. The excessive use of pest killing chemicals (pesticide, weedicide, rodenticide) is damaging the biodiversity of soil by killing the microbes.
2. It affects the food chains, ecosystem of soil and residual effects in soil that ultimate result in lowering the fertility of soil.

Damage in Water Environment:

1. Percolation and leaching of dangerous salts and chemicals is directly polluting the ground water and decrease the quality of fresh water.
2. Fresh water quality become deteriorate and finally it become unfit for drinking.
3. The surface runoff from growing areas to surface water bodies like rivers, streams and lakes cause the decrease in growth of algae.
4. Fresh water animals like fish and others are in threat from the chemically polluted water. 

Damage in Air:

1. Chemical suspended in air cause alter in weather condition and breathing problems for humans.
2. Temperature and relative humidity as well as sunrays become disturbed due to chemicals in specific are.

Damage in Humans:

1. Excessive use of chemicals is causing skin and lungs diseases in humans as well as eyes irritation.
2. Heavy damage can cause nervous system breakdown, infertility and cancer in some cases also reported in research.

We can save the world for over upcoming generation through research on chemicals that cause less damage to the ecosystem. Excessive use of chemicals with lower quality should be banned at Government level!

10 Ways to promote Pollinators for Yield and Quality

                    Promote Pollinators for your Future

It is reported fact that 35% of the food production depends solely on pollinators which includes bees, butterfly and bats etc. It should be our duty to promote pollinators, there are few ways to promote pollinators:

1. Grow garden rather than lawn with variety of flowers, herbs,shrubs and trees.
2. Promote the growing to native plant varieties for the concerning regions.
3. Promote organic forming and biological practices.
4. Provide the nesting habitat for the bees and other pollinators.
5. Protect the grasslands and pollinators habitats.
6. Join National Wildlife Federation(NWF) effort in Whole of the word similar to the America.
7. Provide them water sources for the bees. 
8. Use pollinator friendly plants and accept little plant damage.
9. Leave dead tree trunks for the habitat of pollinators.
10. Promote mulching that give habitat for the underground insects.

Importance of Pruning for Trees

Why pruning is necessary practice in Agriculture?

• For maintaining the shape and infrastructure of the tree.
• Consumptive use of space and resources.
• For the strengthening of branches of trees.
• Growing habit(apical or lateral) can maintain through pruning.
• Fast growth through care and cultural practices like pruning, cutting and hoeing.