Corteva Agriscience recognizes the best studies on application technology during X Sintag

Corteva Agriscience delivered the 6th Corteva Application Technology Award, during the X Sintag – International Symposium on Application Technology –, in Porto Alegre (RS). The award is a way of encouraging actions that improve scientific research in work on the application of phytosanitary products.

The submitted works were evaluated anonymously by a judging committee made up of representatives from technical, scientific and academic areas related to the topic of application technology, considering three aspects: applicability, technological innovation and detail.

“The objective is to recognize the best projects from students and professionals from all over Brazil and corroborate the commitment of Corteva and its area of ​​Good Agricultural Practices to strongly support scientific research. There were 80 works registered of extreme technical quality and that contribute to innovation and sustainability in the field”, comments Julliane Fuscaldi, Stewardship Specialist at Corteva Agriscience for Crop Protection.

The three best works were awarded prizes, with R$7 awarded to first place, R$4 to second place and R$3 to third place. Check out the winning projects below:

1st place: work developed by Ulisses Antuniassi, Rodolfo Chechetto, Alisson Mota, Fernando Carvalho, Igor Borges and Pedro Silva on “It derives from two drone models according to flight height.”  

“The recognition helps to strengthen the work we have been developing for years. It is a quality study that brings new technology to help rural producers understand what can be improved in their application tool and, consequently, in the crop”, explains Rodolfo Chechetto, one of the authors.

2 place: authored by Walker Schaidhauer, Paula Angonese, Luan Cutti, Filipi Mesquita, Gabriel Dias, Bruna Pacini, Nicole Hein, Catarine Markus, Aldo Merotto Jr who developed a study on the “Influence of a drone’s flight configurations on the deposition and uniformity of spray distribution”.

Professor and researcher Aldo Merotto Jr highlights that today there is great variability in the distribution of drops in drone applications. The work addresses the adjustment of flight height and speed and drop distribution parameters that increase the quality of the application.

3st place: “Development and evaluation of a mobile application (Spraycafé) for regulating sprayers in coffee farming” it was the work developed by João Paulo Cunha, Thales Alves and Rafael Penha. 

Professor João Paulo Cunha highlights that the research reports the development and evaluation of a mobile application to assist in the regulation and calibration of sprayers used in coffee farming. “The proposal is to make this operation easier and more assertive, adapting the application to the culture, to reduce losses and increase control effectiveness”, highlights Cunha.