By efficiently collecting large amounts of data, drones help guide advances in peanut breeding.A team of faculty in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is part of an award-winning, multistate project that has helped accelerate the use of unmanned aircraft systems in agriculture and natural resources.The researchers were awarded the 2022 Excellence in Multistate Research Award for the ongoing project, “Research and Extension for Unmanned Aircraft Systems in U.S. Agriculture and Natural Resources.”The award-winning project evaluates and identifies the most reliable, cost-effective and user-friendly drone platforms and sensors for monitoring and managing stressors in agriculture and natural resources and has helped accelerate the use of drones in ag systems.
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