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Water management and sensing of olives, vines and citrus are prominent. Spraying requires separate checks of regional procedures, products and operators.

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Development and current questions

IAS-CSIC records UAV crop-stress work in the 2000s, followed by applications such as APOGEO island viticulture and MEDHUSA soil-moisture validation.

  • Translate measurements into water decisions
  • Validate against ground samples
  • Compare service provision before purchase

30 sources

Reviewedresearch · es

Aplicaciones aéreas de productos fitosanitarios ↗

Treats drone pesticide application as aerial spraying and separates product, operator and regional treatment permissions.

Junta de Andalucía · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · es

Servicio de drones — SERPAM ↗

Describes agricultural and forestry research sensing using RTK, RGB, multispectral, thermal and LiDAR equipment.

CSIC SERPAM · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · es

La teledetección en la agricultura del futuro ↗

A research lecture connects drone and satellite sensing with models of plant water status, physiology and soils.

Universidad de Zaragoza · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · es

APOGEO: agricultura de precisión en la Macaronesia ↗

A Macaronesian vineyard project combines multispectral observation and sample analysis; early detection is a project objective.

CSIC IPNA · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · es

Midiendo la humedad del suelo desde un dron — MEDHUSA ↗

MEDHUSA validates a UAV-mounted passive reflectometer for soil moisture using reflected satellite signals and field measurements.

ICE-CSIC · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · es

QuantaLab: quantitative remote sensing research ↗

Research history spans 2000s UAV crop-stress work and current image automation, highlighting calibration and geometric processing.

IAS-CSIC · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · es

ADOPTA ↗

Connects drone and satellite vigour maps to variable application by ground sprayers in commercial vineyards and olive groves, with efficacy validation and adoption training.

UPC / AgrotechUPC · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · es

Proyecto DRONIA ↗

Development project combining UAVs, IoT and AI for pests and diseases in woody crops. Swarm and cloud concepts are research objectives, not evidence of a finished diagnostic service.

Universitat de València · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · es

Drones para vigilar las malas hierbas ↗

Early maize weed-mapping case using visible and near-infrared UAV imagery, algorithms and ground observations, illustrating the development of targeted application workflows.

IAS-CSIC · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · es

Grupo de Investigación: CereSys ↗

Research programme joining remote sensing, GIS and robotics, including UAV LiDAR canopy structure and active/passive sensing in irrigated and rain-fed olive systems.

University of Córdoba · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedgovernment · es

Ivace+i Innovación financia un proyecto para incentivar el uso de drones ↗

Alaire explores regional airspace, 5G corridors and U-Space infrastructure with agriculture among its applications. Planned infrastructure should not be presented as operational deployment.

Generalitat Valenciana · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · es

Formación en agricultura de precisión con drones y sensores multiespectrales ↗

Field teaching connects mission planning and multispectral acquisition over barley with processing in tools including QGIS; usable agronomic information requires more than piloting.

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · es

OLIDRON: sistema de detección de enfermedades en olivos ↗

Project seeks hyperspectral and thermal detection, localisation and severity assessment of olive diseases. Its development objectives are distinct from independently demonstrated diagnostic accuracy.

Universitat Politècnica de València · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · es

El uso de drones en el manejo agroecológico de las malas hierbas ↗

Reviews drone roles in early targeted intervention, later weed escapes and resistance, weed-suppressive crop breeding and landscape biodiversity within integrated weed management.

Revista de Ciências Agrárias / CSIC · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · es

PIVOS ↗

Uses aerial and ground vegetation sensing to prescribe spray volume and airflow, with planned agronomic, economic and environmental evaluation.

UPC / AgrotechUPC · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · es

imaPing: teledetección y manejo localizado de malas hierbas ↗

Research history traces regional satellite weed mapping and later UAV early-detection projects, showing the evolution of sensing and image-analysis methods.

IAS-CSIC · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · es

Aplicaciones de drones en cultivos agrícolas: investigación de la ETSIAAB ↗

Describes research links with Brazil and a woody-crop trial in Cuenca, using multispectral mapping for differentiated treatment; trial outcomes are not general regulatory approval.

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedgovernment · en

Precision agriculture in the olive grove using unmanned aerial systems ↗

Olive project pairs airborne sensors with laboratory samples to investigate nutrition, ripeness, soil moisture and pests. The page includes intended outcomes rather than demonstrated performance alone.

EU CAP Network · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · es

Robots y drones para la gestión del riego: Asymetree ↗

Institutional description of a CSIC spinout translating individual-tree analysis into irrigation decisions. It establishes the platform use case, not independent proof of savings or yield gains.

IAS-CSIC · Published: 2026-09-03 · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.
Reviewedresearch · en

UAV-based multispectral and thermal indexes for estimating crop water status and yield on super-high-density olive orchards under deficit irrigation conditions ↗

Two-season study in a commercial Villena olive orchard validates thermal and multispectral indicators against plant measurements while identifying environmental and sensor limitations.

IVIA repository / Precision Agriculture · Published: Unknown · Checked: 2026-10-30
Review scope: Retrieved source text; exact review extent was not recorded.