Rapid Assessment of Insect Pest Outbreak Using Drones: A Case Study with Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Soybean Fields

• Published in: Insects (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 14; no. 6; p. 555
• Main Authors: Park, Yong-Lak, Naharki, Kushal, Karimzadeh, Roghaiyeh, Seo, Bo Yoon, Lee, Gwan-Seok
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 15.06.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Aerial surveys; Agricultural economics; Aircraft; Altitude; case studies; Cost analysis; Crop damage; Crops; Damage assessment; Decision making; Defoliation; drone; Drone aircraft; Drones; Economic analysis; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Image analysis; Image processing; insect pests; Insecticides; Insects; Lepidoptera; Low cost; Noctuidae; Outbreaks; pest detection; Pest outbreaks; Pests; Polls & surveys; rapid methods; Remote sensing; SADIE; Satellites; site-specific pest management; South Korea; Soybeans; Spodoptera exigua; Surveys; UAS; unmanned aerial vehicles; Unmanned aircraft; United States > US; South Korea; SADIE; UAS; pest detection; site-specific pest management; remote sensing; satellite; NDVI; drone

Rapid assessment of crop damage is essential for successful management of insect pest outbreaks. In this study, we investigated the use of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and image analyses to assess an outbreak of the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), that occurr...