{"id":24814,"date":"2026-07-24T12:50:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T10:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abzinnovation.com\/?p=24814"},"modified":"2026-11-03T15:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T14:01:59","slug":"low-volume-drone-spraying-in-an-apple-orchard-what-did-the-tests-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abzinnovation.com\/pt\/low-volume-drone-spraying-in-an-apple-orchard-what-did-the-tests-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulveriza\u00e7\u00e3o com drone a baixo volume num pomar de macieiras: o que mostraram os testes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24814\" class=\"elementor elementor-24814\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3969eae e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3969eae\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cea51cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-section-title\" data-id=\"cea51cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"section-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t            <div class=\"section-title-wrap\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"section-heading\">\n                        Pulveriza\u00e7\u00e3o com drone a baixo volume num pomar de macieiras: o que mostraram os testes?                     <\/h2>\n                            <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0a8a0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0a8a0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Um dos maiores desafios da fruticultura moderna \u00e9 aplicar uma prote\u00e7\u00e3o das plantas eficaz e, ao mesmo tempo, amiga do ambiente. No seu recente teste em pomar, <\/span><b>ABZ Innovation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">avaliou a cobertura e a forma\u00e7\u00e3o de gotas da pulveriza\u00e7\u00e3o com drone num pomar de macieiras, utilizando os amplamente usados pap\u00e9is hidrossens\u00edveis. <\/span><b>Para efeitos do teste, foi aplicado deliberadamente um volume de calda reduzido, de modo a testar os limites da tecnologia em condi\u00e7\u00f5es operacionais extremas.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3><b>Par\u00e2metros de voo e de pulveriza\u00e7\u00e3o<\/b><\/h3><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O teste do padr\u00e3o de pulveriza\u00e7\u00e3o foi realizado com o <\/span><b>drone de pulveriza\u00e7\u00e3o L50<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">da ABZ Innovation. As defini\u00e7\u00f5es aplicadas durante o ensaio foram concebidas para manter um equil\u00edbrio ideal entre a efici\u00eancia da aplica\u00e7\u00e3o a\u00e9rea e a gama adequada de tamanhos de gota.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Durante o teste, a aplica\u00e7\u00e3o com drone foi intencionalmente realizada apenas com \u00e1gua, submetendo o sistema a esfor\u00e7o para avaliar o padr\u00e3o de pulveriza\u00e7\u00e3o em condi\u00e7\u00f5es extremas. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Importa sublinhar que, na pr\u00e1tica \u2014 ao aplicar produtos fitofarmac\u00eauticos, bioestimulantes ou adubos foliares juntamente com adjuvantes adequados \u2014, o efeito de deriva \u00e9 significativamente reduzido gra\u00e7as \u00e0 altera\u00e7\u00e3o na forma\u00e7\u00e3o das gotas. Em condi\u00e7\u00f5es operacionais reais, isto traduz-se numa melhoria adicional tanto do padr\u00e3o de pulveriza\u00e7\u00e3o como da cobertura. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3750c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a3750c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/abzinnovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/The-trial-was-conducted-using-the-ABZ-Innovation-L50-spraying-drone.--1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-24816\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bed6f68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bed6f68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 15px;\">\n  <b>Figura 1:<\/b> O ensaio foi realizado com o drone de pulveriza\u00e7\u00e3o ABZ Innovation L50.\n<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px;\">\n  <b>Equipa de opera\u00e7\u00e3o de voo:<\/b> ABZ Drone Ltd.\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e2ebcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e2ebcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\n  <thead>\n    <tr>\n      <th style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc; padding: 10px; text-align: center; background-color: #f2f2f2;\">\n        Par\u00e2metros de voo\n      <\/th>\n      <th style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc; padding: 10px; text-align: center; background-color: #f2f2f2;\">\n        Valor\n      <\/th>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/thead>\n  <tbody>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc; padding: 10px;\">Volume de calda aplicado (cobertura)<\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc; padding: 10px;\">35 L\/ha<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc; padding: 10px;\">Espa\u00e7amento<\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc; padding: 10px;\">8 m<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc; padding: 10px;\">Velocidade<\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc; padding: 10px;\">6 m\/s<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc; padding: 10px;\">Tamanho das gotas<\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc; padding: 10px;\">262 \u03bcm (gota m\u00e9dia)<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc; padding: 10px;\">Altitude<\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid #cccccc; padding: 10px;\">3 m<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a72050c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a72050c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/abzinnovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Placement-of-water-sensitive-papers-in-the-orchard--1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-24817\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0865172 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0865172\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 15px;\">\n  <b>Figura 2:<\/b>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coloca\u00e7\u00e3o dos pap\u00e9is hidrossens\u00edveis no pomar<\/span>\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2194b1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2194b1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Resultados<\/b><\/h3><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Para avaliar a capacidade de penetra\u00e7\u00e3o da calda, foram colocados pap\u00e9is de teste em v\u00e1rios n\u00edveis da copa, bem como nas p\u00e1ginas superior (adaxial) e inferior (abaxial) das folhas.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c2a10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28c2a10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/abzinnovation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-24893\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c4ef55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c4ef55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><b>Figura 3:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Teste do padr\u00e3o de pulveriza\u00e7\u00e3o e da cobertura com pap\u00e9is hidrossens\u00edveis num pomar de macieiras <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bef3247 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bef3247\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>1. N\u00edvel superior da copa<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>P\u00e1gina superior (adaxial):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Observa-se uma cobertura de gotas muito densa e uniforme. A distribui\u00e7\u00e3o das gotas \u00e9 excelente, proporcionando uma boa prote\u00e7\u00e3o da superf\u00edcie-alvo.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>P\u00e1gina inferior (abaxial):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A deposi\u00e7\u00e3o de gotas na p\u00e1gina inferior das folhas \u00e9 m\u00ednima ou praticamente nula, o que \u00e9 uma consequ\u00eancia natural do fluxo de ar vertical, de cima para baixo.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>2. N\u00edvel interm\u00e9dio da copa (copa exterior\/lateral)<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>P\u00e1gina superior (adaxial):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Distribui\u00e7\u00e3o de gotas boa e uniforme, com uma densidade adequada para a a\u00e7\u00e3o eficaz de fungicidas e inseticidas.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>P\u00e1gina inferior (abaxial):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Na p\u00e1gina inferior, a cobertura de gotas \u00e9 m\u00ednima.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>3. Interior da copa (ramos interiores\/inferiores)<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>P\u00e1gina superior (adaxial):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Surgem dep\u00f3sitos de gotas mais esparsos, mas claramente vis\u00edveis. Isto prova que o fluxo de ar descendente gerado pelo drone consegue fazer passar a calda atrav\u00e9s de folhagem mais densa.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>P\u00e1gina inferior (abaxial):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> N\u00e3o foi detetada cobertura significativa nesta superf\u00edcie.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><h3><b>Oportunidades de desenvolvimento e otimiza\u00e7\u00e3o<\/b><\/h3><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A aplica\u00e7\u00e3o a\u00e9rea com um volume de calda de 35 l\/ha e um tamanho de gota de 262 \u03bcm proporciona uma boa cobertura em toda a altura da copa para produtos absorvidos pela p\u00e1gina superior das folhas. (Para produtos sist\u00e9micos ou atomiza\u00e7\u00e3o fina, volumes de calda ainda mais baixos podem ser suficientes para uma efic\u00e1cia adequada.) No entanto, para produtos de contacto, a efic\u00e1cia da aplica\u00e7\u00e3o n\u00e3o pode ser garantida, j\u00e1 que o seu desempenho \u00f3timo exige um n\u00edvel mais elevado de cobertura da superf\u00edcie.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vantagens:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> O fluxo de ar descendente do drone (downwash) conduz eficazmente a subst\u00e2ncia ativa para as zonas interiores e mais densas da copa, garantindo uma prote\u00e7\u00e3o \u00f3tima das p\u00e1ginas superiores das folhas, tanto para produtos de contacto como sist\u00e9micos.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Oportunidades de otimiza\u00e7\u00e3o:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Para obter uma melhor cobertura nas p\u00e1ginas inferiores das folhas \u2014 sobretudo quando uma cobertura completa \u00e9 essencial para o controlo eficaz de determinadas pragas ou doen\u00e7as \u2014, pode ser necess\u00e1rio afinar a velocidade de voo (aumentando assim o volume de calda) e ajustar o tamanho das gotas.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Resumo: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Os padr\u00f5es nos pap\u00e9is hidrossens\u00edveis demonstraram que mesmo este volume de calda m\u00ednimo consegue penetrar no interior da copa e atingir as zonas foliares inferiores; ao mesmo tempo, tornou-se claramente evidente o potencial para aumentar a densidade de gotas.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b84b5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b84b5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n  <b style=\"color: #000000;\">AVISO IMPORTANTE:<\/b>\n  <b style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\n    Esta experi\u00eancia serve estritamente como refer\u00eancia. Em aplica\u00e7\u00f5es comerciais pr\u00e1ticas, as configura\u00e7\u00f5es de pulveriza\u00e7\u00e3o, os caudais e outros par\u00e2metros de voo devem ser sempre ajustados de forma din\u00e2mica \u00e0 vegeta\u00e7\u00e3o da cultura, \u00e0 configura\u00e7\u00e3o das parcelas, ao microclima e \u00e0s condi\u00e7\u00f5es ambientais.\n  <\/b>\n<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\n  <b style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\n    \u00c9 estritamente proibida a reprodu\u00e7\u00e3o n\u00e3o autorizada ou o pl\u00e1gio deste trabalho. Qualquer utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o do seu conte\u00fado exige a devida cita\u00e7\u00e3o da fonte.\n  <\/b>\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low-Volume Drone Spraying in an Apple Orchard: What Did the Tests Show? One of the greatest challenges in modern fruit growing is implementing effective yet environmentally friendly plant protection. In its recent orchard test, ABZ Innovation evaluated the coverage and droplet formation of drone spraying in an apple orchard using widely used water-sensitive papers. 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