Agrichemical spraying of plants
This project aims to build interactive software that simulates agrichemical spraying for multiple virtual plants reconstructed from scanned data. Mathematical modelling and computer simulation could offer an alternative to expensive experimental programs for agrichemical spraying of plants. This project will use contemporary fluid mechanics to build practical mathematical models for droplet impaction, spreading and evaporation on leaf surfaces, and experimentally calibrate and validate the models. The software is expected to drive the development of agrichemical products that increase retention, minimise environmental impacts, and reduce costs for end-users.
Funding / Grants
- Australian Research Council - ARC Linkage Projects (LP160100707, LP100200476) (2017 - 2020)
Chief Investigators
- Professor Scott McCue
- Professor Ian Turner
- Professor Timothy Moroney
- Professor Justin Cooper-White (UQ)
Team
- Professor Scott McCue
- Professor Ian Turner
- Professor Timothy Moroney
- Professor Justin Cooper-White (UQ)
- Dr Ravindra Pethiyagoda
- Dr Eloise Tredenick
- Olivier Huet
- Riley Whebell
- Dr Jerzy Zabkiewicz (SciCon)
- Dr Philip Taylor (Syngenta)
- Dr W. Alison Forster (PPCNZ)
- Ian Lenane (former student)
- Thyraphol Sutanujinda (former student)
Partners
Publications
- Massinon, Mathieu, De Cock, Nicolas, Forster, Wilhelmina, Nairn, Justin, McCue, Scott, Zabkiewicz, Jerzy, Lebeau, Frederic (2017) Spray droplet impaction outcomes for different plant species and spray formulations. Crop Protection, 99, pp.65-75.
- Dorr, Gary, Forster, Wilhelmina, Mayo, Lisa Cheree, McCue, Scott, Kempthorne, Daryl, Hanan, Jim, Turner, Ian, Belward, John, Young, Joe, Zabkiewicz, Jerzy (2016) Spray retention on whole plants: modelling, simulations and experiments. Crop Protection, 88, pp.118-130.
- Dorr, Gary, Wang, Shuangshuang, Mayo, Lisa Cheree, McCue, Scott, Forster, Wilhelmina, Hanan, Jim, He, Xiongkui (2015) Impaction of spray droplets on leaves: Influence of formulation and leaf character on shatter, bounce and adhesion. Experiments in Fluids, 56 (7), pp.Article number: 143 1-17.
- Kempthorne, Daryl, Turner, Ian, Belward, John, McCue, Scott, Barry, Mark, Young, Joe, Dorr, Gary, Hanan, Jim, Zabkiewicz, Jerzy (2015) Surface reconstruction of wheat leaf morphology from three-dimensional scanned data. Functional Plant Biology, 42 (5), pp.444-451.
- Mayo, Lisa Cheree, McCue, Scott, Moroney, Timothy, Forster, Wilhelmina, Kempthorne, Daryl, Belward, John, Turner, Ian (2015) Simulating droplet motion on virtual leaf surfaces. Royal Society Open Science, 2 (5), pp.Article number: 140528 1-17.
- Dorr, Gary, Kempthorne, Daryl, Mayo, Lisa Cheree, Forster, Wilhelmina, Zabkiewicz, Jerzy, McCue, Scott, Belward, John, Turner, Ian, Hanan, Jim (2014) Towards a model of spray-canopy interactions : interception, shatter, bounce and retention of droplets on horizontal leaves. Ecological Modelling, 290, pp.94-101.
- Kempthorne, Daryl, Barry, Mark, Zabkiewicz, Jerzy, Young, Joe (2014) Three dimensional digitisation of plant leaves. The ANZIAM Journal, 55, pp.C138-C152.
- Kempthorne, Daryl, Turner, Ian, Belward, John (2014) A comparison of techniques for the reconstruction of leaf surfaces from scanned data. SIAM Journal of Scientific Computing, 36 (6), pp.B969-B988.
- Kempthorne, Daryl, Turner, Ian, Belward, John (2012) Computational strategies for surface fitting using thin plate spline finite element methods. The ANZIAM Journal, 54, pp.C56-C71.
- Oqielat, Moa'Ath, Turner, Ian, Belward, John, McCue, Scott (2011) Modelling water droplet movement on a leaf surface. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 81 (8), pp.1553-1571.
