Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems to Evaluate Application Timing of Harvest Aids in Stripper Cotton

A custom built UAS was equipped with RGB, Red, NIR, and Thermal Camera payloads designed to collect low altitude aerial images during a harvest aid timing trial. A second consumer grade UAV was used to take high quality RGB images. Post processing provided NDVI maps for each trial. Data was collected over the course of three weeks, following the harvest aid application on each plot. Data from the harvest aid timing trial will be supplemented by this study.