April 03, 2021 The university will measure the impact of spraying on various parts of the plant× Telangana agri university to study drone spraying effect, build SOPs Getting ready for a new-age agriculture where technology and IT solutions will play a major role, Prof Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University will begin experimenting with drone spraying of pesticides and fertilisers. Beginning the upcoming kharif season, the university will measure the impact of such spraying on various parts of a plant and collect data. Operating procedures “We will pin litmus paper-like material to the leaves at different levels of the plant. We can count the intensity of the spray by measuring the number of droplets. Different crops require different doses of pesticide sprays, and at different levels of the plant,” V Praveen Rao, Vice-Chancellor, told