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The content of this manuscript has been developed thanks to findings from: EU within the Air Assisted sprayers project [EU-3FP CE DGVI AIR CT-1304] and Horizon 2020 project EUCLID [grant number 633999], Spanish Ministry of Science and Education and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) [AGL2002-04260-C04-02 and AGL2007-66093-C04-03], the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness within the project AgVance [AGL2013-48297-C2-2-R], and the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food within the project GOPHYTOVID [contract 2018002001192]. Funding of Secretaria d'Universitats i Recerca del Departament d'Empresa i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya under Grant 2017 SGR 646 is also thanked. The authors also would like to thank for their logistic support to: ADV grapevine advisers (Oriol Santos, Cam Mestre, Lluis Coll) and fruit producers (Casa Ametller, Girona Fruits, ADV Florenci and Giropoma).

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Pesticide dose adjustment in fruit and grapevine orchards by DOSA3D: Fundamentals of the system and on-farm validation

Publicated to:Science Of The Total Environment. 808 152158- - 2022-02-20 808(), DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152158

Authors: Roman, Carla; Peris, Miquel; Esteve, Joan; Tejerina, Miguel; Cambray, Jordi; Vilardell, Pere; Planas, Santiago

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Agrotecnio Ctr, Res Grp Crop Protect, Rovira Rowe 191, Lleida 25198, Spain - Author
Bodega Las Copas SL Finca Darwnezas, Toledo 45160, Spain - Author
Codorniu SA Bodega Raimat, Passeig Manuel Ravents i Domenech S-N, Raimat 25111, Spain - Author
IRTA Inst Agrifood Res & Technol, Fruit Prod Programme, Caldes De Montbui 08140, Spain - Author
Univ Lleida, Dept Agr & Forest Engn, Res Grp AgroICT & Precis Agr, Agrotecnio Ctr, Rovira Roure 191, Lleida 25198, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Agricultural productivity cannot be sustained without the application of plant protection measures. Within the framework of integrated pest management (IPM), the use of chemical pesticides should be limited to the last option among the available practices. Even though their use remains common, it carries associated environmental and human health risks. One of the most accepted practices within IPM is the reduction of spraying events and/or pesticide applied doses. DOSA3D is a decision support system that allows the dose to be adjusted to the specific treatment scenario. For this, DOSA3D calculates the optimal application volume rate by estimating the leaf area index and takes into account the overall spraying efficiency and the pest or disease to be controlled. The system adopts specific minimum volume rates for fruit trees and vineyards without compromising the crop health status. To establish the adjusted dose, the labeled or the adviser prescription concentration is kept. Resulting adjusted doses provided by DOSA3D achieved pesticide savings up to 53% in fruit trees and 60% in vineyards. DOSA3D has been validated against the main diseases and pests of fruit trees and vineyards: brown spot and psylla in pear orchards; alternaria blotch disease, apple scab, codling moth, oriental moth and red spider mite in apple orchards; powdery mildew, brown rot, aphids, thrips and mites in peach orchards; and, powdery mildew, yellow spider mite and leafhoppers in grapevine orchards. In addition, a methodology called Green Way is presented to provide consistent and crop safety pesticide doses when these are labeled as concentration or ground area doses.

Keywords

AgricultureAnimalsDose adjustmentFarmsFruitHumansIpmLeaf area indexLeaf-area indexMalusPesticide reductioPesticide reductionPesticidesPowdery mildeSustainable crop protectionVolume rate

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Science Of The Total Environment due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position 26/275, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Environmental Sciences. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.26. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 5.84 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-20, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 15
  • Scopus: 12
  • Europe PMC: 2

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-20:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 73 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Oman.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Roman Rochina, Carla) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Roman Rochina, Carla.