Dropcopter is the first automated aerial pollination system in the world. We use drone aircraft to increase crop set while offsetting pollinator decline.
Syracuse, NY, Corning, CA
Joined March 2014
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309 votes • Final resultsMost sweet #cherry varieties are self-unfruitful (self-incompatible, SI) and require cross pollination with another variety as the #pollen source. Some varieties, e.g. Bing, Lambert, Royal Ann...
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Some crops are already pollinated by machine or by hand, like date palm, or conifer trees for improved seed production. Dropcopter provides a scalable and efficient solution to these crops that are already anthropogenically pollinated.
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Short video on what we are about.
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The timing of when crops produce pollen and when they are receptive to pollen can differ. Orchards are typically planted to have intentional overlap in pollenizer varieties and varieties that are usually higher value and don't produce as much pollen.
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Questions about how drone pollination works? Let's Talk!
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Drone Agriculture? Let's start a company.
Our CEO & Founder @KoballMatt will be speaking at The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania this Friday!
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@Dropcopter provides the potential to be selective during thinning efforts rather than wishing there was a more even distribution of fruits on the tree.
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