The primary aim of this project is to determine whether inexpensive Drones (UAVs) can be used to detect and define early stage VW in cotton. This scope of the project also specifies that equipment used must be easy to operate and be readily available to the farming community. To satisfy these criteria, this project used Red Green Blue (RGB) images obtained from a Phantom 3 Professional drone. Near Infrared (NIR) and multispectral analysis were outside the scope of this project.

Project requirements also specify that locations of VW affected plants must be determined.