Instant Insights: Proximal Sensors in Agriculture

This collection of reviews explores the use of proximal sensors in agriculture, including crop health evaluation, horticultural crop health status detection, soil health assessment, and crop management improvement through sensor fusion and multi-sensor platforms.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 86 pages
Publication date: 23 May 2023
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited

This collection presents four peer-reviewed reviews on proximal sensors in agriculture. The first chapter delves into the utilization of proximal sensors to assess crop health and performance throughout the growing season. It explores the evolution of crop sensors, identifies challenges, and emphasizes the need for sensors capable of detecting stresses beyond nitrogen. The second chapter examines recent advancements in employing proximal sensors to detect crop health status in horticultural crops. It explores the application of sensors to identify micro-environmental parameters associated with pathogen lifecycles, enabling disease risk prediction. The third chapter reviews the progress made in utilizing proximal spectroscopic sensors to evaluate soil health. It covers principles, technologies, key properties measured, advantages, and disadvantages, along with applications in enhancing soil management. The final chapter discusses advancements in the integration of proximal sensor fusion and multi-sensor platforms for enhanced crop management. It explores the combination of remote sensing from satellites and weather station data as the foundation for crop growth models and highlights the benefits of employing a range of tools to investigate yield prediction.

Weight: 162g
Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781801464239