Internet of Things and Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart Vegetable Growing
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Artificial Intelligence and Digital Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 August 2025 | Viewed by 599
Special Issue Editors
Interests: internet of things (IoT); sensors; electronics; information and communication technologies (ICTs); data analysis; deep learning; classification; clustering analysis; precision agriculture
Interests: modern agriculture technologies; smart greenhouses; smart vegetable growing; crop monitoring; precision farming; farm automation; remote monitoring; data-driven farming
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) and wireless sensor networks (WSNs) has revolutionized modern agriculture, paving the way for smart vegetable growing. These technologies enable the precise monitoring and control of various environmental factors such as temperature, air humidity, soil moisture, and light levels. By integrating IoT and WSNs, farmers can access real-time data and automate critical processes, leading to enhanced crop yields, resource efficiency, and sustainability.
This Special Issue will explore the application of state-of-the-art technologies to allow smart vegetable growing, which includes, but is not limited to, indoor and outdoor crop production, smart irrigation and fertilization, crop yield monitoring and prediction, germination monitoring, field and zone management, crop protection, etc. We encourage the submission of original research articles and reviews involving the following topics:
- Internet of Things and wireless sensor networks for real-time data collection;
- Case studies related to the design and development of smart IoT-based greenhouse and aquaponic systems;
- Different approaches for IoT data analysis, such as classification, clustering analysis, and deep learning;
- Interaction between IoT and other technologies for ensuring efficient vegetable growing;
- Robotics in vegetable crop production;
- IoT-based irrigation, fertilization, and pesticide delivery systems;
- Cloud computing and web and mobile decision support systems.
Dr. Boris Evstatiev
Dr. Atanas Atanasov
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sensors
- internet of things (IoT)
- wireless sensor networks (WSNs)
- machine learning
- cloud computing
- information systems
- robotics
- precision agriculture
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