Sensor-Based Precision Agriculture

Dear Colleagues,

The growth of the world's population puts enormous pressure on traditional agriculture to meet the growing demand for food and fiber production while minimizing the environmental impact. As a result, the agricultural sector continues to explore innovative technological solutions to improve agricultural practices. One such solution is the integration of intelligent technologies, including next-generation sensors, communications, autonomous flight systems, artificial intelligence, robotics, and analytics.

This Special Issue is dedicated to investigating the research and development of solid-state sensors to collect varied agricultural data. The aim is to monitor biochemical parameters, such as nutrition, humidity, temperature, light, and pH in real time, and biochemical interactions, such as predation, parasitism, and competition. Sensors are used at different spatial and time scales to provide farmers with data-driven insights into crop and livestock growth and health, pests, pesticides, soil health, water, fruit quality, greenhouse gases, and volatile compounds. This Special Issue will also cover the utilization of low-power sensors, energy harvesting technologies, and high-throughput phenotyping using sensors.

We welcome original research, opinions, and reviews covering various specialized crops, including vegetable, ornamental, and field crops and seeds from other managed ecosystems. With this Special Issue, we aim to provide valuable insight into the latest advancements in agricultural technology that can improve the sustainability and efficiency of agricultural practices.

Dr. Xiongzhe Han
Dr. Tianyi Wang
Guest Editors

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