Smart Technologies for Orchard Management and Post-Harvest Practices
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural and Floricultural Crops".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025
Special Issue Editors
Interests: precision agriculture, digital farming, artificial intelligence in agriculture, agricultural machinery, smart irrigation, variable rate application, post-harvest technologies
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Interests: biosystems machinery engineering; remote sensing; artificial intelligent; agricultural field machinery
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Special Issue Information
Orchard management and post-harvest treatment are vital for ensuring crop quality, resource efficiency, and market value. Recent advancements in technology have revolutionized traditional practices, replacing manual labor with precision agriculture powered by sensors, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Innovations in post-harvest handling such as improved storage, smart packaging, and disease prevention have reduced losses and preserved produce quality across the supply chain.
This Special Issue seeks groundbreaking research on advanced technologies for orchard management and post-harvest processes. We focus on solutions that enhance efficiency, sustainability, and profitability while addressing challenges like labor shortages, climate change, and growing demand for high-quality products.
We welcome original research, reviews, and case studies in areas such as precision orchard management, IoT-based monitoring, LiDAR and stereo vision applications, automated harvesting, and smart post-harvest treatments. Contributions integrating these technologies into sustainable systems are highly encouraged.
Join us in shaping the future of orchard management systems and post-harvest innovation.
Dr. Mohammod Ali
Prof. Dr. Sun-Ok Chung
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- AI-based orchard management
- variable rate techniques
- advanced packaging technologies
- smart irrigation techniques
- IoT in agriculture
- remote sensing
- automated sorting and grading system
- post-harvest disease detection and quality control
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