Information Technologies for Precision Plant and Crop Protection
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Innovative Cropping Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2019) | Viewed by 55786
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Lepidoptera; fruit fly; IPM; precision farming; agro-ecology; geostatistics; smart agriculture; monitoring; trapping; fruit crops
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Interests: development and implementation of simulation models and software packages to support pest management and agricultural production activities; human health and sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa; risk analysis and food safety
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Information Technology (IT) is one of the main drivers of innovation in agriculture. The tools to collect and process data and information are elements of the technological infrastructure supporting the design and implementation of crop management responses at the appropriate space and time, according to the principles of IPM and Precision Agriculture, and more recently of Agriculture 4.0. The widespread use of sensors networks, communication devices and computers together with simulation software allow to manipulate and to analyze large amount of data related to pests, crops, environmental driving variables and landscape. All these are components of Decision Support Systems (DSSs), which are key elements in precision crop protection. Graphical interfaces make DSS simple and efficient for the end users, assisting them in accelerating the data entry process, generating reports, guiding in field and food-chain management decisions, providing risk maps, and running complex simulation scenarios to direct management tactics, strategies and policies. The possibility of remotely accessing and using, via the web, DSSs enlarges the potentiality of such technology for the service providers and users.With this Special Issue, we intend to explore the main issues of ITs specifically designed to protect crops and food production against pests and diseases, with particular attention on, but not limited to, spatial and temporal population dynamics, epidemiological models, site-specific IPM, DSS development and applications, and the Internet of things.
Prof. Andrea Sciarretta
Prof. Gianni Gilioli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Precision agriculture
- Integrated pest management
- Decision support system
- Epidemiological modelling
- World wide web
- Sensors
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