Rapid cropland reclamation is underway in Cold China in response to increases in food demand, while the lack analyses of time series cropping pattern mappings limits our understanding of the acute transformation process of cropland structure and asso...
The increasing popularity of pigs has prompted farmers to increase pig production to meet the growing demand. However, while the number of pigs is increasing, that of farm workers has been declining, making it challenging to perform various farm task...
Mapping of agricultural crop types and practices is important for setting up agricultural production plans and environmental conservation measures. Sugarcane is a major tropical and subtropical crop; in general, it is grown in small fields with large...
The monitoring of crop phenology informs decisions in environmental and agricultural management at both global and farm scales. Current methodologies for crop monitoring using remote sensing data track crop growth stages over time based on single, sc...
Spatial information about plant health and productivity are essential when assessing the progress towards Sustainable Development Goals such as life on land and zero hunger. Plant health and productivity are strongly linked to a plant’s phenolo...
Sustainable agricultural management requires knowledge of where and when crops are grown, what they are, and for how long. However, such information is not yet available in Nepal. Remote sensing coupled with farmers’ knowledge offers a solution...
Accurately tracking the changes in rice cropping intensity is a critical requirement for policymakers to formulate reasonable land-use policies. Southern China is a traditional region for rice multi-cropping, yet less is known about its spatial&ndash...
This work proposes a vision system mounted on the head of an omnidirectional robot to track pineapples and maintain them at the center of its field of view. The robot head is equipped with a pan–tilt unit that facilitates dynamic adjustments. T...
This paper explores the potential of smart crop management based on the incorporation of tools like digital agriculture, which considers current technological tools applied in agriculture, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), remote sensing, and art...
Drosophila suzukii is a severe economic invasive pest of soft-skinned fruit crops. Management typically requires killing gravid adult female flies with insecticides to prevent damage resulting from oviposition and larval development. Fruits from cult...
Generating early and reliable fire/smoke alarms from real-world video surveillance remains challenging because visually ambiguous patterns such as sunlight, reflections, clouds, mist, steam, and illumination changes often trigger unstable frame-level...
Flash drought, an abruptly intensifying meteorological anomaly, poses a growing threat to agricultural production, ecosystem stability, and regional carbon cycling, particularly in croplands of monsoon regions. Existing studies have largely focused o...
Potato is the world’s fourth-largest food crop, following rice, wheat, and maize. Unlike other crops, it is a typical root crop with a special growth cycle pattern and underground tubers, which makes it harder to track the progress of potatoes...
Modern photographic imaging of agricultural crops can pin-point individual weeds, the patterns of which can be analyzed statistically to reveal how they are affected by variation in soil, by competition from other species and by agricultural operatio...
Rape undersowing rice is an effective method to solve the problem of short crop rotation in rice-rape rotation. Applying of ground fertilizer to rape is one of the most critical aspects in this planting pattern. However, a special fertilizer spreadin...
Wetlands have been degrading and reducing under the influences of human activity and climate change. Landsat long-term observations can help us better track the changing evidences of wetland habitats that would be valuable for guiding the restoration...
Using satellite telemetry, it is possible to track long-distance migrant birds with high accuracy and greater spatial coverage. However, prior to 2014, less than 1% of bird species in India had been monitored using this technology. Between January an...
Water scarcity significantly challenges agricultural systems worldwide, especially in tropical areas such as the Dominican Republic. This study explores integrating satellite-based remote sensing technologies and field-based soil moisture sensors to...
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Wheat is one of the most widely grown cereal crops, serving as a key factor in sustaining the nutritional and food balance in numerous countries. The use of non-contact methods for wheat monitoring allows for the rapid diagnosis of vegetation density...
Accurate identification of crop phenology timing is crucial for agriculture. While remote sensing tracks vegetation changes, linking these to ground-measured crop growth stages remains challenging. Existing methods offer broad overviews but fail to c...
Assessing the performance of a sunflower sector requires more than simply tracking production volumes. How the sector performs over time also depends on yield stability, climate exposure, market adjustment, and the way trade is structured. This study...
Banana is an important cash and food crop worldwide. Recent outbreaks of banana diseases are threatening the global banana industry and smallholder livelihoods. Remote sensing data offer the potential to detect the presence of disease, but formal ana...
With limited freshwater resources and growing water demands, it is imperative to identify and monitor water needs. Agricultural irrigation is the world’s largest water user, comprising 45–90% of freshwater withdrawals. Identifying and tra...
Accurately quantifying flora and their respective anatomical structures within natural ecosystems is paramount for both botanical breeders and agricultural cultivators. For breeders, precise plant enumeration during the flowering phase is instrumenta...
Wild C. sativa (hemp) represents a promising source of bioactive compounds with potential applications in sustainable pest management, while Rhopalosiphum padi and Sitobion avenae are among the most economically important aphid pests of cereal crops....
The study analyzes the awareness of the effects of climate change on agriculture and the measures that should be implemented in this regard from the farmer’s perspective, taking into account the financial and promotional measures supported by t...
Phaseolus vulgaris is a globally important legume cash crop, which can carry out symbiotic nitrogen fixation with rhizobia. The presence of suitable rhizobia in cultivating soils is crucial for legume cropping, especially in areas beyond the plant-ho...
Agrivoltaic (AV) systems represent a promising strategy for integrating renewable energy production and agricultural activity on the same land unit, while contributing to soil water conservation under increasingly frequent drought conditions. This pr...
An adjusted satellite-based model was proposed with the aim of improving spatially distributed evapotranspiration (ET) estimates under plant water stress conditions. Remote sensing data and near surface geophysics information, using electrical resist...
Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus), a vital economic crop, is severely threatened by Fusarium wilt (FW), which is caused by the soil-borne fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (Fon). To elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying FW resista...
Across Eastern Africa, croplands cover 45 million ha. The regional economy is heavily dependent on small holder traditional rain-fed peasant agriculture (up to 90%), which is vulnerable to extreme weather events such as drought and floods that leads...
Drought is a severe disaster, increasingly exacerbated by climate change, and poses significant challenges worldwide, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions like Morocco. This study aims to assess and monitor drought using a multi-index approach...
In this study, we present a nationwide machine learning model for hourly PM
The Nanushuk Formation (Albian–Cenomanian) crops out over much of the central and western North Slope of Alaska, varying from ≈1500 to ≈250 m thick from west to northeast. The Nanushuk Formation records an inter-tonguing succession...