Intelligent Remote Sensing in Smart Agriculture: From Early Identification to Yield Prediction—A Comprehensive Solution

A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Precision and Digital Agriculture".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 890

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Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: multi-source remote sensing data fusion algorithm and application; crop classification and yield estimation; surface evapotranspiration and crop drought monitoring
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Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: remote sensing; resources and environment monitoring; fire detection; deep learning; geographic information system
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Dear Colleagues,

We cordially invite you to submit papers to the Special Issue of the open access journal "Agronomy" titled "Intelligent Remote Sensing in Smart Agriculture: From Early Identification to Yield Prediction—A Comprehensive Solution."

Intelligent remote sensing technology plays a crucial role in smart agriculture, particularly in areas like early crop identification, health monitoring, and yield prediction. When combined with advanced data analysis methods, these technologies offer more accurate and efficient management approaches for agricultural production. This Special Issue aims to gather research articles that explore and showcase the latest advancements and applications of intelligent remote sensing technology in smart agriculture. The contributions may include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

  1. Integration of Satellite and UAV Data: exploring the integration of satellite sensors, UAVs, and ground observation data in smart agriculture, especially in early crop identification and growth monitoring.
  2. Intelligent Early Warning Systems: researching how to use remote sensing data and intelligent analysis techniques to build early warning systems, improving the management efficiency of crop health and growth conditions.
  3. Smart Agriculture Yield Estimation: analyzing the application of remote sensing technology in monitoring crop biomass, vegetation cover, and growth rate, as well as the development and implementation of yield prediction models using various methods (such as empirical statistical models, crop models, light-use efficiency models, deep learning and machine learning algorithms, etc.).
  4. Resource Management and Environmental Protection: discussing how accurate yield predictions can aid in the effective management of agricultural resources and the reduction of environmental impacts.
  5. Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change: studying the impact of climate change on agricultural crop growth patterns and exploring adaptive agricultural strategies.
  6. Soil Health Monitoring: utilizing remote sensing technology to assess soil quality, providing data support for soil management and improvement.

We look forward to your submissions!

Prof. Dr. Liang Sun
Dr. Luis Guilherme Teixeira Crusiol
Dr. Maofang Gao
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Keywords

  • remote sensing
  • smart agriculture
  • agriculture monitoring
  • identification
  • yield prediction

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Analysis of Spectral Characteristics of Cotton Leaves at Bud Stage under Different Nitrogen Application Rates
by Jiaqiang Wang, Caiyun Yin, Weiyang Liu, Wenhao Xia and Songrui Ning
Agronomy 2024, 14(4), 662; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/agronomy14040662 - 25 Mar 2024
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Soil salinity affects nutrient uptake by cotton. The cotton bud stage is a very important period in the process of cotton planting and directly affects the yield of cotton. The nutritional status of the bud stage directly affects the reflectance spectra of cotton [...] Read more.
Soil salinity affects nutrient uptake by cotton. The cotton bud stage is a very important period in the process of cotton planting and directly affects the yield of cotton. The nutritional status of the bud stage directly affects the reflectance spectra of cotton canopy leaves. Therefore, it is of great significance to nondestructively monitor the nutritional status of the cotton bud stage on salinized soil via spectroscopic techniques and perform corresponding management measures to improve cotton yield. In this study, potted plants with different nitrogen application rates were set up to obtain the reflection spectral curves of cotton bud stage leaves, analyze their spectral characteristics under different nitrogen application rates, and establish spectral estimation models of chlorophyll density. The results are as follows: in the continuum removal spectrum of the cotton bud stage, the lowest point of the absorption valley near 500 nm shifted to the shortwave direction with an increasing nitrogen application rate. The mean reflectance between 765 and 880 nm was significantly different between nitrogen-stressed and nitrogen-unstressed cotton. The average reflectance of the near-infrared band, the absorption valley depths near 500 nm and 675 nm, the first derivative of the 710 nm reflectance, and the second derivatives of the 690 nm and 730 nm reflectance increased with increasing nitrogen application and chlorophyll density, and significant correlations were observed with the chlorophyll density. These parameters were modeled using support vector regression (SVR) and artificial neural network (ANN) methods, two commonly used algorithms in the field of machine learning. The determination coefficients of the three chlorophyll samples via the ANN models were 0.92, 0.77, and 0.94 for the modeling set and 0.77, 0.69, and 0.77 for the verification set. The ratio of quartile to root-mean-square error (RPIQ) of the ANN model was greater than 2.2, and the ratio of the standard error of the measured value to the standard error of the predicted (SEL/SEP) was close to 1, indicating that the chlorophyll density estimation models built based on the ANN algorithm had robust prediction ability. Our model could accurately estimate the leaf chlorophyll density in the cotton bud stage. Full article
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