Remote detection and monitoring of the vegetation responses to stress became relevant for
sustainable agriculture. Ongoing developments in optical remote sensing technologies have …

Since whole-genome sequencing of many crops has been achieved, crop functional
genomics studies have stepped into the big-data and high-throughput era. However …

Corn yields vary spatially and temporally in the plots as a result of weather, altitude, variety,
plant density, available water, nutrients, and planting date; these are the main factors that …

With the commercialization and increasing availability of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
multiple rotor copters have expanded rapidly in plant phenoty** studies with their ability to …

First described in Europe in 1777, stripe rust (SR) caused by Puccinia striiformis Westend. f.
sp. tritici Erikss (Pst) is one of the most important and destructive diseases of wheat …

Maize crop production is constrained worldwide by nitrogen (N) availability and particularly
in poor tropical and subtropical soils. The development of affordable high-throughput crop …

Very high (spatial and temporal) resolution satellite (VHRS) and high-resolution unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery provides the opportunity to develop new crop disease …

Low soil fertility is one of the factors most limiting agricultural production, with phosphorus
deficiency being among the main factors, particularly in develo** countries. To deal with …

Climate change is one of the primary culprits behind the restraint in the increase of cereal
crop yields. In order to address its effects, effort has been focused on understanding the …

Maize is the most cultivated cereal in Africa in terms of land area and production, but low soil
nitrogen availability often constrains yields. Develo** new maize varieties with high and …