Application of smart techniques, internet of things and data mining for resource use efficient and sustainable crop production

A Ali, T Hussain, N Tantashutikun, N Hussain… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Technological advancements have led to an increased use of the internet of things (IoT) to
enhance the resource use efficiency, productivity, and cost-effectiveness of agricultural …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing crop seeding rates on organic grain farms using on farm precision experimentation

S Loewen, BD Maxwell - Field Crops Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Organic agriculture is often regarded as less damaging to the environment than
conventional agriculture, though at the expense of lower yields. Field-specific precision …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological refugia enhance biodiversity and crop production in dryland grain production systems

H Duff, D Debinski, BD Maxwell - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Meeting global food demand while reducing biodiversity loss will require strategies that
quantify and minimize conservation and production tradeoffs in agroecosystems. Ecological …

Towards a low-cost comprehensive process for on-farm precision experimentation and analysis

PB Hegedus, B Maxwell, J Sheppard, S Loewen… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Few mechanisms turn field-specific ecological data into management recommendations for
crop production with appropriate uncertainty. Precision agriculture is mainly deployed for …

Meta-knowledge guided Bayesian optimization framework for robust crop yield estimation

MH Tunio, JP Li, X Zeng, F Akhtar, SA Shah… - Journal of King Saud …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate pre-harvest crop yield estimation is vital for agricultural sustainability and economic
stability. The existing yield estimating models exhibit deficiencies in insufficient examination …

Using spatially variable nitrogen application and crop responses to evaluate crop nitrogen use efficiency

PB Hegedus, SA Ewing, C Jones… - Nutrient Cycling in …, 2023 - Springer
Low nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) is ubiquitous in agricultural systems, with mounting global
scale consequences for both atmospheric aspects of climate and downstream ecosystems …

The Internet of Things for Smart Farming: Measuring Productivity and Effectiveness

M Bilal, M Tayyab, A Hamza, K Shahzadi… - Engineering …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Internet of Things (IoT) has been developed using the current Internet architecture. The
IoT concept aims to increase productivity, accuracy, and financial gains. The purpose of this …

Leveraging digital agriculture for on-farm testing of technologies

LA Puntel, LJ Thompson, T Mieno - Frontiers in Agronomy, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Precision Nitrogen Project (PNP) worked with more than 80 corn and winter wheat
producers to inexpensively design and implement randomized, replicated field strip trials on …

A Bayesian approach to assessing uncertainty in the effect of fertilization strategies on paddy rice yield via multiple on-farm experiments

MS Mia, LN Habibi, T Matsui… - Plant Production …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The surge in global agricultural input prices, particularly for nitrogen (N) fertilizers, has
presented challenges for farmers facing stagnant crop prices and rising production costs …

[HTML][HTML] Sentinel-2-based predictions of soil depth to inform water and nutrient retention strategies in dryland wheat

SI Fordyce, PM Carr, C Jones, JO Eberly… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
The thickness or depth of fine-textured soil (zf) dominates water storage capacity and exerts
a control on nutrient leaching in semi-arid agroecosystems. At small pixel sizes (< 1 m;'fine …