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Ipkovich Á, Czvetkó T, A. Acosta L, Lee S, Nzimenyera I, Sebestyén V, Abonyi J. Network science and explainable AI-based life cycle management of sustainability models. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0300531. [PMID: 38870225 PMCID: PMC11175538 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024] Open
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Model-based assessment of the potential impacts of variables on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can bring great additional information about possible policy intervention points. In the context of sustainability planning, machine learning techniques can provide data-driven solutions throughout the modeling life cycle. In a changing environment, existing models must be continuously reviewed and developed for effective decision support. Thus, we propose to use the Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) life cycle framework. A novel approach for model identification and development is introduced, which involves utilizing the Shapley value to determine the individual direct and indirect contributions of each variable towards the output, as well as network analysis to identify key drivers and support the identification and validation of possible policy intervention points. The applicability of the methods is demonstrated through a case study of the Hungarian water model developed by the Global Green Growth Institute. Based on the model exploration of the case of water efficiency and water stress (in the examined period for the SDG 6.4.1 & 6.4.2) SDG indicators, water reuse and water circularity offer a more effective intervention option than pricing and the use of internal or external renewable water resources.
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- Ádám Ipkovich
- HUN-REN-PE Complex Systems Monitoring Research Group, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary
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- HUN-REN-PE Complex Systems Monitoring Research Group, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary
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- Climate Action and Inclusive Development (CAID) Unit, Global Green Growth Institute, Jung-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Climate Action and Inclusive Development (CAID) Unit, Global Green Growth Institute, Jung-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Climate Action and Inclusive Development (CAID) Unit, Global Green Growth Institute, Jung-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- HUN-REN-PE Complex Systems Monitoring Research Group, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary
- Sustainability Solutions Research Lab, Faculty of Engineering, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary
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- HUN-REN-PE Complex Systems Monitoring Research Group, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary
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Wahab A, Muhammad M, Ullah S, Abdi G, Shah GM, Zaman W, Ayaz A. Agriculture and environmental management through nanotechnology: Eco-friendly nanomaterial synthesis for soil-plant systems, food safety, and sustainability. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 926:171862. [PMID: 38527538 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2023] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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Through the advancement of nanotechnology, agricultural and food systems are undergoing strategic enhancements, offering innovative solutions to complex problems. This scholarly essay thoroughly examines nanotechnological innovations and their implications within these critical industries. Traditional practices are undergoing radical transformation as nanomaterials emerge as novel agents in roles traditionally filled by fertilizers, pesticides, and biosensors. Micronutrient management and preservation techniques are further enhanced, indicating a shift towards more nutrient-dense and longevity-oriented food production. Nanoparticles (NPs), with their unique physicochemical properties, such as an extraordinary surface-to-volume ratio, find applications in healthcare, diagnostics, agriculture, and other fields. However, concerns about their potential overuse and bioaccumulation raise unanswered questions about their health effects. Molecule-to-molecule interactions and physicochemical dynamics create pathways through which nanoparticles cause toxicity. The combination of nanotechnology and environmental sustainability principles leads to the examination of green nanoparticle synthesis. The discourse extends to how nanomaterials penetrate biological systems, their applications, toxicological effects, and dissemination routes. Additionally, this examination delves into the ecological consequences of nanomaterial contamination in natural ecosystems. Employing robust risk assessment methodologies, including the risk allocation framework, is recommended to address potential dangers associated with nanotechnology integration. Establishing standardized, universally accepted guidelines for evaluating nanomaterial toxicity and protocols for nano-waste disposal is urged to ensure responsible stewardship of this transformative technology. In conclusion, the article summarizes global trends, persistent challenges, and emerging regulatory strategies shaping nanotechnology in agriculture and food science. Sustained, in-depth research is crucial to fully benefit from nanotechnology prospects for sustainable agriculture and food systems.
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- Abdul Wahab
- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 830011, China
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- Department of Botany, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Persian Gulf Research Institute, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr 75169, Iran
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- Department of Life Sciences, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea.
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- Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China.
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Comegna A, Hassan SBM, Coppola A. Development and Application of an IoT-Based System for Soil Water Status Monitoring in a Soil Profile. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 24:2725. [PMID: 38732831 PMCID: PMC11086235 DOI: 10.3390/s24092725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
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Soil water content (θ), matric potential (h) and hydraulic conductivity (K) are key parameters for hydrological and environmental processes. Several sensors have been developed for measuring soil θ-h-K relationships. The cost of such commercially available sensors may vary over several orders of magnitude. In recent years, some sensors have been designed in the framework of Internet of Things (i.e., IoT) systems to make remote real-time soil data acquisition more straightforward, enabling low-cost field-scale monitoring at high spatio-temporal scales. In this paper, we introduce a new multi-parameter sensor designed for the simultaneous estimation of θ and h at different soil depths and, due to the sensor's specific layout, the soil hydraulic conductivity function via the instantaneous profile method (IPM). Our findings indicate that a second-order polynomial function is the most suitable model (R2 = 0.99) for capturing the behavior of the capacitive-based sensor in estimating θ in the examined soil, which has a silty-loam texture. The effectiveness of low-cost capacitive sensors, coupled with the IPM method, was confirmed as a viable alternative to time domain reflectometry (TDR) probes. Notably, the layout of the sensor makes the IPM method less labor-intensive to implement. The proposed monitoring system consistently demonstrated robust performance throughout extended periods of data acquisition and is highly suitable for ongoing monitoring of soil water status.
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- Alessandro Comegna
- School of Agricultural Forestry Food and Environmental Sciences (SAFE), University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, Italy; (S.B.M.H.); (A.C.)
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- School of Agricultural Forestry Food and Environmental Sciences (SAFE), University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, Italy; (S.B.M.H.); (A.C.)
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- School of Agricultural Forestry Food and Environmental Sciences (SAFE), University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, Italy; (S.B.M.H.); (A.C.)
- Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, 09042 Cagliari, Italy
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Soussi A, Zero E, Sacile R, Trinchero D, Fossa M. Smart Sensors and Smart Data for Precision Agriculture: A Review. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 24:2647. [PMID: 38676264 PMCID: PMC11053448 DOI: 10.3390/s24082647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2024] [Revised: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Precision agriculture, driven by the convergence of smart sensors and advanced technologies, has emerged as a transformative force in modern farming practices. The present review synthesizes insights from a multitude of research papers, exploring the dynamic landscape of precision agriculture. The main focus is on the integration of smart sensors, coupled with technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), big data analytics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI). This analysis is set in the context of optimizing crop management, using resources wisely, and promoting sustainability in the agricultural sector. This review aims to provide an in-depth understanding of emerging trends and key developments in the field of precision agriculture. By highlighting the benefits of integrating smart sensors and innovative technologies, it aspires to enlighten farming practitioners, researchers, and policymakers on best practices, current challenges, and prospects. It aims to foster a transition towards more sustainable, efficient, and intelligent farming practices while encouraging the continued adoption and adaptation of new technologies.
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- Abdellatif Soussi
- Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genoa, 16145 Genova, Italy; (E.Z.); (R.S.)
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- Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genoa, 16145 Genova, Italy; (E.Z.); (R.S.)
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- Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering (DIBRIS), University of Genoa, 16145 Genova, Italy; (E.Z.); (R.S.)
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- iXem Labs, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy;
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- Department Mechanical, Energy, Management and Transportation Engineering, University of Genoa, 16145 Genova, Italy;
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Al Mashhadany Y, Alsanad HR, Al-Askari MA, Algburi S, Taha BA. Irrigation intelligence-enabling a cloud-based Internet of Things approach for enhanced water management in agriculture. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2024; 196:438. [PMID: 38592580 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-024-12606-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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Advanced sensor technology, especially those that incorporate artificial intelligence (AI), has been recognized as increasingly important in various contemporary applications, including navigation, automation, water under imaging, environmental monitoring, and robotics. Data-driven decision-making and higher efficiency have enabled more excellent infrastructure thanks to integrating AI with sensors. The agricultural sector is one such area that has seen significant promise from this technology using the Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities. This paper describes an intelligent system for monitoring and analyzing agricultural environmental conditions, including weather, soil, and crop health, that uses internet-connected sensors and equipment. This work makes two significant contributions. It first makes it possible to use sensors linked to the IoT to accurately monitor the environment remotely. Gathering and analyzing data over time may give us valuable insights into daily fluctuations and long-term patterns. The second benefit of AI integration is the remote control; it provides for essential activities like irrigation, pest management, and disease detection. The technology can optimize water usage by tracking plant development and health and adjusting watering schedules accordingly. Intelligent Control Systems (Matlab/Simulink Ver. 2022b) use a hybrid controller that combines fuzzy logic with standard PID control to get high-efficiency performance from water pumps. In addition to monitoring crops, smart cameras allow farmers to make real-time adjustments based on soil moisture and plant needs. Potentially revolutionizing contemporary agriculture, this revolutionary approach might boost production, sustainability, and efficiency.
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- Yousif Al Mashhadany
- Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Anbar, Anbar, Iraq.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Anbar, Anbar, Iraq
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- Information Systems Department/College of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Anbar, Anbar, Iraq
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- Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, cFaculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM, 43600, Bangi, Malaysia
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Benameur R, Dahane A, Kechar B, Benyamina AEH. An Innovative Smart and Sustainable Low-Cost Irrigation System for Anomaly Detection Using Deep Learning. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 24:1162. [PMID: 38400320 PMCID: PMC10892454 DOI: 10.3390/s24041162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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The agricultural sector faces several difficulties today in ensuring the safety of food supply, including water scarcity. This study presents the design and development of a low-cost and full-featured fog-IoT/AI system targeted towards smallholder farmer communities (SFCs). However, the smallholder community is hesitant to adopt technology-based solutions. There are many overwhelming reasons for this, but the high cost, implementation complexity, and malfunctioning sensors cause inappropriate decisions. The PRIMA INTEL-IRRIS project aims to make digital and innovative agricultural technologies more appealing and available to these communities by advancing the intelligent irrigation "in-the-box" concept. Considered a vital resource, collected data are used to detect anomalies or abnormal behavior, providing information about an occurrence or a node failure. To prevent agro-field data leakage, this paper presents an innovative, smart, and sustainable low-cost irrigation system that employs artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to analyze anomalies and problems in water usage. The sensor anomaly can be detected using an autoencoder (AE) and a generative adversarial network (GAN). We will feed the autoencoders' anomaly detection models with time series records from the datasets and replace detected anomalies with the reconstructed outputs. When integrated with an IoT platform, this methodology is a tool for easing the labeling of sensor anomalies and can help create supervised datasets for future research. In addition, anomalies can be corrected by prediction models based on deep learning approaches, applying CNN/BiLSTM architecture. The results show that AEs outperform the GANs, achieving an accuracy of 90%, 95%, and 97% for soil moisture, air temperature, and air humidity, respectively. The proposed system is designed to ensure that the data are of high quality and reliable enough to make sound decisions compared to the existing platforms.
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- Rabaie Benameur
- Research Laboratory in Industrial Computing and Networks (RIIR), University of Oran 1, B.P. 1524, El M’Naouer, Oran 31000, Algeria; (R.B.); (B.K.)
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- Research Laboratory in Industrial Computing and Networks (RIIR), University of Oran 1, B.P. 1524, El M’Naouer, Oran 31000, Algeria; (R.B.); (B.K.)
- Institute of Applied Science and Technology, ISTA, University of Oran 1, B.P. 1524, El M’Naouer, Oran 31000, Algeria
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- Research Laboratory in Industrial Computing and Networks (RIIR), University of Oran 1, B.P. 1524, El M’Naouer, Oran 31000, Algeria; (R.B.); (B.K.)
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- Laboratory of Parallel, Embedded Architectures and Intensive Computing (LAPECI), University of Oran 1, B.P. 1524, El M’Naouer, Oran 31000, Algeria;
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Diaz FJ, Ahmad A, Parra L, Sendra S, Lloret J. Low-Cost Optical Sensors for Soil Composition Monitoring. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 24:1140. [PMID: 38400299 PMCID: PMC10892096 DOI: 10.3390/s24041140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 02/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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Studying soil composition is vital for agricultural and edaphology disciplines. Presently, colorimetry serves as a prevalent method for the on-site visual examination of soil characteristics. However, this technique necessitates the laboratory-based analysis of extracted soil fragments by skilled personnel, leading to substantial time and resource consumption. Contrastingly, sensor techniques effectively gather environmental data, though they mostly lack in situ studies. Despite this, sensors offer substantial on-site data generation potential in a non-invasive manner and can be included in wireless sensor networks. Therefore, the aim of the paper is to develop a low-cost red, green, and blue (RGB)-based sensor system capable of detecting changes in the composition of the soil. The proposed sensor system was found to be effective when the sample materials, including salt, sand, and nitro phosphate, were determined under eight different RGB lights. Statistical analyses showed that each material could be classified with significant differences based on specific light variations. The results from a discriminant analysis documented the 100% prediction accuracy of the system. In order to use the minimum number of colors, all the possible color combinations were evaluated. Consequently, a combination of six colors for salt and nitro phosphate successfully classified the materials, whereas all the eight colors were found to be effective for classifying sand samples. The proposed low-cost RGB sensor system provides an economically viable and easily accessible solution for soil classification.
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- Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Zonas Costeras, Universitat Politècnica de València, Gandía C/Paranimf, 1, 46730 Grao de Gandia, Spain; (F.J.D.); (A.A.); (S.S.); (J.L.)
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Kazimierczuk K, Barrows SE, Olarte MV, Qafoku NP. Decarbonization of Agriculture: The Greenhouse Gas Impacts and Economics of Existing and Emerging Climate-Smart Practices. ACS ENGINEERING AU 2023; 3:426-442. [PMID: 38144676 PMCID: PMC10739617 DOI: 10.1021/acsengineeringau.3c00031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
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The worldwide emphasis on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has increased focus on the potential to mitigate emissions through climate-smart agricultural practices, including regenerative, digital, and controlled environment farming systems. The effectiveness of these solutions largely depends on their ability to address environmental concerns, generate economic returns, and meet supply chain needs. In this Review, we summarize the state of knowledge on the GHG impacts and profitability of these three existing and emerging farming systems. Although we find potential for CO2 mitigation in all three approaches (depending on site-specific and climatic factors), we point to the greater level of research covering the efficacy of regenerative and digital agriculture in tackling non-CO2 emissions (i.e., N2O and CH4), which account for the majority of agriculture's GHG footprint. Despite this greater research coverage, we still find significant methodological and data limitations in accounting for the major GHG fluxes of these practices, especially the lifetime CH4 footprint of more nascent climate-smart regenerative agriculture practices. Across the approaches explored, uncertainties remain about the overall efficacy and persistence of mitigation-particularly with respect to the offsetting of soil carbon sequestration gains by N2O emissions and the lifecycle emissions of controlled environment agriculture systems compared to traditional systems. We find that the economic feasibility of these practices is also system-specific, although regenerative agriculture is generally the most accessible climate-smart approach. Robust incentives (including carbon credit considerations), investments, and policy changes would make these practices more financially accessible to farmers.
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- Kamila Kazimierczuk
- Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 99195, United States
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Blanco-Carmona P, Baeza-Moreno L, Hidalgo-Fort E, Martín-Clemente R, González-Carvajal R, Muñoz-Chavero F. AIoT in Agriculture: Safeguarding Crops from Pest and Disease Threats. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:9733. [PMID: 38139579 PMCID: PMC10747752 DOI: 10.3390/s23249733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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A significant proportion of the world's agricultural production is lost to pests and diseases. To mitigate this problem, an AIoT system for the early detection of pest and disease risks in crops is proposed. It presents a system based on low-power and low-cost sensor nodes that collect environmental data and transmit it once a day to a server via a NB-IoT network. In addition, the sensor nodes use individual, retrainable and updatable machine learning algorithms to assess the risk level in the crop every 30 min. If a risk is detected, environmental data and the risk level are immediately sent. Additionally, the system enables two types of notification: email and flashing LED, providing online and offline risk notifications. As a result, the system was deployed in a real-world environment and the power consumption of the sensor nodes was characterized, validating their longevity and the correct functioning of the risk detection algorithms. This allows the farmer to know the status of their crop and to take early action to address these threats.
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- Pedro Blanco-Carmona
- Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Seville, 41092 Seville, Spain; (P.B.-C.); (L.B.-M.); (R.G.-C.); (F.M.-C.)
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Seville, 41092 Seville, Spain; (P.B.-C.); (L.B.-M.); (R.G.-C.); (F.M.-C.)
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Seville, 41092 Seville, Spain; (P.B.-C.); (L.B.-M.); (R.G.-C.); (F.M.-C.)
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- Department of Signal Processing and Communications, University of Seville, 41092 Seville, Spain;
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Seville, 41092 Seville, Spain; (P.B.-C.); (L.B.-M.); (R.G.-C.); (F.M.-C.)
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Seville, 41092 Seville, Spain; (P.B.-C.); (L.B.-M.); (R.G.-C.); (F.M.-C.)
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Dhaka VS, Kundu N, Rani G, Zumpano E, Vocaturo E. Role of Internet of Things and Deep Learning Techniques in Plant Disease Detection and Classification: A Focused Review. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:7877. [PMID: 37765934 PMCID: PMC10537018 DOI: 10.3390/s23187877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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The automatic detection, visualization, and classification of plant diseases through image datasets are key challenges for precision and smart farming. The technological solutions proposed so far highlight the supremacy of the Internet of Things in data collection, storage, and communication, and deep learning models in automatic feature extraction and feature selection. Therefore, the integration of these technologies is emerging as a key tool for the monitoring, data capturing, prediction, detection, visualization, and classification of plant diseases from crop images. This manuscript presents a rigorous review of the Internet of Things and deep learning models employed for plant disease monitoring and classification. The review encompasses the unique strengths and limitations of different architectures. It highlights the research gaps identified from the related works proposed in the literature. It also presents a comparison of the performance of different deep learning models on publicly available datasets. The comparison gives insights into the selection of the optimum deep learning models according to the size of the dataset, expected response time, and resources available for computation and storage. This review is important in terms of developing optimized and hybrid models for plant disease classification.
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- Vijaypal Singh Dhaka
- Department of Computer and Communication Engineering, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur 303007, India;
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- Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture, Jobner 303328, India;
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- Department of Computer and Communication Engineering, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur 303007, India;
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- Department of Informatics, Modeling Electronics and Systems (DIMES), University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Rende, Italy; (E.Z.); (E.V.)
- National Research Council-Institute of Nanotechnology, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 33C, Arcavacata, 87036 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Informatics, Modeling Electronics and Systems (DIMES), University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Rende, Italy; (E.Z.); (E.V.)
- National Research Council-Institute of Nanotechnology, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 33C, Arcavacata, 87036 Rome, Italy
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Wen H, Yang X, Huang R, Zheng D, Yuan J, Hong H, Duan J, Zi Y, Tang Q. Universal Energy Solution for Triboelectric Sensors Toward the 5G Era and Internet of Things. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2302009. [PMID: 37246274 PMCID: PMC10401095 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202302009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The launching of 5G technology provides excellent opportunity for the prosperous development of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and intelligent wireless sensor nodes. However, deploying of tremendous wireless sensor nodes network presents a great challenge to sustainable power supply and self-powered active sensing. Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) has shown great capability for powering wireless sensors and work as self-powered sensors since its discovery in 2012. Nevertheless, its inherent property of large internal impedance and pulsed "high-voltage and low-current" output characteristic seriously limit its direct application as stable power supply. Herein, a generic triboelectric sensor module (TSM) is developed toward managing the high output of TENG into signals that can be directly utilized by commercial electronics. Finally, an IoT-based smart switching system is realized by integrating the TSM with a typical vertical contact-separation mode TENG and microcontroller, which is able to monitor the real-time appliance status and location information. Such design of a universal energy solution for triboelectric sensors is applicable for managing and normalizing the wide output range generated from various working modes of TENGs and suitable for facile integration with IoT platform, representing a significant step toward scaling up TENG applications in future smart sensing.
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- Haiyang Wen
- Institute of New Energy TechnologyCollege of Information Science and TechnologyJinan UniversityGuangzhou510632China
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- Institute of New Energy TechnologyCollege of Information Science and TechnologyJinan UniversityGuangzhou510632China
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- Institute of New Energy TechnologyCollege of Information Science and TechnologyJinan UniversityGuangzhou510632China
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- Institute of New Energy TechnologyCollege of Information Science and TechnologyJinan UniversityGuangzhou510632China
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- Institute of New Energy TechnologyCollege of Information Science and TechnologyJinan UniversityGuangzhou510632China
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- Institute of New Energy TechnologyCollege of Information Science and TechnologyJinan UniversityGuangzhou510632China
- School of Physics and OptoelectronicsSouth China University of TechnologyGuangzhou510641China
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- Institute of Carbon NeutralityCollege of Chemical and Biological EngineeringShandong University of Science and TechnologyQingdao266590China
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- Thrust of Sustainable Energy and EnvironmentThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)NanshaGuangzhou, Guangdong511400China
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- Institute of New Energy TechnologyCollege of Information Science and TechnologyJinan UniversityGuangzhou510632China
- Institute of Carbon NeutralityCollege of Chemical and Biological EngineeringShandong University of Science and TechnologyQingdao266590China
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AgriSecure: A Fog Computing-Based Security Framework for Agriculture 4.0 via Blockchain. Processes (Basel) 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/pr11030757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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Every aspect of the 21st century has undergone a revolution because of the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart computing technologies. These technologies are applied in many different ways, from monitoring the state of crops and the moisture level of the soil in real-time to using drones to help with chores such as spraying pesticides. The extensive integration of both recent IT and conventional agriculture has brought in the phase of agriculture 4.0, often known as smart agriculture. Agriculture intelligence and automation are addressed by smart agriculture. However, with the advancement of agriculture brought about by recent digital technology, information security challenges cannot be overlooked. The article begins by providing an overview of the development of agriculture 4.0 with pros and cons. This study focused on layered architectural design, identified security issues, and presented security demands and upcoming prospects. In addition to that, we propose a security architectural framework for agriculture 4.0 that combines blockchain technology, fog computing, and software-defined networking. The suggested framework combines Ethereum blockchain and software-defined networking technologies on an open-source IoT platform. It is then tested with three different cases under a DDoS attack. The results of the performance analysis show that overall, the proposed security framework has performed well.
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Abdelmoneim AA, Khadra R, Derardja B, Dragonetti G. Internet of Things (IoT) for Soil Moisture Tensiometer Automation. MICROMACHINES 2023; 14:263. [PMID: 36837963 PMCID: PMC9967655 DOI: 10.3390/mi14020263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Monitoring of water retention behavior in soils is an essential process to schedule irrigation. To this end, soil moisture tensiometers usually equipped with mechanical manometers provide an easy and cost-effective monitoring of tension in unsaturated soils. Yet, periodic manual monitoring of many devices is a tedious task hindering the full exploitation of soil moisture tensiometers. This research develops and lab validates a low cost IoT soil moisture tensiometer. The IoT-prototype is capable of measuring tension up to -80 Kpa with R2 = 0.99 as compared to the same tensiometer equipped with a mechanical manometer. It uses an ESP32 MCU, BMP180 barometric sensor and an SD card module to upload the measured points to a cloud service platform and establishes an online soil water potential curve. Moreover, it stores the reading on a micro-SD card as txt file. Being relatively cheap (76 USD) the prototype allows for more extensive measurements and, thus, for several potential applications such as soil water matric potential mapping, precision irrigation, and smart irrigation scheduling. In terms of energy, the prototype is totally autonomous, using a 2400 mAh Li-ion battery and a solar panel for charging, knowing that it uses deep sleep feature and sends three data points to the cloud each 6 h.
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Imbernón-Mulero A, Maestre-Valero JF, Martínez-Alvarez V, García-García FJ, Jódar-Conesa FJ, Gallego-Elvira B. Evaluation of an autonomous smart system for optimal management of fertigation with variable sources of irrigation water. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1149956. [PMID: 37123858 PMCID: PMC10130640 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1149956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Modern irrigation technologies and tools can help boost fertigation efficiency and sustainability, particularly when using irrigation water of varying quality. In this study, a high-tech irrigation head using a new fertigation optimization tool called NutriBalance, which is designed to manage feed waters of different qualities, has been evaluated from technical and economic perspectives. NutriBalance computes the optimal fertigation dose based on specific data about the equipment, the crop, the irrigation water, and the fertilizers available, in order to enable autonomous and accurate water and fertilizer supply. The system was trialed in a grapefruit orchard irrigated with fresh and desalinated water for several values of crop nutritional requirements and considering different fertilizer price scenarios. The results showed the good interoperability between the tool and the irrigation head and the nearly flawless ability (error below 7% for most ions) of the system to provide the prescribed fertigation with different combinations of irrigation water. Fertilizer savings of up to 40% were achieved, which, for the lifespan of the equipment, were estimated to correspond to around 500 EUR/ha/year. The results of this study can encourage the adoption of novel technologies and tools by farmers.
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- Alberto Imbernón-Mulero
- Deparment of Agricultural Engineering, Technical University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain
- *Correspondence: Alberto Imbernón-Mulero,
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- Deparment of Agricultural Engineering, Technical University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain
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- Deparment of Agricultural Engineering, Technical University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain
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Kour K, Gupta D, Gupta K, Anand D, Elkamchouchi DH, Pérez-Oleaga CM, Ibrahim M, Goyal N. Monitoring Ambient Parameters in the IoT Precision Agriculture Scenario: An Approach to Sensor Selection and Hydroponic Saffron Cultivation. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 22:s22228905. [PMID: 36433502 PMCID: PMC9697548 DOI: 10.3390/s22228905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The world population is on the rise, which demands higher food production. The reduction in the amount of land under cultivation due to urbanization makes this more challenging. The solution to this problem lies in the artificial cultivation of crops. IoT and sensors play an important role in optimizing the artificial cultivation of crops. The selection of sensors is important in order to ensure a better quality and yield in an automated artificial environment. There are many challenges involved in selecting sensors due to the highly competitive market. This paper provides a novel approach to sensor selection for saffron cultivation in an IoT-based environment. The crop used in this study is saffron due to the reason that much less research has been conducted on its hydroponic cultivation using sensors and its huge economic impact. A detailed hardware-based framework, the growth cycle of the crop, along with all the sensors, and the block layout used for saffron cultivation in a hydroponic medium are provided. The important parameters for a hydroponic medium, such as the concentration of nutrients and flow rate required, are discussed in detail. This paper is the first of its kind to explain the sensor configurations, performance metrics, and sensor-based saffron cultivation model. The paper discusses different metrics related to the selection, use and role of sensors in different IoT-based saffron cultivation practices. A smart hydroponic setup for saffron cultivation is proposed. The results of the model are evaluated using the AquaCrop simulator. The simulator is used to evaluate the value of performance metrics such as the yield, harvest index, water productivity, and biomass. The values obtained provide better results as compared to natural cultivation.
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- Kanwalpreet Kour
- Chitkara University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, Punjab, India
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- Chitkara University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, Punjab, India
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- Chitkara University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, Punjab, India
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, Punjab, India
- Higher Polytechnic School, Universidad Europea del Atlántico, C/Isabel Torres 21, 39011 Santander, Spain
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- Department of Information Technology, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Research and Innovation, Universidad Europea del Atlántico, C/Isabel Torres 21, 39011 Santander, Spain
- Department of Project Management, Universidade Internacional do Cuanza, Estrada Nacional 250, Bairro Kaluapanda, Cuito-Bié P.O. Box 841, Angola
- Department of Project Management, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana, Campeche 24560, Mexico
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- Department of Computer Engineering and Research Center of Advance Technology, Jeju National University, Jeju-si 63243, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Central University of Haryana, Mahenderagarh 123031, Haryana, India
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Dineva K, Atanasova T. Cloud Data-Driven Intelligent Monitoring System for Interactive Smart Farming. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 22:6566. [PMID: 36081027 PMCID: PMC9460716 DOI: 10.3390/s22176566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Smart farms, as a part of high-tech agriculture, collect a huge amount of data from IoT devices about the conditions of animals, plants, and the environment. These data are most often stored locally and are not used in intelligent monitoring systems to provide opportunities for extracting meaningful knowledge for the farmers. This often leads to a sense of missed transparency, fairness, and accountability, and a lack of motivation for the majority of farmers to invest in sensor-based intelligent systems to support and improve the technological development of their farm and the decision-making process. In this paper, a data-driven intelligent monitoring system in a cloud environment is proposed. The designed architecture enables a comprehensive solution for interaction between data extraction from IoT devices, preprocessing, storage, feature engineering, modelling, and visualization. Streaming data from IoT devices to interactive live reports along with built machine learning (ML) models are included. As a result of the proposed intelligent monitoring system, the collected data and ML modelling outcomes are visualized using a powerful dynamic dashboard. The dashboard allows users to monitor various parameters across the farm and provides an accessible way to view trends, deviations, and patterns in the data. ML models are trained on the collected data and are updated periodically. The data-driven visualization enables farmers to examine, organize, and represent collected farm's data with the goal of better serving their needs. Performance and durability tests of the system are provided. The proposed solution is a technological bridge with which farmers can easily, affordably, and understandably monitor and track the progress of their farms with easy integration into an existing IoT system.
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Zhou Y, Yao W, He X, Li T, Wang S, Han Y. Flow velocity sensors arrangement for vegetated channels. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:960103. [PMID: 36035729 PMCID: PMC9404247 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.960103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Ecological rivers or ecological channels are being widely used. Precious measurement and estimation of flow in irrigation areas are important issues in agricultural engineering. For the sustainable development of vegetation, it is necessary to consider how to use sensors to measure flow more easily in the river to protect both plants and sensors from damage. This article selects smooth channels and ecological channels of different shapes for research and presents a simplified method for arming ultrasonic sensors to obtain channel flow velocity. The flow characteristics along the normal line direction are obtained by theoretical analysis. The method uses the average flow velocity based on the normal to the channel wall to determine the location of the sensors. It combines the flow velocity determined by the sensors with the flow calculation method, thus simplifying the flow estimation steps. Experiments under flow conditions validate the efficacy of the proposed ultrasonic sensor arrangement method. This article not only simplifies the arrangement of sensors in channel flow but also improves the accuracy of the flow measurement method, which is important to promote the construction of ecological channels.
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- Yi Zhou
- College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Cruz M, Mafra S, Teixeira E, Figueiredo F. Smart Strawberry Farming Using Edge Computing and IoT. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 22:5866. [PMID: 35957425 PMCID: PMC9371401 DOI: 10.3390/s22155866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Strawberries are sensitive fruits that are afflicted by various pests and diseases. Therefore, there is an intense use of agrochemicals and pesticides during production. Due to their sensitivity, temperatures or humidity at extreme levels can cause various damages to the plantation and to the quality of the fruit. To mitigate the problem, this study developed an edge technology capable of handling the collection, analysis, prediction, and detection of heterogeneous data in strawberry farming. The proposed IoT platform integrates various monitoring services into one common platform for digital farming. The system connects and manages Internet of Things (IoT) devices to analyze environmental and crop information. In addition, a computer vision model using Yolo v5 architecture searches for seven of the most common strawberry diseases in real time. This model supports efficient disease detection with 92% accuracy. Moreover, the system supports LoRa communication for transmitting data between the nodes at long distances. In addition, the IoT platform integrates machine learning capabilities for capturing outliers in collected data, ensuring reliable information for the user. All these technologies are unified to mitigate the disease problem and the environmental damage on the plantation. The proposed system is verified through implementation and tested on a strawberry farm, where the capabilities were analyzed and assessed.
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- Instituto Nacional de Telecomunições (INATEL) Santa Rita Sapucai, Santa Rita do Sapucai 37540-000, MG, Brazil
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Feasibility of a Planar Coil-Based Inductive-Capacitive Water Level Sensor with a Quality-Detection Feature: An Experimental Study. SENSORS 2022; 22:s22155508. [PMID: 35898013 PMCID: PMC9331053 DOI: 10.3390/s22155508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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This paper presents a new water-level-sensing mechanism based on planar coils fabricated on a printed circuit board (PCB). In addition to level, the sensor detects any relative increase in conductivity compared to that of clean water, which is an indicator of its quality. The sensing mechanism utilizes the eddy current induced in the water column, the corresponding change in the coil inductance, and the change in the turn-to-turn capacitance of the coil in the presence of water. Although several level sensors are available, there is none that gives the level and quality information using a single sensing element. Since both water quantity and quality measurements are fundamental in realizing efficient water and wastewater management, obtaining these two parameters from the same sensor is very beneficial. A scalable, planar coil-based sensor that helps achieve this goal is designed, fabricated, and tested in a laboratory setting. The results illustrate that the reactance of the sensor coil measured at a frequency (1 kHz for the prototype) much lower than the self-resonance of the coil gives reliable information about the level of water, while the measurement made at resonance, using an inductance-to-digital converter, is a clear indicator of its conductivity and, hence, quality.
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Zhan C, Tian M, Liu Y, Zhou J, Yi X. A novel greedy adaptive ant colony algorithm for shortest path of irrigation groups. MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING : MBE 2022; 19:9018-9038. [PMID: 35942747 DOI: 10.3934/mbe.2022419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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With the full-scale implementation of facility agriculture, the laying of a water distribution network (WDN) on farmland plays an important role in irrigating crops. Especially in large areas of farmland, with the parameters of moisture sensors, the staff can divide the WDN into several irrigation groups according to the soil moisture conditions in each area and irrigate them in turn, so that irrigation can be carried out quickly and efficiently while meeting the demand for irrigation. However, the efficiency of irrigation is directly related to the pipe length of each irrigation group of the WDN. Obtaining the shortest total length of irrigation groups is a path optimization problem. In this paper, a grouped irrigation path model is designed, and a new greedy adaptive ant colony algorithm (GAACO) is proposed to shorten the total length of irrigation groups. To verify the effectiveness of GAACO, we compare it with simple modified particle swarm optimization (SMPSO), chaos-directed genetic algorithms (CDGA) and self-adaptive ant colony optimization (SACO), which are currently applied to the path problem. The simulation results show that GAACO can effectively shorten the total path of the irrigation group for all cases from 30 to 100 water-demanding nodes and has the fastest convergence speed compared to SMPSO, CDGA and SACO. As a result, GAACO can be applied to the shortest pipeline path problem for irrigation of farmland groups.
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- Chenyang Zhan
- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832000, China
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832000, China
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- College of Information Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832000, China
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- College of Information Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832000, China
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- College of Information Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832000, China
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Khalifeh AF, AlQammaz AY, Abualigah L, Khasawneh AM, Darabkh KA. A machine learning-based weather prediction model and its application on smart irrigation. JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & FUZZY SYSTEMS 2022. [DOI: 10.3233/jifs-219284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Weather prediction is paramount for many applications and scenarios, among them is agriculture. In order to efficiently irrigate the crops with the exact needed water amount, weather forecasting can be used to optimize the quantity of required irrigation water such that the crops are neither dried up nor over-irrigated. This paper proposes a Machine Learning (ML)-based weather forecasting model, which utilizes the Social Spider Algorithm-Least Square-Support Vector Machine (SSA-LS-SVM) algorithm. The simulation results are used to predict the prime weather and soil parameters such as the atmospheric temperature, pressure, and soil humidity for 24, 48, and 72 hours based on previous 39 days’ hourly data for Amman city. The predicted values showed low relative mean square errors compared with the actual values and the LS-SVM predictor.
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- Ala’ F. Khalifeh
- Electrical Engineering Department, German Jordanian University, Amman, Jordan
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- Faculty of Computer Sciences and Informatics, Amman Arab University, Amman, Jordan
- School of Computer Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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- Information Technology Department, Amman Arab University, Amman, Jordan
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Attkan A, Ranga V. Cyber-physical security for IoT networks: a comprehensive review on traditional, blockchain and artificial intelligence based key-security. COMPLEX INTELL SYST 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s40747-022-00667-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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AbstractThe recent years have garnered huge attention towards the Internet of Things (IoT) because it enables its consumers to improve their lifestyles and professionally keep up with the technological advancements in the cyber-physical world. The IoT edge devices are heterogeneous in terms of the technology they are built on and the storage file formats used. These devices require highly secure modes of mutual authentication to authenticate each other before actually sending the data. Mutual authentication is a very important aspect of peer-to-peer communication. Secure session keys enable these resource-constrained devices to authenticate each other. After successful authentication, a device can be authorized and can be granted access to shared resources. The need for validating a device requesting data transfer to avoid data privacy breaches that may compromise confidentiality and integrity. Blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) both are extensively being used as an integrated part of IoT networks for security enhancements. Blockchain provides a decentralized mechanism to store validated session keys that can be allotted to the network devices. Blockchain is also used to load balance the stressing edge devices during low battery levels. AI on the other hand provides better learning and adaptiveness towards IoT attacks. The integration of newer technologies in IoT key management yields enhanced security features. In this article, we systematically survey recent trending technologies from an IoT security point of view and discuss traditional key security mechanisms. This article delivers a comprehensive quality study for researchers on authentication and session keys, integrating IoT with blockchain and AI-based authentication in cybersecurity.
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A secure framework for IoT-based smart climate agriculture system: Toward blockchain and edge computing. JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS 2022. [DOI: 10.1515/jisys-2022-0012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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An intelligent climate and watering agriculture system is presented that is controlled with Android application for smart water consumption considering small and medium ruler agricultural fields. Data privacy and security as a big challenge in current Internet of Things (IoT) applications, as with the increase in number of connecting devices, these devices are now more vulnerable to security threats. An intelligent fuzzy logic and blockchain technology is implemented for timely analysis and securing the network. The proposed design consists of various sensors that collect real-time data from environment and field such as temperature, soil moisture, light intensity, and humidity. The sensed field information is stored in IoT cloud platform, and after the analysis of entries, watering is scheduled by implementing the intelligent fuzzy logic and blockchain. The intelligent fuzzy logic based on different set of rules for making smart decisions to meet the watering requirements of plant and blockchain technology provides necessary security to the IoT-enabled system. The implementation of blockchain technology allows access only to the trusted devices and manages the network. From the experimentation, it is observed that the proposed system is highly scalable and secure. Multiple users at the same time can monitor and interact with the system remotely by using the proposed intelligent agricultural system. The decisions are taken by applying intelligent fuzzy logic based on input variables, and an alert is transmitted about watering requirements of a field to the user. The proposed system is capable of notifying users for turning water motor on and off. The experimental outcomes of the proposed system also reveal that it is an efficient and highly secure application, which is capable of handling the process of watering the plants.
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All living things, including plants, animals, and humans, need water in order to live. Even though the world has a lot of water, only about 1% of it is fresh and usable. As the population has grown and water has been used more, fresh water has become a more valuable and important resource. Agriculture uses more than 70% of the world’s fresh water. People who work in agriculture are not only the world’s biggest water users by volume, but also the least valuable, least efficient, and most subsidized water users. Technology like smart irrigation systems must be used to make agricultural irrigation more efficient so that more water is used. A system like this can be very precise, but it needs information about the soil and the weather in the area where it is going to be used. This paper analyzes a smart irrigation system that is based on the Internet of Things and a cloud-based architecture. This system is designed to measure soil moisture and humidity and then process this data in the cloud using a variety of machine learning techniques. Farmers are given the correct information about water content rules. Farming can use less water if they use smart irrigation.
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Secure Authentication Scheme Using Diffie–Hellman Key Agreement for Smart IoT Irrigation Systems. ELECTRONICS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/electronics11020188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Smart irrigation is considered one of the most significant agriculture management systems worldwide, considering the current context of water scarcity. There is a clear consensus that such smart systems will play an essential role in achieving the economic growth of other vital sectors. In general, the consequences of global warming and the unavailability of clean water sources for the agricultural sector are clear indications that the demand for these systems will increase in the near future, especially considering the recent expansions in the use of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technologies, which have been employed in the development of such systems. An obvious result is that security challenges will be one of the main obstacles to attaining the widespread adoption of such systems. Therefore, this paper proposes a secure authentication scheme using Diffie–Hellman key agreement for smart IoT irrigation systems using WSNs. This scheme is based on Diffie–Hellman and one-way hash cryptographic functions in order to support the basic security services with a high data rate and ability to resist well-known attacks. The Burrows–Abadi–Needham (BAN) logic model is used to verify the proposed scheme formally. Based on various possible attack scenarios, a resistance analysis of the proposed scheme is discussed. Further analyses are performed in terms of the storage size, intercommunication, and running time costs. Therefore, the proposed scheme not only can be considered a secure authentication scheme but is also practical for smart IoT irrigation systems due to its reasonable efficiency factors.
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Experimental and Mathematical Models for Real-Time Monitoring and Auto Watering Using IoT Architecture. COMPUTERS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/computers11010007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Manufacturing industries based on Internet of Things (IoT) technologies play an important role in the economic development of intelligent agriculture and watering. Water availability has become a global problem that afflicts many countries, especially in remote and desert areas. An efficient irrigation system is needed for optimizing the amount of water consumption, agriculture monitoring, and reducing energy costs. This paper proposes a real-time monitoring and auto-watering system based on predicting mathematical models that efficiently control the water rate needed. It gives the plant the optimal amount of required water level, which helps to save water. It also ensures interoperability among heterogeneous sensing data streams to support large-scale agricultural analytics. The mathematical model is embedded in the Arduino Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for sensing the soil moisture level and checking whether it is less than the pre-defined threshold value, then plant watering is performed automatically. The proposed system enhances the watering system’s efficiency by reducing the water consumption by more than 70% and increasing production due to irrigation optimization. It also reduces the water and energy consumption amount and decreases the maintenance costs.
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Vivekanandhan V, Sakthivel S, Manikandan M. Adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system to enhance the classification performance in smart irrigation system. Comput Intell 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/coin.12492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Makarov M, Aslamov I, Gnatovsky R. Environmental Monitoring of the Littoral Zone of Lake Baikal Using a Network of Automatic Hydro-Meteorological Stations: Development and Trial Run. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 21:7659. [PMID: 34833734 PMCID: PMC8620454 DOI: 10.3390/s21227659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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An automatic hydro-meteorological station (AHMS) was designed to monitor the littoral zone of Lake Baikal in areas with high anthropogenic pressure. The developed AHMS was installed near the Bolshiye Koty settlement (southern basin). This AHMS is the first experience focused on obtaining the necessary competencies for the development of a monitoring network of the Baikal natural territory. To increase the flexibility of adjustment and repeatability, we developed AHMS as a low-cost modular system. AHMS is equipped with a weather station and sensors measuring water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, redox potential, conductivity, chlorophyll-a, and turbidity. This article describes the main AHMS functions (hardware and software) and measures taken to ensure data quality control. We present the results of the first two periods of its operation. The data acquired during this periods have demonstrated that, to obtain accurate measurements and to detect and correct errors that were mainly due to biofouling of the sensors and calibration bias, a correlation between AHMS and laboratory studies is necessary for parameters such as pH and chlorophyll-a. The gained experience should become the basis for the further development of the monitoring network of the Baikal natural territory.
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- Mikhail Makarov
- Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 664033 Irkutsk, Russia; (I.A.); (R.G.)
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Rocher J, Parra L, Jimenez JM, Lloret J, Basterrechea DA. Development of a Low-Cost Optical Sensor to Detect Eutrophication in Irrigation Reservoirs. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21227637. [PMID: 34833712 PMCID: PMC8619190 DOI: 10.3390/s21227637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In irrigation ponds, the excess of nutrients can cause eutrophication, a massive growth of microscopic algae. It might cause different problems in the irrigation infrastructure and should be monitored. In this paper, we present a low-cost sensor based on optical absorption in order to determine the concentration of algae in irrigation ponds. The sensor is composed of 5 LEDs with different wavelengths and light-dependent resistances as photoreceptors. Data are gathered for the calibration of the prototype, including two turbidity sources, sediment and algae, including pure samples and mixed samples. Samples were measured at a different concentration from 15 mg/L to 4000 mg/L. Multiple regression models and artificial neural networks, with a training and validation phase, are compared as two alternative methods to classify the tested samples. Our results indicate that using multiple regression models, it is possible to estimate the concentration of alga with an average absolute error of 32.0 mg/L and an average relative error of 11.0%. On the other hand, it is possible to classify up to 100% of the samples in the validation phase with the artificial neural network. Thus, a novel prototype capable of distinguishing turbidity sources and two classification methodologies, which can be adapted to different node features, are proposed for the operation of the developed prototype.
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- Javier Rocher
- Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Zonas Costeras, Universitat Politècnica de València, Grao de Gandía, 46730 Valencia, Spain; (J.R.); (L.P.); (J.M.J.); (D.A.B.)
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- Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Zonas Costeras, Universitat Politècnica de València, Grao de Gandía, 46730 Valencia, Spain; (J.R.); (L.P.); (J.M.J.); (D.A.B.)
- Finca “El Encin”, Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural, Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDRA), A-2, Km 38, 2, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Zonas Costeras, Universitat Politècnica de València, Grao de Gandía, 46730 Valencia, Spain; (J.R.); (L.P.); (J.M.J.); (D.A.B.)
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- Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Zonas Costeras, Universitat Politècnica de València, Grao de Gandía, 46730 Valencia, Spain; (J.R.); (L.P.); (J.M.J.); (D.A.B.)
- Correspondence:
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- Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Zonas Costeras, Universitat Politècnica de València, Grao de Gandía, 46730 Valencia, Spain; (J.R.); (L.P.); (J.M.J.); (D.A.B.)
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Wireless Sensor Networks in Agriculture: Insights from Bibliometric Analysis. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su132112011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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This study investigates how wireless sensor network (WSN) applications in agriculture are discussed in the current academic literature. On the basis of bibliometric techniques, 2444 publications were extracted from the Scopus database and analyzed to identify the temporal distribution of WSN research, the most productive journals, the most cited authors, the most influential studies, and the most relevant keywords. The computer program VOSviewer was used to generate the keyword co-occurrence network and partition the pertinent literature. Findings show the remarkable growth of WSN research in recent years. The most relevant journals, cited countries, and influential studies were also identified. The main results from the keyword co-occurrence clustering and the detailed analysis illustrate that WSN is a key enabler for precision agriculture. WSN research also focuses on the role of other technologies such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and unmanned aerial vehicles in supporting several agriculture activities, including smart irrigation and soil management. This study illuminates researchers’ and practitioners’ views of what has been researched and identifies possible opportunities for future studies. To the authors’ best knowledge, this bibliometric study represents the first attempt to map global WSN research using a comprehensive sample of documents published over nearly three decades.
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Lloret J, Sendra S, Garcia L, Jimenez JM. A Wireless Sensor Network Deployment for Soil Moisture Monitoring in Precision Agriculture. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21217243. [PMID: 34770549 PMCID: PMC8587686 DOI: 10.3390/s21217243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2021] [Revised: 10/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The use of precision agriculture is becoming more and more necessary to provide food for the world’s growing population, as well as to reduce environmental impact and enhance the usage of limited natural resources. One of the main drawbacks that hinder the use of precision agriculture is the cost of technological immersion in the sector. For farmers, it is necessary to provide low-cost and robust systems as well as reliability. Toward this end, this paper presents a wireless sensor network of low-cost sensor nodes for soil moisture that can help farmers optimize the irrigation processes in precision agriculture. Each wireless node is composed of four soil moisture sensors that are able to measure the moisture at different depths. Each sensor is composed of two coils wound onto a plastic pipe. The sensor operation is based on mutual induction between coils that allow monitoring the percentage of water content in the soil. Several prototypes with different features have been tested. The prototype that has offered better results has a winding ratio of 1:2 with 15 and 30 spires working at 93 kHz. We also have developed a specific communication protocol to improve the performance of the whole system. Finally, the wireless network was tested, in a real, cultivated plot of citrus trees, in terms of coverage and received signal strength indicator (RSSI) to check losses due to vegetation.
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The role of agriculture in society is vital due to factors such as providing food for the population, is a major source of employment worldwide, and one of the most important sources of revenue for countries. Furthermore, in recent years, the interest in optimizing the use of water resources has increased due to aspects such as climate change. This has led to the introduction of technology in the fields by means of sensor networks that allow remote monitoring and control of cultivated lands. In this paper, we present a system for flood irrigation in agriculture comprised of a sensor network based on WiFi communication. Different sensors measure atmospheric parameters such as temperature, humidity, and rain, soil parameters such as humidity, and water parameters such as water temperature, salinity, and water height to decide on the need of activating the floodgates for irrigation. The user application displays the data gathered by the sensors, shows a graphical representation of the state of irrigation of each ditch, and allows farmers to manage the irrigation of their fields. Finally, different tests were performed on a plot of vegetables to evaluate the correct performance of the system and the coverage of the sensor network on a vegetated area with different deployment options.
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Debauche O, Mahmoudi S, Manneback P, Lebeau F. Cloud and distributed architectures for data management in agriculture 4.0 : Review and future trends. JOURNAL OF KING SAUD UNIVERSITY - COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jksuci.2021.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Zhu X, Huang J. Malware propagation model for cluster-based wireless sensor networks using epidemiological theory. PeerJ Comput Sci 2021; 7:e728. [PMID: 34616898 PMCID: PMC8459781 DOI: 10.7717/peerj-cs.728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Due to limited resources, wireless sensor network (WSN) nodes generally possess weak defense capabilities and are often the target of malware attacks. Attackers can capture or infect specific sensor nodes and propagate malware to other sensor nodes in WSNs through node communication. This can eventually infect an entire network system and even cause paralysis. Based on epidemiological theory, the present study proposes a malware propagation model suitable for cluster-based WSNs to analyze the propagation dynamic of malware. The model focuses on the data-transmission characteristics between different nodes in a cluster-based network and considers the actual application parameters of WSNs, such as node communication radius, node distributed density, and node death rate. In addition, an attack and defense game between malware and defending systems is also established, and the infection and recovery rates of malware propagation under the mixed strategy Nash equilibrium condition are given. In particular, the basic reproductive number, equilibrium point, and stability of the model are derived. These studies revealed that a basic reproductive number of less than 1 leads to eventual disappearance of malware, which provides significant insight into the design of defense strategies against malware threats. Numerical experiments were conducted to validate the theory proposed, and the influence of WSN parameters on malware propagation was examined.
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- Xuejin Zhu
- School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Purple Mountain Laboratories, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Nano-Enable Materials Promoting Sustainability and Resilience in Modern Agriculture. NANOMATERIALS 2021; 11:nano11082068. [PMID: 34443899 PMCID: PMC8398611 DOI: 10.3390/nano11082068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Revised: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Intensive conventional agriculture and climate change have induced severe ecological damages and threatened global food security, claiming a reorientation of agricultural management and public policies towards a more sustainable development model. In this context, nanomaterials promise to support this transition by promoting mitigation, enhancing productivity, and reducing contamination. This review gathers recent research innovations on smart nanoformulations and delivery systems improving crop protection and plant nutrition, nanoremediation strategies for contaminated soils, nanosensors for plant health and food quality and safety monitoring, and nanomaterials as smart food-packaging. It also highlights the impact of engineered nanomaterials on soil microbial communities, and potential environmental risks, along with future research directions. Although large-scale production and in-field testing of nano-agrochemicals are still ongoing, the collected information indicates improvements in uptake, use efficiency, targeted delivery of the active ingredients, and reduction of leaching and pollution. Nanoremediation seems to have a low negative impact on microbial communities while promoting biodiversity. Nanosensors enable high-resolution crop monitoring and sustainable management of the resources, while nano-packaging confers catalytic, antimicrobial, and barrier properties, preserving food safety and preventing food waste. Though, the application of nanomaterials to the agri-food sector requires a specific risk assessment supporting proper regulations and public acceptance.
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Deep Q-Learning and Preference Based Multi-Agent System for Sustainable Agricultural Market. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21165276. [PMID: 34450717 PMCID: PMC8402225 DOI: 10.3390/s21165276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Yearly population growth will lead to a significant increase in agricultural production in the coming years. Twenty-first century agricultural producers will be facing the challenge of achieving food security and efficiency. This must be achieved while ensuring sustainable agricultural systems and overcoming the problems posed by climate change, depletion of water resources, and the potential for increased erosion and loss of productivity due to extreme weather conditions. Those environmental consequences will directly affect the price setting process. In view of the price oscillations and the lack of transparent information for buyers, a multi-agent system (MAS) is presented in this article. It supports the making of decisions in the purchase of sustainable agricultural products. The proposed MAS consists of a system that supports decision-making when choosing a supplier on the basis of certain preference-based parameters aimed at measuring the sustainability of a supplier and a deep Q-learning agent for agricultural future market price forecast. Therefore, different agri-environmental indicators (AEIs) have been considered, as well as the use of edge computing technologies to reduce costs of data transfer to the cloud. The presented MAS combines price setting optimizations and user preferences in regards to accessing, filtering, and integrating information. The agents filter and fuse information relevant to a user according to supplier attributes and a dynamic environment. The results presented in this paper allow a user to choose the supplier that best suits their preferences as well as to gain insight on agricultural future markets price oscillations through a deep Q-learning agent.
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Ensuring Agricultural Sustainability through Remote Sensing in the Era of Agriculture 5.0. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app11135911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Timely and reliable information about crop management, production, and yield is considered of great utility by stakeholders (e.g., national and international authorities, farmers, commercial units, etc.) to ensure food safety and security. By 2050, according to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates, around 70% more production of agricultural products will be needed to fulfil the demands of the world population. Likewise, to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially the second goal of “zero hunger”, potential technologies like remote sensing (RS) need to be efficiently integrated into agriculture. The application of RS is indispensable today for a highly productive and sustainable agriculture. Therefore, the present study draws a general overview of RS technology with a special focus on the principal platforms of this technology, i.e., satellites and remotely piloted aircrafts (RPAs), and the sensors used, in relation to the 5th industrial revolution. Nevertheless, since 1957, RS technology has found applications, through the use of satellite imagery, in agriculture, which was later enriched by the incorporation of remotely piloted aircrafts (RPAs), which is further pushing the boundaries of proficiency through the upgrading of sensors capable of higher spectral, spatial, and temporal resolutions. More prominently, wireless sensor technologies (WST) have streamlined real time information acquisition and programming for respective measures. Improved algorithms and sensors can, not only add significant value to crop data acquisition, but can also devise simulations on yield, harvesting and irrigation periods, metrological data, etc., by making use of cloud computing. The RS technology generates huge sets of data that necessitate the incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data to extract useful products, thereby augmenting the adeptness and efficiency of agriculture to ensure its sustainability. These technologies have made the orientation of current research towards the estimation of plant physiological traits rather than the structural parameters possible. Futuristic approaches for benefiting from these cutting-edge technologies are discussed in this study. This study can be helpful for researchers, academics, and young students aspiring to play a role in the achievement of sustainable agriculture.
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A Standard-Based Internet of Things Platform and Data Flow Modeling for Smart Environmental Monitoring. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21124228. [PMID: 34203055 PMCID: PMC8234585 DOI: 10.3390/s21124228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Revised: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The environment consists of the interaction between the physical, biotic, and anthropic means. As this interaction is dynamic, environmental characteristics tend to change naturally over time, requiring continuous monitoring. In this scenario, the internet of things (IoT), together with traditional sensor networks, allows for the monitoring of various environmental aspects such as air, water, atmospheric, and soil conditions, and sending data to different users and remote applications. This paper proposes a Standard-based Internet of Things Platform and Data Flow Modeling for Smart Environmental Monitoring. The platform consists of an IoT network based on the IEEE 1451 standard which has the network capable application processor (NCAP) node (coordinator) and multiple wireless transducers interface module (WTIM) nodes. A WTIM node consists of one or more transducers, a data transfer interface and a processing unit. Thus, with the developed network, it is possible to collect environmental data at different points within a city landscape, to perform analysis of the communication distance between the WTIM nodes, and monitor the number of bytes transferred according to each network node. In addition, a dynamic model of data flow is proposed where the performance of the NCAP and WTIM nodes are described through state variables, relating directly to the information exchange dynamics between the communicating nodes in the mesh network. The modeling results showed stability in the network. Such stability means that the network has capacity of preserve its flow of information, for a long period of time, without loss frames or packets due to congestion.
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Design and Implementation of an Energy-Efficient Weather Station for Wind Data Collection. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21113831. [PMID: 34205904 PMCID: PMC8198931 DOI: 10.3390/s21113831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Agriculture faces critical challenges caused by changing climatic factors and weather patterns with random distribution. This has increased the need for accurate local weather predictions and weather data collection to support precision agriculture. The demand for uninterrupted weather stations is overwhelming, and the Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to address this demand. One major challenge of energy constraint in remotely deployed IoT devices can be resolved using weather stations that are energy neutral. This paper focuses on optimizing the energy consumption of a weather station by optimizing the data collected and sent from the sensor deployed in remote locations. An asynchronous optimization algorithm for wind data collection has been successfully developed, using the development lifecyle specifically designed for weather stations and focused on achieving energy neutrality. The developed IoT weather station was deployed in the field, and it has the potential to reduce the power consumption of the weather station by more than 60%.
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A Sentinel-2 Image-Based Irrigation Advisory Service: Cases for Tea Plantations. WATER 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/w13091305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In this study, we aim to develop an inexpensive site-specific irrigation advisory service for resolving disadvantages related to using immobile soil moisture sensors and to the differences in irrigation needs of different tea plantations affected by variabilities in cultivars, plant ages, soil heterogeneity, and management practices. In the paper, we present methodologies to retrieve two biophysical variables, surface soil water content and canopy water content of tea trees from Sentinel-2 (S2) (European Space Agency, Paris, France) images and consider their association with crop water availability status to be used for making decisions to send an alert level. Precipitation records are used as auxiliary information to assist in determining or modifying the alert level. Once the site-specific alert level for each target plantation is determined, it is sent to the corresponding farmer through text messaging. All the processes that make up the service, from downloading an S2 image from the web to alert level text messaging, are automated and can be completed before 7:30 a.m. the next day after an S2 image was taken. Therefore, the service is operated cyclically, and corresponds to the five-day revisit period of S2, but one day behind the S2 image acquisition date. However, it should be noted that the amount of irrigation water required for each site-specific plantation has not yet been estimated because of the complexities involved. Instead, a single irrigation rate (300 t ha−1) per irrigation event is recommended. The service is now available to over 20 tea plantations in the Mingjian Township, the largest tea producing region in Taiwan, free of charge since September 2020. This operational application is expected to save expenditures on buying irrigation water and induce deeper root systems by decreasing the frequency of insufficient irrigation commonly employed by local farmers.
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A Review of RFID Sensors, the New Frontier of Internet of Things. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21093138. [PMID: 33946500 PMCID: PMC8124958 DOI: 10.3390/s21093138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 03/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A review of technological solutions for RFID sensing and their current or envisioned applications is presented. The fundamentals of the wireless sensing technology are summarized in the first part of the work, and the benefits of adopting RFID sensors for replacing standard sensor-equipped Wi-Fi nodes are discussed. Emphasis is put on the absence of batteries and the lower cost of RFID sensors with respect to other sensor solutions available on the market. RFID sensors are critically compared by separating them into chipped and chipless configurations. Both categories are further analyzed with reference to their working mechanism (electronic, electromagnetic, and acoustic). RFID sensing through chip-equipped tags is now a mature technological solution, which is continuously increasing its presence on the market and in several applicative scenarios. On the other hand, chipless RFID sensing represents a relatively new concept, which could become a disruptive solution in the market, but further research in this field is necessary for customizing its employment in specific scenarios. The benefits and limitations of several tag configurations are shown and discussed. A summary of the most suitable applicative scenarios for RFID sensors are finally illustrated. Finally, a look at some sensing solutions available on the market are described and compared.
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Classification of Agriculture Farm Machinery Using Machine Learning and Internet of Things. Symmetry (Basel) 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/sym13030403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In this paper, we apply the multi-class supervised machine learning techniques for classifying the agriculture farm machinery. The classification of farm machinery is important when performing the automatic authentication of field activity in a remote setup. In the absence of a sound machine recognition system, there is every possibility of a fraudulent activity taking place. To address this need, we classify the machinery using five machine learning techniques—K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Decision Tree (DT), Random Forest (RF) and Gradient Boosting (GB). For training of the model, we use the vibration and tilt of machinery. The vibration and tilt of machinery are recorded using the accelerometer and gyroscope sensors, respectively. The machinery included the leveler, rotavator and cultivator. The preliminary analysis on the collected data revealed that the farm machinery (when in operation) showed big variations in vibration and tilt, but observed similar means. Additionally, the accuracies of vibration-based and tilt-based classifications of farm machinery show good accuracy when used alone (with vibration showing slightly better numbers than the tilt). However, the accuracies improve further when both (the tilt and vibration) are used together. Furthermore, all five machine learning algorithms used for classification have an accuracy of more than 82%, but random forest was the best performing. The gradient boosting and random forest show slight over-fitting (about 9%), but both algorithms produce high testing accuracy. In terms of execution time, the decision tree takes the least time to train, while the gradient boosting takes the most time.
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Deployment Strategies of Soil Monitoring WSN for Precision Agriculture Irrigation Scheduling in Rural Areas. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21051693. [PMID: 33804524 PMCID: PMC7957636 DOI: 10.3390/s21051693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Deploying wireless sensor networks (WSN) in rural environments such as agricultural fields may present some challenges that affect the communication between the nodes due to the vegetation. These challenges must be addressed when implementing precision agriculture (PA) systems that monitor the fields and estimate irrigation requirements with the gathered data. In this paper, different WSN deployment configurations for a soil monitoring PA system are studied to identify the effects of the rural environment on the signal and to identify the key aspects to consider when designing a PA wireless network. The PA system is described, providing the architecture, the node design, and the algorithm that determines the irrigation requirements. The testbed includes different types of vegetation and on-ground, near-ground, and above-ground ESP32 Wi-Fi node placements. The results of the testbed show high variability in densely vegetated areas. These results are analyzed to determine the theoretical maximum coverage for acceptable signal quality for each of the studied configurations. The best coverage was obtained for the near-ground deployment. Lastly, the aspects of the rural environment and the deployment that affect the signal such as node height, crop type, foliage density, or the form of irrigation are discussed.
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Behera SK, Sethy PK, Sahoo SK, Panigrahi S, Rajpoot SC. On-tree fruit monitoring system using IoT and image analysis. CONCURRENT ENGINEERING 2021; 29:6-15. [DOI: 10.1177/1063293x20988395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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On-tree fruit monitoring is an important practice to provide the exact status of the fruits concerning its quality, quantity and degree of maturity in the farm. In large farm, it is difficult to look over the individual tree manually to acquire the knowledge about the fruits. Again, the manual inspection method is time-consuming, labor intensive and erroneous. The image processing and IoT are the advance techniques applied in diverse field individually. In agriculture sector, image processing is applied for diagnosis of crops. With help of sensors, the IoT based system able to monitor the condition of field remotely. This paper suggests a frame work, which is the combination of image processing and IoT for on-tree fruit monitoring. İn addition, the on-tree counting and size estimation in terms of coefficient of correlation (R2) are 0.994 and 0.997 respectively.
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- Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad
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The irrigation sector has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent decades due to the application of pressurized water distribution technologies, improving the management of limited water resources. As a result of this transformation, irrigation has become, together with agricultural machinery, the primary consumer of energy within the agri-food sector. Furthermore, the energy cost of operating pumping equipment during a farming season represents 30–40% of the crop’s total cost. For this reason, one of the most interesting challenges in this scope is that of improving energy efficiency and reducing economic costs so that productive work become more and more competitive. Energy audit makes possible to determine the efficiency of installations, and enables to determine energy saving protocols (requirements), for this reason the aim of this article is to carry out these by using IoT-based systems. The proposed system improves decision-making on agricultural pumping management by classifying wells’ efficiency and integrating the data sets that determine their efficiency into a single information model. The system monitors energy efficiency according to different parameters such as: infrastructure, energy consumption, electric rates, manometric height or type of installation, making it possible to enhance each pumping operation’s decisions. This solution has been deployed in an irrigation community in southeast Spain whose results have warned about the lack of efficiency in two of its wells: in one of them it is proposed that they be replaced, due to the high cost of pumping water, and in the other, hydraulic mechanisms are implemented to improve the water-energy binomial.
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Blanc S, Bayo-Montón JL, Palanca-Barrio S, Arreaga-Alvarado NX. A Service Discovery Solution for Edge Choreography-Based Distributed Embedded Systems. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 21:672. [PMID: 33478175 PMCID: PMC7835934 DOI: 10.3390/s21020672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This paper presents a solution to support service discovery for edge choreography based distributed embedded systems. The Internet of Things (IoT) edge architectural layer is composed of Raspberry Pi machines. Each machine hosts different services organized based on the choreography collaborative paradigm. The solution adds to the choreography middleware three messages passing models to be coherent and compatible with current IoT messaging protocols. It is aimed to support blind hot plugging of new machines and help with service load balance. The discovery mechanism is implemented as a broker service and supports regular expressions (Regex) in message scope to discern both publishing patterns offered by data providers and client services necessities. Results compare Control Process Unit (CPU) usage in a request-response and datacentric configuration and analyze both regex interpreter latency times compared with a traditional message structure as well as its impact on CPU and memory consumption.
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- Sara Blanc
- Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, ITACA, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain; (J.-L.B.-M.); (N.X.A.-A.)
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- Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, ITACA, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain; (J.-L.B.-M.); (N.X.A.-A.)
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- School of Informatics, ETSINF, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain;
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- Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, ITACA, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain; (J.-L.B.-M.); (N.X.A.-A.)
- Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Polytechnic University, FIEC, Campus Gustavo Galindo Km. 30.5 Vía Perimetral, P.O. Box, Guayaquil 09-01-5863, Ecuador
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Baek G, Saeed M, Choi HK. Duckweeds: their utilization, metabolites and cultivation. APPLIED BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 2021; 64:73. [PMID: 34693083 PMCID: PMC8525856 DOI: 10.1186/s13765-021-00644-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Duckweeds are floating plants of the family Lemnaceae, comprising 5 genera and 36 species. They typically live in ponds or lakes and are found worldwide, except the polar regions. There are two duckweed subfamilies-namely Lemnoidea and Wolffioideae, with 15 and 21 species, respectively. Additionally, they have characteristic reproduction methods. Several metabolites have also been reported in various duckweeds. Duckweeds have a wide range of adaptive capabilities and are particularly suitable for experiments requiring high productivity because of their speedy growth and reproduction rates. Duckweeds have been studied for their use as food/feed resources and pharmaceuticals, as well as for phytoremediation and industrial applications. Because there are numerous duckweed species, culture conditions should be optimized for industrial applications. Here, we review and summarize studies on duckweed species and their utilization, metabolites, and cultivation methods to support the extended application of duckweeds in future.
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- GahYoung Baek
- College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974 Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974 Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974 Republic of Korea
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Digitization of industrial processes using new technologies (IoT—Internet of Things, IoE—Internet of Everything), including the agriculture industry, are globally gaining growing interest. The precise management of production inputs is essential for many agricultural companies because limited or expensive sources of water and nutrients could make sustainable production difficult. For these reasons, precise data from fields, plants, and greenhouses have become more important for decision making and for the proper dosage of water and nutrients. On the market are a variety of sensors for monitoring environmental parameters within a precise agricultural area. However, the high price, data storage/transfer functionality are limiting so cost-effective products capable to transfer data directly to farmers via wireless IoT networks are required. Within a given scope, low-price sensor elements with an appropriate level of sensor response are required. In the presented paper, we have developed fully printed sensor elements and a dedicated measuring/communicating unit for IoT monitoring of soil moisture. Various fabrication printing techniques and a variety of materials were used. From the performed study, it is obvious that fully printed sensor elements based on cheap and environmentally friendly carbon layers printed on the wood substrate can compete with conventionally made sensors based on copper.
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Rettore de Araujo Zanella A, da Silva E, Pessoa Albini LC. Security challenges to smart agriculture: Current state, key issues, and future directions. ARRAY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.array.2020.100048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Design, Implementation, and Empirical Validation of an IoT Smart Irrigation System for Fog Computing Applications Based on LoRa and LoRaWAN Sensor Nodes. SENSORS 2020; 20:s20236865. [PMID: 33266243 PMCID: PMC7730861 DOI: 10.3390/s20236865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Climate change is driving new solutions to manage water more efficiently. Such solutions involve the development of smart irrigation systems where Internet of Things (IoT) nodes are deployed throughout large areas. In addition, in the mentioned areas, wireless communications can be difficult due to the presence of obstacles and metallic objects that block electromagnetic wave propagation totally or partially. This article details the development of a smart irrigation system able to cover large urban areas thanks to the use of Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) sensor nodes based on LoRa and LoRaWAN. IoT nodes collect soil temperature/moisture and air temperature data, and control water supply autonomously, either by making use of fog computing gateways or by relying on remote commands sent from a cloud. Since the selection of IoT node and gateway locations is essential to have good connectivity and to reduce energy consumption, this article uses an in-house 3D-ray launching radio-planning tool to determine the best locations in real scenarios. Specifically, this paper provides details on the modeling of a university campus, which includes elements like buildings, roads, green areas, or vehicles. In such a scenario, simulations and empirical measurements were performed for two different testbeds: a LoRaWAN testbed that operates at 868 MHz and a testbed based on LoRa with 433 MHz transceivers. All the measurements agree with the simulation results, showing the impact of shadowing effects and material features (e.g., permittivity, conductivity) in the electromagnetic propagation of near-ground and underground LoRaWAN communications. Higher RF power levels are observed for 433 MHz due to the higher transmitted power level and the lower radio propagation losses, and even in the worst gateway location, the received power level is higher than the sensitivity threshold (−148 dBm). Regarding water consumption, the provided estimations indicate that the proposed smart irrigation system is able to reduce roughly 23% of the amount of used water just by considering weather forecasts. The obtained results provide useful guidelines for future smart irrigation developers and show the radio planning tool accuracy, which allows for optimizing the sensor network topology and the overall performance of the network in terms of coverage, cost, and energy consumption.
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