Seeking to empower smallholder farmers, an Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU) duo devised a solution ...

Detecting infectious disease threats early and responding quickly can dramatically alter the course of an infectious outbreak.

When it comes to drought stress, timing can be the difference between saving a crop and losing it, whether in a greenhouse or in the high-stakes environment of future space missions. In a recent study ...

Abstract: Grape cultivation faces various challenges, such as pests, management, fertilizer quality, and diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Notably, powdery mildew and blotches are ...

Abstract: The wide-scale prevalence of diseases in crops and inefficient soil to grow crops highly damage the standard quality and quantity of crop production. So, the disease in the crops needs to be ...

Agricultural data is “fragmented, distributed, heterogeneous, and incompatible.” That’s the verdict from a major Council for Agricultural Science and Technology report published barely a year ago, and ...

It’s the year 2030 in the middle of a field in Perry, Iowa. At 85 degrees, it’s unseasonably hot for early May. Already, there are soybeans breaking through the soil in farmland as far as the eye can ...

When unseasonal rains hit Kerala during last year’s paddy harvest, farmers were forced to leave ripe crops standing in flooded fields. Harvesting machines could not operate in the rain, and without ...

AI systems use sensors and computer vision to detect pests and diseases early, reducing crop damage and yield losses. Real-time data analysis helps farmers take timely preventive actions, lowering ...

This illustration shows how the "Pest-ID" tool developed by Iowa State researchers can help farmers identify and manage pests of all kinds. Image courtesy of Iowa State's Translational AI Center. Nine ...

For decades, Indian farmers have battled crop diseases that often strike without warning, wiping out weeks of hard work and cutting into already thin margins. Today, a new breed of agri-startups is ...