Saud Yonbawi¹, Sultan Alahmari², T. Satyanarayana murthy³, Ravuri Daniel⁴, E. Laxmi Lydia⁵, Mohamad Khairi Ishak⁶, Hend Khalid Alkahtani^7,*, Ayman Aljarbouh⁸, Samih M. Mostafa⁹

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.46, No.3, pp. 3847-3864, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.036552

Abstract Crop insect detection becomes a tedious process for agronomists because a substantial part of the crops is damaged, and due to the pest attacks, the quality is degraded. They are the major reason behind crop quality degradation and diminished crop productivity. Hence, accurate pest detection is essential to guarantee safety and crop quality. Conventional identification of insects necessitates highly trained taxonomists to detect insects precisely based on morphological features. Lately, some progress has been made in agriculture by employing machine learning (ML) to classify and detect pests. This study introduces a Modified Metaheuristics with Transfer Learning based Insect Pest Classification… More >

Xuejun Zhang^1,#, Muhammad Amjad Bashir^2,#, Qurat-Ul-Ain Raza³, Xiaotong Liu¹, Jianhang Luo¹, Ying Zhao¹, Qiuliang Lei⁴, Hafiz Muhammad Ali Raza^2,3, Abdur Rehim^2,3, Yucong Geng⁴, Hongbin Liu^4,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.92, No.5, pp. 1349-1360, 2023, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2023.026952

Abstract

The rapidly growing world population, water shortage, and food security are promising problems for sustainable agriculture. Farmers adopt higher irrigation and fertilizer applications to increase crop production resulting in environmental pollution. This study aimed to identify the long-term effects of intelligent water and fertilizers used in corn yield and soil nutrient status. A series of field experiments were conducted for six years with treatments as: farmer accustomed to fertilization used as control (CON), fertilizer decrement (KF), fertilizer decrement + water-saving irrigation (BMP1); combined application of organic and inorganic fertilizer + water-saving irrigation (BMP2), and combined application of controlled-release fertilizer (BMP3).… More >

Xiaotong Liu^1,#, Muhammad Amjad Bashir^2,3,#, Yucong Geng⁴, Qurat-Ul-Ain Raza², Abdur Rehim², Muhammad Aon², Jianhang Luo¹, Ying Zhao¹, Xuejun Zhang^1,*, Hongbin Liu^4,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.92, No.5, pp. 1555-1570, 2023, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2023.026735

Abstract

The increasing world population has forced excessive chemical fertilizer and irrigation to complete the global food demand, deteriorating the water quality and nutrient losses. Short-term studies do not compile the evidences; therefore, the study aimed to identify the effectiveness of reduced doses of inorganic fertilizer and water-saving practices, hence, a six-year experiment (2015–2020) was conducted in China to address the knowledge gap. The experimental treatments were: farmer accustomed fertilization used as control (525:180:30 kg NPK ha⁻¹), fertilizer decrement (450:150:15 kg NPK ha⁻¹), fertilizer decrement + water-saving irrigation (450:150:15 kg NPK ha⁻¹), application of organic and inorganic fertilizer + water-saving irrigation… More >

Saud Yonbawi¹, Sultan Alahmari², B. R. S. S. Raju³, Chukka Hari Govinda Rao⁴, Mohamad Khairi Ishak⁵, Hend Khalid Alkahtani⁶, José Varela-Aldás^7,*, Samih M. Mostafa⁸

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.46, No.2, pp. 2319-2335, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.036721

Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and sensors have recently received significant interest in intellectual agriculture. Accelerating the application of AI technologies and agriculture sensors in intellectual agriculture is urgently required for the growth of modern agriculture and will help promote smart agriculture. Automatic irrigation scheduling systems were highly required in the agricultural field due to their capability to manage and save water deficit irrigation techniques. Automatic learning systems devise an alternative to conventional irrigation management through the automatic elaboration of predictions related to the learning of an agronomist. With this motivation, this study develops a modified black widow optimization with a… More >

Saud Yonbawi¹, Sultan Alahmari², T. Satyanarayana Murthy³, Padmakar Maddala⁴, E. Laxmi Lydia⁵, Seifedine Kadry^6,7,8,*, Jungeun Kim⁹

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.46, No.2, pp. 1533-1547, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.036296

Abstract Precision agriculture includes the optimum and adequate use of resources depending on several variables that govern crop yield. Precision agriculture offers a novel solution utilizing a systematic technique for current agricultural problems like balancing production and environmental concerns. Weed control has become one of the significant problems in the agricultural sector. In traditional weed control, the entire field is treated uniformly by spraying the soil, a single herbicide dose, weed, and crops in the same way. For more precise farming, robots could accomplish targeted weed treatment if they could specifically find the location of the dispensable plant and identify the… More >

Muhammad Asad¹, Rashad Rasool Khan^2,*, Ahmed B. Aljuboory³, Muhammad Haroon U. Rashid⁴, Uttam Kumar⁵, Inzamam Ul Haq⁶, Aqsa Hafeez⁷, Ahmed Noureldeen⁸, Khadiga Alharbi^9,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.92, No.4, pp. 1161-1172, 2023, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2023.026513

Abstract The beet armyworm (BAW), Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a highly destructive pest of vegetables and field crops. Management of beet armyworm primarily relies on synthetic pesticides, which is threatening the beneficial community and environment. Most importantly, the BAW developed resistance to synthetic pesticides with making it difficult to manage. Therefore, alternative and environment-friendly pest management tactics are urgently required. The use of pesticidal plant extracts provides an effective way for a sustainable pest management program. To evaluate the use of pesticidal plant extracts against BAW, we selected six plant species (Lantana camara, Aloe vera, Azadirachta indica, Cymbopogon citratus, Nicotiana tabacum ,… More >

L. R. Bindu^1,*, P. Titus², D. Dhanya³

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.36, No.2, pp. 1435-1449, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.030591

Abstract Food security and sustainable development is making a mandatory move in the entire human race. The attainment of this goal requires man to strive for a highly advanced state in the field of agriculture so that he can produce crops with a minimum amount of water and fertilizer. Even though our agricultural methodologies have undergone a series of metamorphoses in the process of a present smart-agricultural system, a long way is ahead to attain a system that is precise and accurate for the optimum yield and profitability. Towards such a futuristic method of cultivation, this paper proposes a novel method… More >

WEICHEN ZHAO¹, PINGFAN ZHOU¹, BENZHEN LOU¹, YAQI JIANG¹, YUANBO LI¹, MINGSHU LI¹, NOMAN SHAKOOR¹, YUKUI RUI^1,2,3,4,*

BIOCELL, Vol.47, No.3, pp. 493-502, 2023, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2023.025740

Abstract As the climate worsens and the demand for food grows, so does the interest in nanoagriculture. The interaction between plants and nanomaterials (NMs) has been extensively and intensively examined. However, stopping at the outcome of a phenomenon is often insufficient. Therefore, we introduce three important processes of nanoparticle-plant interactions: translocation, transformation, and plant metabolism. During the migration of nanoparticles, size and surface electrical properties are the main determining factors. Additionally, the interaction of nanoparticles with cell membranes is another key aspect of research. The transformation of nanoparticles in plants is mainly due to redox substances. The way that nanoparticles affect… More >

P. Sumathi^1,*, V. V. Karthikeyan², M. S. Kavitha³, S. Karthik³

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.45, No.2, pp. 1545-1559, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.027580

Abstract Soil is the major source of infinite lives on Earth and the quality of soil plays significant role on Agriculture practices all around. Hence, the evaluation of soil quality is very important for determining the amount of nutrients that the soil require for proper yield. In present decade, the application of deep learning models in many fields of research has created greater impact. The increasing soil data availability of soil data there is a greater demand for the remotely avail open source model, leads to the incorporation of deep learning method to predict the soil quality. With that concern, this… More >

Ahmed Abdu Alattab^1,*, Mohammed Eid Ibrahim¹, Reyazur Rashid Irshad¹, Anwar Ali Yahya², Amin A. Al-Awady³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 2397-2413, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.030924

Abstract This research proposes a machine learning approach using fuzzy logic to build an information retrieval system for the next crop rotation. In case-based reasoning systems, case representation is critical, and thus, researchers have thoroughly investigated textual, attribute-value pair, and ontological representations. As big databases result in slow case retrieval, this research suggests a fast case retrieval strategy based on an associated representation, so that, cases are interrelated in both either similar or dissimilar cases. As soon as a new case is recorded, it is compared to prior data to find a relative match. The proposed method is worked on the… More >