Smart Agriculture: Concepts, Strategies, and Case Studies
暫譯: 智慧農業：概念、策略與案例研究
Saiz-Rubio, Veronica, Rovira-Mas, Francisco, Kole, Chittaranjan
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Smart Agriculture: Concepts, Strategies, and Case Studies showcases improvements in agricultural technology, bringing together work from leading experts in the field. It explores techniques and disciplines essential for the widespread adoption of precision agriculture, including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), Agriculture 5.0, smart spraying systems, and decision support tools that are transforming modern farming practices.
Designed to introduce readers to the vast potential of data-driven agriculture, this book presents information on smart agriculture through practical, real-world applications. It features a diverse range of case studies across various crops and agricultural operations, offering actionable insights into innovative solutions. Highlights include variable-rate orchard spraying for high-density canopies like olives and oranges, image analysis for evaluating apple and grape properties, digital tools for optimizing irrigation, geostatistical modelling of Xylella fastidiosa, UAV-assisted fertilization of olive trees, automated wheat growth monitoring, smart agriculture techniques for peach production, greenhouse data management, digital twins for strawberry cultivation, deep learning for obstacle detection in robotic rice harvesters, and IoT middleware solutions for arable crops and livestock.
A book in the NextGen Agriculture: Novel Concepts & Innovative Strategies series, this comprehensive resource is ideal for professional engineers, researchers in agricultural engineering, computer science, machine vision, and remote sensing, as well as technology developers. Graduate students specializing in digital agriculture and precision farming will also find this book invaluable for understanding the transformative power of modern agricultural technologies.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
《智慧農業：概念、策略與案例研究》展示了農業科技的進步，匯集了該領域領先專家的研究成果。它探討了精準農業廣泛採用所需的技術和學科，包括人工智慧（AI）、機器學習、物聯網（IoT）、農業5.0、智慧噴灑系統以及正在改變現代農業實踐的決策支持工具。
本書旨在向讀者介紹數據驅動農業的巨大潛力，通過實際的現實應用呈現智慧農業的信息。它涵蓋了各種作物和農業操作的多樣案例研究，提供了可行的創新解決方案。重點包括針對高密度樹冠（如橄欖和橙子）的變速果園噴灑、用於評估蘋果和葡萄特性的影像分析、優化灌溉的數位工具、Xylella fastidiosa的地理統計建模、無人機輔助的橄欖樹施肥、自動化的小麥生長監測、桃子生產的智慧農業技術、溫室數據管理、草莓栽培的數位雙胞胎、用於機器人水稻收割機的深度學習障礙檢測，以及針對可耕作作物和牲畜的物聯網中介解決方案。
本書是《下一代農業：新概念與創新策略》系列中的一本，這本全面的資源非常適合專業工程師、農業工程、計算機科學、機器視覺和遙感領域的研究人員，以及技術開發者。專注於數位農業和精準農業的研究生也會發現本書對於理解現代農業技術的變革力量是不可或缺的。
作者簡介
Verónica Saiz-Rubio studied Agricultural Engineering and holds a PhD in Automation, Robotics, and Industrial Informatics from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV, Valencia, Spain) and a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Linnéuniversitetet (Växjö, Sweden). She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Field Robotics Laboratory (FiRO) in Kyoto, Japan. As a member of the Agricultural Robotics Laboratory (ARL) at the UPV, she is responsible for data and image processing and the development of high-resolution plot maps. She also collaborates in the design, construction, and automation of ground robots developed within the European projects VineRobot, VineScout, and Cerberus, serving as part of the coordinating team for the latter two. Dr. Saiz-Rubio has received seven research awards, including an award for the quality of scientific articles from the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASABE), an award for outstanding young researcher articles (Armand Blanc Prize) from the International Commission on Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (CIGR), and an award for innovative young researcher projects (Farming by Satellite Prize) from the European Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA). Regarding her teaching activities, Dr. Saiz-Rubio has collaborated on courses on Precision Agriculture and Digital Technologies for the agri-food sector. She currently teaches at the university level in the areas of Agricultural Robotics and Digital Agriculture.
Francisco Rovira-Más earned a degree in Agricultural Engineering in 1996 from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV, Valencia, Spain), where he was an Assistant Professor from 1997 to 2000. He earned his PhD in 2003 in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, IL, USA). He has been a member of the Intelligent Vehicles System group at the John Deere Technology Center in Moline, IL, USA. He has also been a Research Associate with the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Illinois, conducting research at the John Deere Intelligent Vehicle Systems unit (formerly Agricultural Management Solutions - AMS) in Urbandale, IA, USA. Currently, Dr. Rovira-Más is a Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de València in Spain and director of the Agricultural Robotics Laboratory. His research interests include autonomous vehicles, machine vision, controls, off-road equipment automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Dr. Rovira-Más has been the technical manager of the European project VineRobot and the coordinator of the EU H2020 FTI project VineScout. At present, he is the coordinator of project Cerberus, funded with 4.8 M and involving thirteen institutions from Slovenia, Italy, Cyprus, and Spain.
Chittaranjan Kole is an internationally reputed scientist with an illustrious professional career spanning over 38 years and original contributions in the fields of plant genomics, biotechnology and molecular breeding leading to the publication of more than 160 quality research articles and reviews. He has edited over 170 books for the leading publishers of the world. Prof. Kole's scientific contributions and editing acumen have been appreciated by seven Nobel Laureates including Profs. Norman Borlaug, Arthur Kornberg, Werner Arber, Phillip Sharp, Günter Blobel, Lee Hartwell and Roger Kornberg. He has been honored with a number of Fellowships, Honorary Fellowships, and national and international awards including the Outstanding Crop Scientist award conferred by the International Crop Science Society. He has served at all prestigious positions in academia including as Vice-Chancellor BC Agricultural University, Project Coordinator of Indo-Russian Center of Biotechnology in India, and Director of Research of Institute of Nutraceutical Research of Clemson University, in USA. He worked also in the Pennsylvania State University and Clemson University as Visiting Professor in USA. He was awarded with the Raja Ramanna Fellow by the Department of Energy, Government of India. Prof. Kole is also heading the International Climate-Resilient Crop Genomics Consortium and International consortium for Phytomedomics and Nutriomics as their founding Principal Coordinator and presently as President.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
**Verónica Saiz-Rubio** 研究農業工程，並擁有西班牙瓦倫西亞理工大學 (UPV) 自動化、機器人技術及工業資訊學的博士學位，以及瑞典林奈大學的機械工程學位。她在日本京都的田野機器人實驗室 (FiRO) 完成了博士後研究。作為UPV農業機器人實驗室 (ARL) 的成員，她負責數據和影像處理以及高解析度地塊地圖的開發。她還參與設計、建造和自動化在歐洲項目VineRobot、VineScout和Cerberus中開發的地面機器人，並擔任後兩者的協調團隊成員。Saiz-Rubio博士獲得七項研究獎，包括美國農業工程師學會 (ASABE) 的科學文章質量獎、國際農業與生物系統工程委員會 (CIGR) 的傑出青年研究者文章獎 (Armand Blanc Prize)，以及歐洲導航衛星系統局 (GSA) 的創新青年研究者項目獎 (Farming by Satellite Prize)。在教學方面，Saiz-Rubio博士曾參與精準農業和數位技術在農食品領域的課程。目前，她在大學層級教授農業機器人技術和數位農業相關課程。
**Francisco Rovira-Más** 於1996年在西班牙瓦倫西亞理工大學 (UPV) 獲得農業工程學位，並於1997年至2000年擔任助理教授。他於2003年在美國伊利諾伊大學厄本那-香檳分校獲得博士學位。他曾是美國伊利諾伊州莫林的約翰迪爾技術中心智能車輛系統小組的成員。此後，他在伊利諾伊大學農業與生物工程系擔任研究助理，並在美國愛荷華州厄本代爾的約翰迪爾智能車輛系統單位（前身為農業管理解決方案 - AMS）進行研究。目前，Rovira-Más博士是西班牙瓦倫西亞理工大學的教授，並擔任農業機器人實驗室的主任。他的研究興趣包括自動駕駛車輛、機器視覺、控制、越野設備自動化、機器人技術和人工智慧。Rovira-Más博士曾擔任歐洲項目VineRobot的技術經理，並是歐盟H2020 FTI項目VineScout的協調人。目前，他是資金為480萬歐元的Cerberus項目的協調人，該項目涉及來自斯洛維尼亞、意大利、塞浦路斯和西班牙的十三個機構。
**Chittaranjan Kole** 是一位國際知名的科學家，擁有超過38年的卓越職業生涯，並在植物基因組學、生物技術和分子育種領域做出了原創貢獻，發表了超過160篇高品質的研究文章和評論。他為全球主要出版社編輯了超過170本書籍。Kole教授的科學貢獻和編輯才能受到七位諾貝爾獎得主的讚賞，包括諾曼·博勞格 (Norman Borlaug)、亞瑟·科恩伯格 (Arthur Kornberg)、維爾納·阿爾伯 (Werner Arber)、菲利普·夏普 (Phillip Sharp)、古恩特·布洛貝爾 (Günter Blobel)、李·哈特威爾 (Lee Hartwell) 和羅傑·科恩伯格 (Roger Kornberg)。他獲得了多項獎學金、榮譽獎學金以及國內外獎項，包括國際作物科學學會頒發的傑出作物科學家獎。他曾在學術界擔任多個重要職位，包括印度BC農業大學副校長、印俄生物技術中心項目協調員，以及美國克萊姆森大學營養素研究所的研究主任。他還曾在美國賓夕法尼亞州立大學和克萊姆森大學擔任訪問教授。他獲得了印度政府能源部頒發的Raja Ramanna Fellow獎。Kole教授目前還擔任國際氣候韌性作物基因組學聯盟和國際植物醫學與營養組學聯盟的創始首席協調員，並擔任其主席。
