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Short-range sensing for fruit tree water stress detection and monitoring in orchards: a review

  • Sumaiya Islam (Department of Smart Agricultural Systems, Graduate School, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Md Nasim Reza (Department of Smart Agricultural Systems, Graduate School, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Shahriar Ahmed (Department of Agricultural Machinery Engineering, Graduate School, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Md Shaha Nur Kabir (Department of Agricultural Machinery Engineering, Graduate School, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Sun-Ok Chung (Department of Smart Agricultural Systems, Graduate School, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Heetae Kim (National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration)
  • Received : 2023.10.06
  • Accepted : 2023.11.22
  • Published : 2023.12.01
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Abstract

Water is critical to the health and productivity of fruit trees. Efficient monitoring of water stress is essential for optimizing irrigation practices and ensuring sustainable fruit production. Short-range sensing can be reliable, rapid, inexpensive, and used for applications based on well-developed and validated algorithms. This paper reviews the recent advancement in fruit tree water stress detection via short-range sensing, which can be used for irrigation scheduling in orchards. Thermal imagery, near-infrared, and shortwave infrared methods are widely used for crop water stress detection. This review also presents research demonstrating the efficacy of short-range sensing in detecting water stress indicators in different fruit tree species. These indicators include changes in leaf temperature, stomatal conductance, chlorophyll content, and canopy reflectance. Short-range sensing enables precision irrigation strategies by utilizing real-time data to customize water applications for individual fruit trees or specific orchard areas. This approach leads to benefits, such as water conservation, optimized resource utilization, and improved fruit quality and yield. Short-range sensing shows great promise for potentially changing water stress monitoring in fruit trees. It could become a useful tool for effective fruit tree water stress management through continued research and development.

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Acknowledgement

This work was carried out with the support of "New agricultural climate change response system establishment project (Project No. PJ014944)", Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.

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