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9 AI in plant growth promotion and plant disease management

  • Nileema S. Gore , Rutuja Suryavanshi , Sushma Thakur and Priyanka Patil
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Artificial Intelligence in Microbiology
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Abstract

Effective management of crops enhances productivity and development of agriculture. Plant diseases are a major cause for crop reduction. Early detection of disease not only enhances yield and quality but also reduces dependency on chemical pesticides. Artificial intelligence (AI) plays a significant role in disease detection and address challenges on fields. AI is used particularly in classifying and identifying diseases. Classification is the first step involving separating data into classes and detecting algorithms of machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL). ML algorithms aim to allow computer to learn from experience; there are various subtypes of ML such as support vector machines, random forests, decision tree, and artificial neural network. AI and ML include DL, which has its influence on areas including natural language processing, recognition of objects, and classification of image. AI helps farmers by figuring out which crops will yield highest profits. With this analysis, farmers can reduce the failure of crops and business operations errors. AI can assist in the production of more disease-resistant and environmentally adaptable crops by gathering data on plant growth. AI systems can conduct chemical analysis of soil and produce information on the absent nutrients. AI helps forecast the best combination of agronomic products, find the best irrigation schedules, and time the application of nutrients. With AI, harvesting can be automated, and the ideal time for it may even be predicted. The use of ML to predict has the potential to remake entire sectors. The effectiveness of automatic plant disease detection and categorization is impacted by a few issues.

Abstract

Effective management of crops enhances productivity and development of agriculture. Plant diseases are a major cause for crop reduction. Early detection of disease not only enhances yield and quality but also reduces dependency on chemical pesticides. Artificial intelligence (AI) plays a significant role in disease detection and address challenges on fields. AI is used particularly in classifying and identifying diseases. Classification is the first step involving separating data into classes and detecting algorithms of machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL). ML algorithms aim to allow computer to learn from experience; there are various subtypes of ML such as support vector machines, random forests, decision tree, and artificial neural network. AI and ML include DL, which has its influence on areas including natural language processing, recognition of objects, and classification of image. AI helps farmers by figuring out which crops will yield highest profits. With this analysis, farmers can reduce the failure of crops and business operations errors. AI can assist in the production of more disease-resistant and environmentally adaptable crops by gathering data on plant growth. AI systems can conduct chemical analysis of soil and produce information on the absent nutrients. AI helps forecast the best combination of agronomic products, find the best irrigation schedules, and time the application of nutrients. With AI, harvesting can be automated, and the ideal time for it may even be predicted. The use of ML to predict has the potential to remake entire sectors. The effectiveness of automatic plant disease detection and categorization is impacted by a few issues.

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