New horizons in smart plant sensors: key technologies, applications, and prospects

As the source of data acquisition, sensors provide basic data support for crop planting decision management and play a foundational role in developing smart planting. Accurate, stable, and deployable on-site sensors make intelligent monitoring of various planting scenarios possible. Recent breakthro...

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Main Authors: Fucheng Zhang, Denghua Li, Ganqiong Li, Shiwei Xu
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2024.1490801/full
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description As the source of data acquisition, sensors provide basic data support for crop planting decision management and play a foundational role in developing smart planting. Accurate, stable, and deployable on-site sensors make intelligent monitoring of various planting scenarios possible. Recent breakthroughs in plant advanced sensors and the rapid development of intelligent manufacturing and artificial intelligence (AI) have driven sensors towards miniaturization, intelligence, and multi-modality. This review outlines the key technologies in developing new advanced sensors, such as micro-nano technology, flexible electronics technology, and micro-electromechanical system technology. The latest technological frontiers and development trends in sensor principles, fabrication processes, and performance parameters in soil and different segmented crop scenarios are systematically expounded. Finally, future opportunities, challenges, and prospects are discussed. We anticipate that introducing advanced technologies like nanotechnology and AI will rapidly and radically revolutionize the accuracy and intelligence of agricultural sensors, leading to new levels of innovation.
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spelling doaj-art-10fb3b04b1cb473cba0f7e8711e8dd942025-01-07T06:41:07ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2025-01-011510.3389/fpls.2024.14908011490801New horizons in smart plant sensors: key technologies, applications, and prospectsFucheng Zhang0Denghua Li1Denghua Li2Denghua Li3Ganqiong Li4Ganqiong Li5Ganqiong Li6Shiwei Xu7Shiwei Xu8Shiwei Xu9Research Center for Agricultural Monitoring and Early Warning, Agricultural Information Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, ChinaResearch Center for Agricultural Monitoring and Early Warning, Agricultural Information Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, ChinaKey Laboratory of Agricultural Monitoring and Early Warning Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, ChinaResearch Center of Agricultural Monitoring and Early Warning Engineering Technology, Beijing, ChinaResearch Center for Agricultural Monitoring and Early Warning, Agricultural Information Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, ChinaKey Laboratory of Agricultural Monitoring and Early Warning Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, ChinaResearch Center of Agricultural Monitoring and Early Warning Engineering Technology, Beijing, ChinaResearch Center for Agricultural Monitoring and Early Warning, Agricultural Information Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, ChinaKey Laboratory of Agricultural Monitoring and Early Warning Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, ChinaResearch Center of Agricultural Monitoring and Early Warning Engineering Technology, Beijing, ChinaAs the source of data acquisition, sensors provide basic data support for crop planting decision management and play a foundational role in developing smart planting. Accurate, stable, and deployable on-site sensors make intelligent monitoring of various planting scenarios possible. Recent breakthroughs in plant advanced sensors and the rapid development of intelligent manufacturing and artificial intelligence (AI) have driven sensors towards miniaturization, intelligence, and multi-modality. This review outlines the key technologies in developing new advanced sensors, such as micro-nano technology, flexible electronics technology, and micro-electromechanical system technology. The latest technological frontiers and development trends in sensor principles, fabrication processes, and performance parameters in soil and different segmented crop scenarios are systematically expounded. Finally, future opportunities, challenges, and prospects are discussed. We anticipate that introducing advanced technologies like nanotechnology and AI will rapidly and radically revolutionize the accuracy and intelligence of agricultural sensors, leading to new levels of innovation.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2024.1490801/fullsmart plantingsensorsnanotechnologywearable plant sensorsintelligent monitoringmultimodal sensors
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Ganqiong Li
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Shiwei Xu
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New horizons in smart plant sensors: key technologies, applications, and prospects
Frontiers in Plant Science
smart planting
sensors
nanotechnology
wearable plant sensors
intelligent monitoring
multimodal sensors
title New horizons in smart plant sensors: key technologies, applications, and prospects
title_full New horizons in smart plant sensors: key technologies, applications, and prospects
title_fullStr New horizons in smart plant sensors: key technologies, applications, and prospects
title_full_unstemmed New horizons in smart plant sensors: key technologies, applications, and prospects
title_short New horizons in smart plant sensors: key technologies, applications, and prospects
title_sort new horizons in smart plant sensors key technologies applications and prospects
topic smart planting
sensors
nanotechnology
wearable plant sensors
intelligent monitoring
multimodal sensors
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2024.1490801/full
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