Smart Farm Data Integration

A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Precision and Digital Agriculture".

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Special Issue Editors

Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Interests: internet of food; cost-benefit analysis; innovation in food supply chains and telemetry systems in agriculture
Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Viale G Fanin 50, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
Interests: agricultural digitalisation; agricultural machines; data analysis; telemetry systems in agriculture
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School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Interests: drying; agricultural engineering; kinetic modeling; post harvest technology; medicinal plants and herbs; food processing; food quality; sensors; precision agriculture; drying technology
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The scope of this Special Issue are innovations holding the potential to address the underlying information lacks and asymmetries in the food value chain that undermine sustainable and resilient transformation of our food systems.

This SI focuses on IT and data science tools, analytics, and smart data management underpinning the growing wave of innovations focusing the way multiple and various data from food value chain are harnessed and can advantage primary food production.

Topics may include (but are not limited to):

  • Integration of farm data, supply chain/market data, and other public/proprietary agricultural data in already existing or newly developed software, app, or other data science tools;
  • Value chain analysis such as data-driven business models, data-driven supply chain/territorial analysis;
  • Conceptualization of FMIS in new/unpublished domains, and critical reviews of FMIS not yet documented in scientific literature;
  • Technological advances in the IoT, big data, and distributed ledger technology as tools for solving problems in the various domains of agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture;
  • Approaches based on linked open data and ontologies in any of the food chain domain.

Dr. Marco Medici
Prof. Dr. Michele Mattetti
Dr. Dimitrios Argyropoulos
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • data integration
  • value chain data
  • data-driven models
  • FMIS

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Effect of Nano-Phosphorus Formulation on Growth, Yield and Nutritional Quality of Wheat under Semi-Arid Climate
by Anuj Poudel, Satish Kumar Singh, Raimundo Jiménez-Ballesta, Surendra Singh Jatav, Abhik Patra and Astha Pandey
Agronomy 2023, 13(3), 768; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13030768 - 07 Mar 2023
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Appropriate phosphorus (P) management techniques increase yield and nutritional properties while minimizing environmental concerns. The widespread use of nano-fertilizers (NFs) in agriculture endangers soil and plants. It is vital to research the behavior of nano-phosphors (nano-P) on plant growth and quality, as well [...] Read more.
Appropriate phosphorus (P) management techniques increase yield and nutritional properties while minimizing environmental concerns. The widespread use of nano-fertilizers (NFs) in agriculture endangers soil and plants. It is vital to research the behavior of nano-phosphors (nano-P) on plant growth and quality, as well as their technique of interaction with soil properties in order to obtain key ecosystem benefits. With this in mind, a field experiment was conducted using wheat as a test crop to explore the impact of nano phosphorus (nano-P) on soil. The study’s goal was to examine how the foliar application of nano-P to wheat affects its growth, yield and nutrient concentration. Treatments consisted of: T1: 100% NPK (120:137:72 kg N:P2O5:K2O ha−1) by RDF (recommended dose of fertilizer); T2: 100% NPK by RDF + 2 foliar sprays of nano-P @ 494.21 mL ha−1; T3: 100% NK + 0% P (no foliar); T4: 100% NK + 75% P + 2 foliar sprays of nano-P @ 494.21 mL ha−1; T5: 100% NK + 50% P + 2 foliar sprays of nano-P @ 494.21 mL ha−1;T6: 100% NK + 0% P + 2 foliar sprays of nano-P @ 494.21 mL ha−1; T7: 100% NPK by RDF + 1 foliar spray of nano-P @ 494.21 mL ha−1; T8: 100% NK + 75% P + 1 foliar spray of nano-P @ 494.21 mL ha−1; T9: 100% NPK + 1 foliar spray of nano-P @ 494.21 mL ha−1; T10-100% NK + 75% P + 1 foliar spray of nano-P @ 494.21 mL ha−1. According to the findings, applying 100% NK + 75% P + 2 foliar applications of nano-P at the tillering and panicle initiation stages increased yield over 100% RDF by 37.1%. Additionally, the highest micronutrient concentration (Zn (36.4 mg kg−1), Cu (21.2 mg kg−1), Mn (22.9 mg kg−1) and Fe (61.1 mg kg−1)) in grain were noticed in T3 (100% NK + 0% P no foliar spray of nano-P) treatment, which was superior to T1 (100% NPK). Furthermore, foliar application of nano-P fertilizer in combination with different levels of diammonium phosphate (DAP) slightly increased the amount of N, P and K, as well as micronutrients in post-harvest soil. In summary, the use of 100% NK + 75% + 2 foliar applications of nano-P saved 25% recommendation dose P if supplied as nano-P as a form of phosphorus, and can be a suitable substitute for DAP, especially in smart agriculture, as it possibly reduces P leaching into groundwater, while maintaining or increasing wheat crop yield over the 100% RDF. Full article
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