TY - JOUR
T1 - Odysseys of agriculture sensors
T2 - Current challenges and forthcoming prospects
AU - Singh, Nivedita
AU - Singh, Aditya Narayan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2020/4
Y1 - 2020/4
N2 - Recent decades have witnessed unprecedented development in the field of biomedical and chemical science due to an economical, precise, and sensitive microelectromechanical system (MEMS) technology. Nevertheless, very few reports have highlighted the importance of MEMS-based sensors in the field of agriculture science and technology. Precision agriculture (PA) is a management strategy that employs advanced sensors marriage with information technology to improve productivity and quality of modern agriculture. This review unfolds the journey the conventional sensors have taken to come to the contemporary MEMS-based sensors. This review explains the fundamental principle of various sensors, presents outlines with a comparative study of sensors engaged in the field of agriculture. We have also elaborated on the importance of microcontroller addition in MEMS sensors to improve their sensitivity and productivity. Besides highlighting the pros and cons of the sensors, this review also brings a crisp discussion on the very recent sensors engaged to benefit agriculture and also takes into account the developmental aspects for commercialization.
AB - Recent decades have witnessed unprecedented development in the field of biomedical and chemical science due to an economical, precise, and sensitive microelectromechanical system (MEMS) technology. Nevertheless, very few reports have highlighted the importance of MEMS-based sensors in the field of agriculture science and technology. Precision agriculture (PA) is a management strategy that employs advanced sensors marriage with information technology to improve productivity and quality of modern agriculture. This review unfolds the journey the conventional sensors have taken to come to the contemporary MEMS-based sensors. This review explains the fundamental principle of various sensors, presents outlines with a comparative study of sensors engaged in the field of agriculture. We have also elaborated on the importance of microcontroller addition in MEMS sensors to improve their sensitivity and productivity. Besides highlighting the pros and cons of the sensors, this review also brings a crisp discussion on the very recent sensors engaged to benefit agriculture and also takes into account the developmental aspects for commercialization.
KW - Heat sensor
KW - MEMS
KW - Precision agriculture
KW - Sap flow
KW - Soil sensor
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U2 - 10.1016/j.compag.2020.105328
DO - 10.1016/j.compag.2020.105328
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85081134085
SN - 0168-1699
VL - 171
JO - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
JF - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
M1 - 105328
ER -