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- Title
Wheat rust disease detection techniques: a technical perspective.
- Authors
Shafi, Uferah; Mumtaz, Rafia; Shafaq, Zunaira; Zaidi, Syed Mohammad Hassan; Kaifi, Muhammad Owais; Mahmood, Zahid; Zaidi, Syed Ali Raza
- Abstract
Agriculture sector is the second largest sector of Pakistan, which contributes 17.9% of the total Gross Domestic Production. The productivity of major crops such as wheat, maize, rice, sugarcane, and cotton is central to the economic development of the country. Among these crops, wheat is considered as a staple crop of Pakistan, covering almost nine million hectares of the cultivated land. However, its productivity rate is severely affected by rust disease, which is an airborne fungal disease caused by a group of fungi from Pucciniales order. This disease has the ability to decrease the wheat production rate up to 30% and destroy the crop within a month after its first assault, thus posing a serious threat to food security. Owing to conventional farming practices, there is a recurring concern for an early arrest of this disease to minimize the yield losses and to feed the growing population. Several precision farming solutions are available worldwide to timely identify the rust attack, mitigate its catastrophic effects, and invoke the remedial action in a site-specific manner. In this paper, the technical review of cutting edge techniques used for detecting wheat rust attacks is presented, which include Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Internet of Things. Additionally, the challenges and limitations associated with these techniques are discussed to highlight the practical implications of implementing these techniques.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; WHEAT rusts; DEEP learning; PRECISION farming; REMOTE sensing; MACHINE learning; SUGARCANE growing; RUST diseases
- Publication
Journal of Plant Diseases & Protection, 2022, Vol 129, Issue 3, p489
- ISSN
1861-3829
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s41348-022-00575-x