Cyber-agricultural systems for crop breeding and sustainable production.

Authors :: Sarkar S
Ganapathysubramanian B
Singh A
Fotouhi F
Kar S
Nagasubramanian K
Chowdhary G
Das SK
Kantor G
Krishnamurthy A
Merchant N
Singh AK
Source :: Trends in plant science [Trends Plant Sci] 2024 Feb; Vol. 29 (2), pp. 130-149. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 28.
Publication Year :: 2024
Abstract: The cyber-agricultural system (CAS) represents an overarching framework of agriculture that leverages recent advances in ubiquitous sensing, artificial intelligence, smart actuators, and scalable cyberinfrastructure (CI) in both breeding and production agriculture. We discuss the recent progress and perspective of the three fundamental components of CAS - sensing, modeling, and actuation - and the emerging concept of agricultural digital twins (DTs). We also discuss how scalable CI is becoming a key enabler of smart agriculture. In this review we shed light on the significance of CAS in revolutionizing crop breeding and production by enhancing efficiency, productivity, sustainability, and resilience to changing climate. Finally, we identify underexplored and promising future directions for CAS research and development.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of interests The authors declare no conflicts of interest.<br /> (Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)