Crop Remote Sensing
Challenges
Maintaining proper plant health and nutritional status is essential when growing various crops. Failing to timely identify and address the causes of poor plant health directly leads to lower crop yields and thus significant financial damage - it has been estimated that improper crop management can lead to an over 50% loss in expected yields.
Identifying plant stress causes - be they lack of specific micro or macro nutrients, early onset of diseases, pest infestations or various environmental causes - is crucial in order to take adequate preventive actions. However, traditional approaches to plant monitoring are difficult, costly and time-consuming, especially for large amounts of crops that grow in vast fields.
