Narendra Khatri, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Mechatronics at the Manipal Institute of Technology, India. He previously worked on a project for the Centre of Excellence for Digital Farming Solution for Enhancing Productivity Using Robots, Drones, and AGVs. He has published international journal articles and conference papers and is a peer reviewer for several journals.
Ajay Kumar Vyas, PhD, is Associate Professor of Information and Communication Technology at the Adani Institute of Infrastructure Engineering, India. He has published books and research articles and is a certified peer reviewer and an editorial board member of several journals.
Celestine Iwendi, PhD, is a visiting Professor with Coal City University, Nigeria, and Associate Professor with the School of Creative Technologies at the University of Bolton, UK. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the Institute of Management Consultants. He is a board member of IEEE, Sweden section.
Prasenjit Chatterjee, PhD, a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Dean (Research and Consultancy) at MCKV Institute of Engineering, India. A prolific author and editor, he has published many well-cited research papers and more than 35 books. Dr. Chatterjee is Editorin- Chief of the Journal of Decision Analytics and Intelligent Computing and an editor for several book series.
PART I: AI IN AGRICULTURE
1. Review of Various Technologies Involved in Precision Farming Automation
Rajeev Karothia and Manju K. Chattopadhyay
2. State-of-the-Art Technologies for Crop Health Monitoring in Modern Precision Agriculture
E. Fantin Irudaya Raj, M. Appadurai, D. Thiyaharajan, and T. Lurthu Pushparaj
3. Comprehensive Study of Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Early-Stage Disease Identification System in Plants
Senthil Kumar Ramu, Leninpugalhanthi Ponnuswamy, Dhanyaa Nataraj, and Kaviyanjali Venkatachalam
4. Understanding the Relationship between Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and Meteorological Attribute Using Clustering Algorithm
Hemanta Medhi, Pramod Soni, Vikas Kumar Vidyarthi, and Shikha Chourasiya
5. Agricultural Productivity Improvement: Role of AI and Yield Prediction Using Machine Learning
Chhaya Narvekar and Madhuri Rao
PART II: ROBOTIC-BASED INNOVATIONS IN AGRICULTURE
6. Comprehensive Review of Agricultural Robotics: A Post-Covid Perspective of Advanced Robotics with Smart Farming
Nikunj S. Yagnik
7. Autonomous Aerial Robot Application for Crop Survey and Mapping
Ajay Sudhir Bale, Varsha S. N., Anish Sagar Naidu, Vinay N., and Subhashish Tiwari
8. Structural Design and Analysis of 6-DOF Cylindrical Robotic Manipulators for Automated Agriculture
Jordan Kurian Kuruvilla, Atirav Seth, Jyotishka Duttagupta, Shashwat Sharma, and Ankur Jaiswal
9. Robot-Based Weed Identification and Control System
Rashmi Bangale and Mohit Kumar
10. Design and Development of a Quadruped Robot for Precision Agriculture Applications
Sivayazi Kappagantula
11. Design and Fabrication of a Solar-Powered Bluetooth-Controlled Multi-Purpose Agro Machine
Nikhil S. Nandi, K. B. Mallikarjuna, Ashok Kumar R., Arunkumar K. H., Ajay Sudhir Bale, and Vinay N.
PART III: INTELLIGENT COMPUTING IN AGRICULTURE
12. Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods for Yield Forecasting
Akanksha Gahoi and Vishal Gupta
13. Supervised Machine Learning for Crop Health Monitoring System
Divya Dadarya, Aditya Sinha, Anupam Agrawal, Tarun Jain, Rishi Gupta, and Rajveer Singh Shekhawat
14. Analyzing the Effect of Climate Change on Crop Yield Over Time Using Machine Learning Techniques
Heta Patel, Harish Sharma, and Varuni Sharma
15. Deep Learning Techniques for Crop Nutrient Deficiency Detection: A Comprehensive Survey
K. U. Kala, M. Nandhini, M. N. Kishore Chakkravarthi, M. Thangadarshini, and S. Madhusudhana Verma
16. Plant Disease Detection Techniques: A Survey
Dishant Sharma, Nitika Kapoor, and Divyanshi Sood
PART IV: IoT IN AGRICULTURE
17. Internet of Things Enabled Precision Agriculture for Sustainable Rural Development
Sumanta Das, Arindam Ghosh, and Sarit Pal
18. Internet of Things: A Growing Trend in India's Agriculture and Linking Farmers to Modern Technology
Prithviraj Singh Solanki and Ganpat Joshi
19. IoT-Based Condition Monitoring System for Plantation
Arif Iqbal, Surya Prakash Singh, and Yudhishthir Pandey
20. Smart Farming Based on IoT Edge Computing: Applying Machine Learning Models for Disease and Irrigation Water Requirement Prediction in Potato Crop Using Containerized Microservices
Nitin Rathore and Anand Rajavat
21. Smart Sensors for Soil Health Monitoring
K. Shirley Kiran
22. An IoT-Aided Smart Agritech System for Crop Yield Optimization
Ujjaval Patel, Rohit Patel, and Priyank Kadecha
23. FATEH: A Novel Framework for Internet of Things based Smart Agriculture Monitoring System
Prabhdeep Singh, Kiran Deep Singh, Rajbir Kaur, Diljot Singh, and Vikas Tripathi