Importance and Applications of Remote Sensing in Agriculture
Vaibhav Pratap Singh*
Dept. of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh (202 002), India
Devesh Pathak
Dept. of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh (202 002), India
Sibte Sayyeda
Dept. of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh (202 002), India
Ashish Sheera
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology (SKUAST), Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir (180 009), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Agriculture, Crop yield, Plant protection, Remote sensing
Abstract
With advances in ground-based, airborne, and satellite remote sensing, reflectance data are increasingly being used in agriculture. The article initiates with an overview of the need for remote sensing and main agricultural challenges. This article gives a brief description of various remote sensing applications designed to optimize the profitability of agricultural crop production and protect the environment. It also provides concise knowledge of the use of remote sensing in assessing nutritional requirements of plants, forecasting crop yield, and nutrient content in the soil, determining plant water demand, etc.
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