Tag: algorithm

UF/IFAS researchers deploy drones to perfect nutrient rates

by Megan Winslow
January 13, 2025

The ability to detect crop nutrient deficiencies and promptly modify fertilizer application to address them is invaluable to agricultural producers — especially growers operating under slim profit margins. Identifying how much of a particular ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management
Tags: Algorithm, Ayush Sharma, Best Management Practices Lab, BMP, Citra, Corn, Cotton, Crop, Drone, Environmental, Extension, Fertilizer, Grower, Hastings, Hastings Agricultural Extension Center, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Lakesh Sharma, Megan Winslow, NDVI, Nitrogen, NMP, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, North Florida Research And Education Unit, Nutrient, Nutrient Management Program, Plant Health, Plant Science Research And Education Unit, Producer, Recommendation, Research, Soil Fertility, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Sustainable, Suwannee Valley, UF, UF-IFAS

AI may help kill weeds, preserve peppers, tomatoes

by Brad Buck
October 3, 2024

First, University of Florida scientists developed technology to kill weeds, instead of strawberries. Now, UF/IFAS researchers are designing a machine that can surgically eliminate weeds while preserving the tomatoes and peppers around them, ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Algorithm, Archive, Computer Vision, Detection, Doctoral Student, Peppers, Plastic Beds, Precision Ag, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Tomatoes, Vinay Vijayakumar, Weed Sprayer, Yiannis Ampatzidis

UF scientists use AI algorithm to improve strawberry disease detection

by Brad Buck
August 15, 2024

Florida’s strawberry season doesn’t return until December. But University of Florida scientists work year-round to support an industry with a $500 million-a-year farm-gate value in Florida. Among their research endeavors, UF/IFAS scientists ... READ MORE

Category: Farm Management
Tags: #aiatuf, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Algorithm, Archive, Artificial Intelligence, Daniel Lee, Disease, Fungal Diseases, Fungicides, Growers, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Images, Leaf Wetness, Leaf Wetness Detection, Natalia Peres, Plant Pathology, Strawberries, Strawberry Advisory System

AI-powered app can detect poison ivy

by Brad Buck
January 23, 2024

Poison ivy ranks among the most medically problematic plants. Up to 50 million people worldwide suffer annually from rashes caused by contact with the plant, a climbing, woody vine native to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, the Western ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Algorithm, App, Archive, Artificial Intelligence, Detection, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Horticultural Sciences, Nathan Boyd, Poison Ivy, Precision Ag, Renato Herrig

Algorithm will make the normally accurate Florida Automated Weather Network even more reliable

by Brad Buck
June 29, 2023

A new algorithm is set to further bolster the credibility of the Florida Automated Weather Network (FAWN), a system that farmers count on for such data as temperature, humidity, wind and rain. Among other improvements, the technology ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Agricultural Producers, Alerts, Algorithm, Archive, Decisions, FAWN, Florida Automated Weather Network, Freeze Protection, Irrigation, Meteorology, Normal, Rick Lusher, Spraying, Weather Data, Ziwen Yu

Robots may eventually help kill weeds that impede strawberry yield

by Brad Buck
June 9, 2021

BALM, Fla. --- Think of University of Florida scientists Nathan Boyd and Arnold Schumann a bit like surgeons. Except in this case, their operating room is a strawberry field. With their research, Boyd and Schumann hope to eventually help ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management
Tags: #aiatuf, Algorithm, Arnold Schumann, Artificial Intelligence, Citrus Research And Education Center, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Horticultural Sciences, Nathan Boyd, Precision Agriculture, Robots, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Spraying, Strawberries, Weeds

UF scientists use AI technology to breed better-tasting strawberries

by Brad Buck
April 7, 2021

A tastier strawberry may come from a computer. New University of Florida research shows artificial intelligence can help scientists breed more flavor into the fruit. Consumer panels are the tried-and-true method for UF researchers to gauge ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: #aiatuf, Algorithm, Aroma, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Breeding, Computer, Flavor, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Horticultural Sciences, Sensation, Strawberries, Taste Panels, UF Sensory Lab, Vance Whitaker, Volatiles

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