African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6945

Full Length Research Paper

Modern optical sensing technologies and their applications in agriculture

Sheetanshu Gupta
  • Sheetanshu Gupta
  • 1College of Basic Science and Humanities, 2FFQ+VRG, Pantnagar, Tanda Range, Uttarakhand 263145, India
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Dhirendra Kumar
  • Dhirendra Kumar
  • 2Department of Botany, Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, Bhiwani, Haryana, India.
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Ahmed Aziz
  • Ahmed Aziz
  • 3Tashkent State University of Economic, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
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Mohamed A. E. AbdelRahman
  • Mohamed A. E. AbdelRahman
  • 4Division of Environmental Studies and Land Use, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS), Cairo 1564, Egypt. 5Key Laboratory of Agricultural Remote Sensing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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Costanza Fiorentino
  • Costanza Fiorentino
  • 6School of Agricultural, Forestry and Environmental Sciences (SAFE), University of Basilicata, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy.
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Paola D’Antonio
  • Paola D’Antonio
  • 6School of Agricultural, Forestry and Environmental Sciences (SAFE), University of Basilicata, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy.
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Ali R. A. Moursy
  • Ali R. A. Moursy
  • 7Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Sohag, 82524, Egypt.
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  •  Received: 12 June 2024
  •  Accepted: 25 July 2024
  •  Published: 31 October 2024

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