Sustainable and Intelligent Phytoprotection in Photovoltaic Agriculture: New Challenges and Opportunities
Photovoltaic Agriculture (PA) is a new management system combining industry with modern agriculture that can effectively reduce the competition for limited land resource usage between electric power production and agricultural production. However, PA has been facing the challenge of managing plant p...
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| author | Kai Huang Lei Shu Kailiang Li Yuejie Chen Yan Zhu Ravi Valluru |
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| description | Photovoltaic Agriculture (PA) is a new management system combining industry with modern agriculture that can effectively reduce the competition for limited land resource usage between electric power production and agricultural production. However, PA has been facing the challenge of managing plant protection measures because it is difficult to monitor plants grown under the photovoltaic panels by remote sensing satellites and pesticide applications using drones. To overcome this challenge, Solar Insecticidal Lamps (SILs) can be used for phytoprotection in PA. However, to effectively use SILs in PA, it is important to identify a suitable field location to maintain strong wireless communication signals. In this paper, two testbeds were designed and a series of experiments in PA was performed. The results indicate that there is considerable interference exists around the confluence box. A higher interference seriously reduces the Packet Reception Rate (PRR) of the nearby node, which is an important constraint for deploying wireless sensors in PA. Finally, new challenges and future research opportunities are proposed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e5e068b7e4144ba28cc47151a976a2f22023-11-17T07:33:20ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922023-03-01125122110.3390/electronics12051221Sustainable and Intelligent Phytoprotection in Photovoltaic Agriculture: New Challenges and OpportunitiesKai Huang0Lei Shu1Kailiang Li2Yuejie Chen3Yan Zhu4Ravi Valluru5Institute of Agricultural Facilities and Equipment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, ChinaCollege of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210031, ChinaCollege of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210031, ChinaCollege of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210031, ChinaNational Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agriculture (NETCIA), Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaLincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology, University of Lincoln, Riseholme Park, Lincoln LN2 2LG, UKPhotovoltaic Agriculture (PA) is a new management system combining industry with modern agriculture that can effectively reduce the competition for limited land resource usage between electric power production and agricultural production. However, PA has been facing the challenge of managing plant protection measures because it is difficult to monitor plants grown under the photovoltaic panels by remote sensing satellites and pesticide applications using drones. To overcome this challenge, Solar Insecticidal Lamps (SILs) can be used for phytoprotection in PA. However, to effectively use SILs in PA, it is important to identify a suitable field location to maintain strong wireless communication signals. In this paper, two testbeds were designed and a series of experiments in PA was performed. The results indicate that there is considerable interference exists around the confluence box. A higher interference seriously reduces the Packet Reception Rate (PRR) of the nearby node, which is an important constraint for deploying wireless sensors in PA. Finally, new challenges and future research opportunities are proposed.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/5/1221Photovoltaic Agriculturesustainable and intelligent phytoprotectiondeploymentElectromagnetic Interferencewireless communication quality |
| spellingShingle | Kai Huang Lei Shu Kailiang Li Yuejie Chen Yan Zhu Ravi Valluru Sustainable and Intelligent Phytoprotection in Photovoltaic Agriculture: New Challenges and Opportunities Electronics Photovoltaic Agriculture sustainable and intelligent phytoprotection deployment Electromagnetic Interference wireless communication quality |
| title | Sustainable and Intelligent Phytoprotection in Photovoltaic Agriculture: New Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_full | Sustainable and Intelligent Phytoprotection in Photovoltaic Agriculture: New Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable and Intelligent Phytoprotection in Photovoltaic Agriculture: New Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable and Intelligent Phytoprotection in Photovoltaic Agriculture: New Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_short | Sustainable and Intelligent Phytoprotection in Photovoltaic Agriculture: New Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_sort | sustainable and intelligent phytoprotection in photovoltaic agriculture new challenges and opportunities |
| topic | Photovoltaic Agriculture sustainable and intelligent phytoprotection deployment Electromagnetic Interference wireless communication quality |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/5/1221 |
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