Plant diseases limit the output of agricultural workers and cause hundreds of billions of dollars in global crop production loss each year. When plants get wet they are at risk of contracting diseases ...

When it comes to monitoring the health of crops, aerial images captured by aircraft flying high overhead are only going to tell you so much. That's where an experimental new spectral sensor comes in, ...

Leaf wetness in crops can help us understand when to treat them to avoid diseases. Monitoring wetness, soil humidity and temperature are all important. The leaf wetness sensor is a sensor used to ...

A new leaf imaging system lets scientists watch plant stomata control water loss and carbon uptake in real time.

The sooner a farmer knows that their crops are suffering, the faster they can take action to prevent major crop failure. A new plant-leaf-poking sensor could soon help them do so, by sending an alert ...