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    Precision Agriculture with Centralized IoT-Enabled Greenhouse Management for Sustainable Vanilla Production
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2025) Karunathilaka M.M.D.N; Samaraweera H.M.C.D; Balachandra B.A.D.K.M; Thenabandu W.S.D; Silva, S; Fernando, H
    After saffron, vanilla is the second most significant spice in terms of economic impact worldwide. The vanilla business faces challenges from pests, illnesses, and environmental variables, especially fungal diseases like fusarium wilt and unfavorable climatic circumstances that can significantly reduce productivity and lower bean quality. This study offers a clever remedy that helps all parties involved by identifying and categorizing plant illnesses, predicting vanilla bean growth and quality, vanilla bean market value analysis and future prediction and build cost prediction and improve operational efficiency. Stakeholders can also obtain forecasts for the quality and growth of vanilla beans in the future. Deep learning algorithms are used in the suggested solution to track the location of diseased areas, diagnose and classify plant diseases in real-time, and apply pesticides or growth-regulating chemicals selectively. For sustainable vanilla production, machine learning algorithms are used to forecast yields, advise ideal greenhouse conditions, and recommend the best vanilla beans. In precision agriculture, the types, applications, and monitoring of IoT devices and sensors are also discussed. Data analysis and management, disease and pest control, fertilization and irrigation management, and environmental monitoring are a few examples. The suggested method produced high accuracy rates in identifying illnesses, evaluating bean quality, estimating yields, and optimizing greenhouse conditions in controlled studies using data from vanilla farms and greenhouses. This technology could assist the vanilla business, producers, and sustainable agricultural practices. It could also boost productivity and production of vanilla, decrease yield loss, and maintain constant bean quality with the help of our suggesting vanilla greenhouse application.
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    IoT-Enabled Smart Solution for Rice Disease Detection, Yield Prediction, and Remediation
    (IEEE, 2023-06-26) Wanninayake, K.M.I.S; Bambaranda, L.G.S. W; Wickramaarachchi, T.I; Pathirana, U.C.S.L; Vidhanaarachchi, S; Nanayakkara, A.A.E.; Gunapala, K.R.D.; Sarathchandra, S.R.; Gamage, A.I; De Silva, D.I
    Sri Lanka's rice cultivation is a vital industry supporting over 1.8 million cultivators and providing staple sustenance for 21.8 million people. According to Sri Lanka's Central Bank, rice cultivation contributed 2.7% to the country's GDP in 2020 [3]. Pests and diseases, particularly rice thrips damage and rice blast disease, are a challenge for the industry, as they cause yield loss. This paper describes an intelligent solution that aids stakeholders by detecting and classifying the disease, forecasting its dispersion, and providing remedies. The proposed solution is approached with deep learning techniques for real-time detection and classification of the disease, location tracking of infected areas, and pesticide application on the target. In addition, it predicts the spread of disease based on the locations of infected individuals. In addition, the solution enables Machine-learning algorithms to recommend appropriate rice varieties and predict yields. In controlled experiments utilizing data from Sri Lankan paddy fields, the proposed method obtained high accuracy rates of 89%-98% in identifying disease and rice varieties and yield prediction. This system has the potential to increase rice production and productivity, decrease yield loss, and benefit the Sri Lankan rice industry and producers.