Title
Thrips incidence prediction in organic banana crop with Machine learning
Date Issued
01 December 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
The organic banana is one of the most popular products worldwide and its popularity is mainly due to its excellent nutritional properties and tasty flavor. Peru is considered one of the major producers and exporters of this product, being the city of Piura the main region with most of the national agro-producers. It is also considered a key factor in the development of the economy of this region as it creates job opportunities because of the productive chain required in the process (harvest, post-harvest, and export). The main problem faced by producers is the existence of pests such as Red spot thrips, Black Sigatoka, and others, which affect the production and the quality of the final product. Therefore, this article aims to propose an alternative solution, using the 4.0 Industry technology as well as the installation of an IoT sensor network in banana plantations in order to develop a model which estimates the classification of the pest incidence level based on Machine learning techniques, making use of the atmospheric variables measured with the IoT sensor network as input data. In the research, we have used The Support Vector Machine techniques, which have successfully achieved models with a high level of accuracy. The implementation of this system aims to help producers improve the management of pest control by scheduling spraying dates more effectively, optimizing not only the quality of the product but also reducing costs.
Volume
7
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Agricultura
Protección y nutrición de las plantas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85121227910
Source
Heliyon
ISSN of the container
24058440
Sponsor(s)
The authors acknowledge the financial support of the Project Concytec-Banco Mundial “Mejoramiento y ampliación de los Servicios del Sistema Nacional de Ciencia Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica” 8682-PE, through its executing unit Prociencia [contrato número 165-2018-FONDECYT-BM-IADTAV – Project: “Transformación Digital del sector Agro-Industrial aplicado al Banano Orgánico”.]
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus