Computational Intelligence and Image Processing in Agriculture

Jay Kumar Pandey is an Assistant Professor at Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, India, and specializes in AI, machine learning, image processing, biomedical engineering, and renewable energy. Holding a Ph.D. and M.Tech. in Power Control, and an MBA in Finance & Marketing, he focuses on real-time imaging, surveillance, emotion recognition, driving AI solutions for healthcare, agriculture, disaster prediction, renewable energy, and advanced surveillance systems. Mritunjay Rai is an Assistant Professor at Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, India. He specializes in digital image processing, machine learning, and thermal imaging. His research, including a Ph.D. from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, focuses on real-time thermal imaging, surveillance, and emotion recognition. With numerous publications and editorial contributions, he advances AI-driven solutions for healthcare, disaster prediction, and next-generation surveillance systems. Tanmay Sarkar is currently working as a Lecturer in the Department of Food Processing Technology, Government of West Bengal. He is the top 2% global most cited researcher, by Stanford University, USA and Elsevier (2024). His research areas include AI, and food bioactive.

• Preface viiAcknowledgments ix1 Grain Quality Assessment: Image-based Techniques for Grain Analysis, Detecting Contaminants and Impurities and Real-world Applications 12 AI-driven Robotics in Agriculture 153 Computer Vision in Agriculture: Object Detection, Recognition, and Image Segmentation Techniques and Advanced Image Analysis 314 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Agriculture: Novel Techniques, Implementation Strategies, and Application 555 A Novel Approach Toward Computational Image Processing and Strategies for Precision Agriculture 736 Adoption of Advanced Technologies in Soilless Modern Agriculture 977 Computer Vision in Agriculture 1138 Quality Evaluation of Fruits and Vegetables 1259 Ensuring Quality in Fruits and Vegetables: Strategies and Tools 14310 Mapping and Validation of Fusion-based Classification of Land Use and Land Cover Using Remote Sensing Satellite Images 15511 Computer Vision Applications for Sustainable Agriculture 16512 Autonomous Drones and AI Applications in Agriculture for Monitoring and Pest Control 18313 Using AI Robotics for Soil Analysis and Fertility Management in Agriculture 19914 Computational Intelligence and IoT in Transforming Agricultural Environmental Control 21315 Real-time Monitoring and Quality Evaluation System of Fruits and Vegetables Using Image Processing 22716 Computational Intelligence and Image Processing in Quality Evaluation of Agricultural Products 245Index 259