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ReviewJournal of agricultural and food chemistry2024

Digital Twins in Agriculture: Orchestration and Applications.

Marc Escribà-Gelonch, Shu Liang, Pieter van Schalkwyk, Ian Fisk, Nguyen Van Duc Long, Volker Hessel

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Review in Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Marc Escribà-GelonchHigher Polytechnic Engineering School, University of Lleida, Lleida 25001, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0540-7232
Shu LiangHigher Polytechnic Engineering School, University of Lleida, Lleida 25001, Spain.
Pieter van SchalkwykXMPro, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia.ORCID 0009-0009-3982-9346
Ian FiskInternational Flavour Research Centre, Division of Food, Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, United Kingdom.
Nguyen Van Duc LongARC Centre of Excellence Plants for Space, University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia.
Volker HesselARC Centre of Excellence Plants for Space, University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9494-1519

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Digital Twins have emerged as an outstanding opportunity for precision farming, digitally replicating in real-time the functionalities of objects and plants. A virtual replica of the crop, including key agronomic development aspects such as irrigation, optimal fertilization strategies, and pest management, can support decision-making and a step change in farm management, increasing overall sustainability and direct water, fertilizer, and pesticide savings. In this review, Digital Twin technology is critically reviewed and framed in the context of recent advances in precision agriculture and Agriculture 4.0. The review is organized for each step of agricultural lifecycle, edaphic, phytotechnologic, postharvest, and farm infrastructure, with supporting case studies demonstrating direct benefits for agriculture production and supply chain considering both benefits and limitations of such an approach. Challenges and limitations are disclosed regarding the complexity of managing such an amount of data and a multitude of (often) simultaneous operations and supports.

Indexed as

AgricultureCrops, AgriculturalCrop ProductionFertilizersFertilizersagriculture 4.0Digital TwinsIndustry 4.0Internet of Thingsprecise agriculture

Identifiers

PMID38709011
PMCPMC11100011

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