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Advancing medicinal plant agriculture: integrating technology and precision agriculture for sustainability.

Vinay Kumar, Ashwini Zadokar, Pankaj Kumar, Rohit Sharma, Rajnish Sharma, Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui, Mohammad Irfan, Rahul Chandora

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Review in PeerJ, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 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

8 authors.

Vinay Kumar *Department of Biotechnology, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Ashwini Zadokar *Department of Biotechnology, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Pankaj KumarDepartment of Biotechnology, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Rohit SharmaDepartment of Forest Product, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Rajnish SharmaDepartment of Biotechnology, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Mohammed Wasim SiddiquiDepartment of Food Science and Post-Harvest Technology, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bihar, India.
Mohammad IrfanPlant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America.
Rahul ChandoraICAR-NBPGR National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To strengthen the agriculture sector, it is crucial to combine the efforts of industrialization (field mechanization and fertilizer production), technology (genome editing and manipulation), and the information sector (for the application of current technologies in precision agriculture). The challenge of modern sustainable agriculture is increasing agricultural output while using the least amount of resources and capital expenditure possible and considering the variables contributing to environmental damage. Different environmental factors adversely affect medicinal plant populations, leading to the extinction of these valuable medicinal species. These difficulties drew the attention of the international scientific community to farm sustainability and energy efficiency studies that put forth the idea of precision agriculture (site-specific crop management) in medicinal plants. It is a systems-based method that monitors and responds to changes in intra- and inter-field conditions for environmentally friendly and optimum crop output. Farming systems have significantly benefited from the visualization and morphological analysis of agricultural areas (both open fields and greenhouse experiments) using remote sensing technology, geographic information systems (GIS), crop scouting, variable rate technology (VRT), and Global Positioning System (GPS). These technologies form the backbone of the fourth agricultural technological revolution, Agriculture 4.0. This review concisely summarizes these innovative technologies' current use and potential future advancements in medicinal plants. The review is intended for researchers, professionals in medicinal plant cultivation, herbal medicine research, crop science, and related fields.

Indexed as

AgricultureConservation of Natural ResourcesPlants, MedicinalCrops, AgriculturalHumansRemote Sensing TechnologyGeographic information systemsGlobal positioning systemMedicinal plantsPrecision agricultureSensor technologySustainabilityVariable rate technology

Identifiers

PMID40196302
PMCPMC11974543

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