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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Autonomous Greenhouse Cultivation of Dwarf Tomato: Performance Evaluation of Intelligent Algorithms for Multiple-Sensor Feedback.

Stef C Maree, Pinglin Zhang, Bart M van Marrewijk, Feije de Zwart, Monique Bijlaard, Silke Hemming

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Stef C MareeBusiness Unit Greenhouse Horticulture, Wageningen University & Research (WUR), 6708 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0000-5405-3923
Pinglin ZhangBusiness Unit Greenhouse Horticulture, Wageningen University & Research (WUR), 6708 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0006-6895-0442
Bart M van MarrewijkBusiness Unit Greenhouse Horticulture, Wageningen University & Research (WUR), 6708 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3681-8114
Feije de ZwartBusiness Unit Greenhouse Horticulture, Wageningen University & Research (WUR), 6708 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9636-5028
Monique BijlaardBusiness Unit Greenhouse Horticulture, Wageningen University & Research (WUR), 6708 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4859-8470
Silke HemmingBusiness Unit Greenhouse Horticulture, Wageningen University & Research (WUR), 6708 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6638-7453

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Greenhouse horticulture plays an important role globally by producing nutritious fruits and vegetables with high resource use efficiency. Modern greenhouses are large-scale high-tech production factories that are increasingly data-driven, and where climate and irrigation control are gradually becoming more autonomous. This is enabled by technological developments and driven by shortages in skilled labor and the demand for improved resource use efficiency. In the Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge, it has been shown that controlling greenhouse cultivation can be done efficiently with intelligent algorithms. For an optimal strategy, however, it is essential that control algorithms properly account for crop responses, which requires appropriate sensors, reliable data, and accurate models. This paper presents the results of the 4th Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge, in which international teams developed six intelligent algorithms that fully controlled a dwarf tomato cultivation, a crop that is well-suited for robotic harvesting, but for which little prior cultivation data exists. Nevertheless, the analysis of the experiment showed that all teams managed to obtain a profitable strategy, and the best algorithm resulted a production equivalent to 45 kg/m

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AgricultureAlgorithmsHorticultureSolanum lycopersicumCrops, AgriculturalFeedbackFruitautonomous greenhouse controlclimate controlcomputer visioncontrolled environment agriculturedata-driven cultivationdwarf tomatointelligent algorithmsplant spacingsensors

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PMID40732449
PMCPMC12299141

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