The Sentinel Crop Disease Surveillance Network

与许多发达国家一样，英国的农业用地面临着以最有效和最可持续的方式为不断增长的人口提供粮食的压力。对于像英国这样的国家来说，有一个额外的机会和责任来带头为UNSDG开发解决方案，在这种情况下，#2零饥饿。空气传播的病原体感染谷物和园艺作物，降低每公顷的产量。虽然它们的影响可以通过使用杀菌剂来减轻，但这些杀菌剂必须负责任地和可持续地使用。这个项目创造了一个解决方案，由位于农作物田里的几个相同的传感设备组成。来自每个传感器的数据提供病原体存在的早期警告，并将其转变为农民/种植者的推荐管理计划。每个设备包括刺激目标病原体孢子萌发的生物传感器、检测该生长的智能相机、一组环境传感器和无线通信模块，所有这些都安装在耐候、坚固的外壳中。通过将来自广泛区域的传感器的数据结合在一起，有可能在提供给个体农民/种植者的服务的基础上创建额外的服务，例如疾病预测、作物保护研究和零售规划。由电子、农用化学品、材料、工业设计和几家领先的学术机构与农民和种植者合作，开发了在英国和全球部署的解决方案。

As with many developed countries the UK's agricultural land is under pressure to provide food to a growing population in the most efficient and sustainable manner. There is an added opportunity and responsibility for countries like the UK to take the lead in developing solutions for the UNSDG's in this case \#2 Zero Hunger.Airborne pathogens infect cereal and horticultural crops reducing the yield per hectare. While their impact can be mitigated by the use of fungicides, these must be used responsibly and sustainably.This project creates a solution comprising several, identical sensing devices located in the field of crops. The data from each sensor provides an early warning of the presence of the pathogen which is turned into a recommended management plan for the farmer/grower.Each device comprises a biosensor that stimulates the targeted pathogen spore to germinate, a smart camera to detect that growth, a set of environmental sensors and a wireless communication module all housed in a weatherproof, robust housing.By combining the data from the sensors over a wide area it is possible to create additional services on top of the service provided to individual farmers/growers, for example disease prediction forecasts, crop protection research and retail planning.A consortium comprising electronics, agricultural chemicals, materials, industrial design and several leading academic institutions have come together with farmers and growers to develop the solution for deployment in the UK and globally.