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可持续的方式为不断增长的人口提供粮食的压力。像英国这样的国家还有更多的机会和责任来带头为联合国可持续发展目标制定解决方案，在这种情况下是零饥饿。空气传播的病原体会感染谷物和园艺作物，降低每公顷的产量。虽然可以通过使用杀菌剂来减轻其影响，但必须以负责任和可持续的方式使用杀菌剂。该项目创建了一种解决方案，该解决方案包括位于作物田间的多个相同的传感设备。来自每个传感器的数据提供了病原体存在的早期警告，该警告被转化为农民/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发芽的生物传感器、检测该生长的智能相机、一组环境传感器和无线通信模块，所有这些都被容纳在防风雨的、通过在广阔区域上组合来自传感器的数据，可以在提供给个体农民/种植者的服务之上创建附加服务，例如疾病预测预报、作物保护研究和零售规划。材料、工业设计和几个领先的学术机构与农民和种植者一起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.