Rice blast is the most severe disease affecting rice production, an epidemic that occurs annually and reduces rice yield significantly. When the disease occurs on the leaves, it is referred to as leaf blast.

Lettuce in nowadays is one of the main agricultural export product in Taiwan, although the production of lettuce was not common before 2002. Due to the weather condition in central Taiwan during winter season is favorable for lettuce, this industry grows vividly during the past 20 years. However, the lettuce is facing different aspects of challenge of which restrict the development. The first challenge is the shortage and aging of labor force that requires field machine to reduce the labor deman

Autonomous mobile robots are widely applied in agriculture. In particular, with the rapid development of information and communication technologies, academic research and commercial products with respect to miniaturized, multi-function or specialized robots as well as robots with high levels of intelligence have developed vigorously in recent years, which leads to fierce competition and rapid generational changes. In the livestock industry, advanced technologies can be introduced into the poultr

In the 1990s, the Ministry of Agriculture promoted the cultivation of vegetable seedlings in plug trays, and guided the nursery operators in mechanical sowing and facility cultivation to ensure stable production. Up to now, there have been more than 200 vegetable nursery operators and the industry have become fairly mature. In recent years, we are facing problems such as agricultural manpower aging, shortage of labor force, and climate change, the vegetable seedling industry has bottlenecks

Currently in Taiwan pineapple is a major fresh fruit for export in terms of amount, thus the control and upgrade of fruit quality is essential to the sustainable development of the industry. However, pineapple industry requires large labor input involved with planting, management, forcing, harvest and packing. As labor force aged and dwindling, the introduction of automatic and smart techniques is crucial and primary to the key solution of labor shortage. This project aims to develop monitoring

Greenhouse agriculture has attracted significant interest recently for its pivotal role in enhancing food security and optimizing crop yields. Nonetheless, the accurate and safe application of pesticides within greenhouses remains a persistent challenge, particularly concerning potential hazards posed to farmers by prolonged pesticide exposure. This study introduces a novel approach utilizing Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology to develop an automated pesticide spraying vehicle tailored for greenhou

In today's agriculture, the integration of advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way how we grow crops. With increasing demands on food production and the growing need for efficiency, AI is stepping in to provide farmers with powerful tools for improving their operations. One such tool is image recognition, which has emerged asset for assessing seedling quality in nurseries. For crops like cabbages, ensuring seedling health and uniformity is critical to a succe

“Common Information Platform” (abbreviated as CIP) established by Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute (abbreviated as TARI) can introduce the “Digital Twin” technology into the vegetable and fruit greenhouse by collecting big data.

Since 2011, the Fisheries Research Institute has developed test kits for pathogenic bacteria such as vibrio vulnificus, lactobacillus and Edwardsiella. These used to take 1-2 days to confirm the test results.