Precision Agriculture Digital Technologies for Sustainable Fungal Disease Management of Ornamental Plants

Ornamental plant production constitutes an important sector of the horticultural industry worldwide and fungal infections, that dramatically affect aesthetic quality plants, can cause serious economic crop losses. The need to reduce use pesticides for controlling outbreaks requires development new sustainable strategies pathogen control. In particular, early accurate large-scale detection occurring symptoms is critical face ambitious challenge effective, energy-saving, precise disease management. Here, trends in digital-based available tools treat infections are presented comparison with conventional practices. Recent advances molecular biology tools, spectroscopic imaging technologies risk models based on microclimate examined. revised were tested through a case study rose plants showing diseases (i.e., spot spectroscopy, hyperspectral, multispectral, thermal imaging, fluorescence sensors). final aim was examination practices current e-tools gain diseases, identification timing spacing their proper management, reduction losses environmentally friendly systems. Moreover, future perspectives enhancing integration all these approaches discussed.