Highlights•Defects affecting horticultural products and detection challenges are
summarised.•Machine learning's role in addressing issues of fruit defect detection is …

Insects cause a major loss in stored food grains. Besides, pestilential activities of insects in
stored food grains affect the marketability as well as the nutritional values. Early detection …

Insect pests, such as pantry beetles, are often associated with food contaminations and
public health risks. Machine learning has the potential to provide a more accurate and …

Red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) is a key pest of date palm Phoenix
dactylifera L and continues to spread among and within date palm plantation countries …

Urban areas landscaped with ornamental palms, especially Canary Islands date palms
(Phoenix canariensis), are particularly vulnerable to incursion by invasive palm weevils …

The concept of remote insect surveillance at large spatial scales for many serious insect
pests of agricultural and medical importance has been introduced in a series of our papers …

Apple is one of the most important economic fruit crops in the world. Despite all the
strategies of integrated pest management (IPM), insecticides are still frequently used in its …

Smart agriculture is an evolving trend in the agriculture industry, where sensors are
embedded into plants to collect vital data and help in decision-making to ensure a higher …

This chapter summarizes the research developed during the last century on different aspects
of the red palm weevil R. ferrugineus, including latest findings on its biology …

Conservation researchers require low-cost access to acoustic monitoring technology.
However, affordable tools are often constrained to short-term studies due to high energy …